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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1975
Page
5
Coverage includes National Boxing Championships from Shreveport and NASCAR World 600 highlights from Charlotte. Also shows tennis French Open final from Paris with Chris Evert favored, and popular CBS NBC ABC reruns and films. Plus community council meeting notices and church programs.
Two new CBS and BBC TV reports tackle timely topics. The CIA examination shares Walter Lister’s program notes and Daniel Schorr’s surveillance camera imagery. The Bronx Is Burning profiles Engine Company 82 amid arson and urban decay, contrasting firefighting danger with neighborhood dynamics and lasting poverty.
Readers discuss Movin On casting and real truck driving claims. The letter reports Frank Converse not a real driver and explains actors were selected by producers. Other notes praise TV’s role and Oscar details for Magnificent Obsession clarifying Wyman and Rush nominations.
Chrysler Corp. recalls 33,000 cars including 1974 standard models and early 1975 intermediate and standard models with 400 or 440 engines due to heat from the exhaust manifold damaging a booster component. Manual braking remains possible. dealers will inspect and add a heat shield if needed.
Washington AP reports Caspar Weinberger plans to resign this summer citing his wife Jane’s arthritis. He may move back to California with unspecified post retirement plans. Rumors tied him to a California gubernatorial bid. University of Alabama President David Mathews was floated as HEW secretary but Mathews declined to comment.
A San Francisco civil suit accuses the CIA of illegally opening mail from the Soviet Union. Plaintiff named as John Doe seeks damages for each postal violation, labeling the government as defendant and naming former CIA directors and William Colby as individual defendants. Michael Avery in New Haven said the CIA sent him copies of letters from 1968 to 1970 and disclosed plans to sue the agency.
A quirky horoscope lists daily guidance for signs from Arles to Pisces. It urges responsibility, self confidence, and leadership while noting travel, finances, and work changes. Specifics include focusing on updated plans for Arles, caution with machinery for Tauret, and managing home matters.
In Daytona Beach Florida a circuit court jury recommended the electric chair for 54 year old Benjamin F Huckaby found guilty of two counts of rape against each of his three daughters. He sat mute as the verdict was read.
Louise Stratton a prison worker denied having sexual intercourse with inmate Claire Wilson during the 41 hour BC siege. A intermediary cited reports of sex between Stratton and Wilson, while other hostages and officials described a volatile standoff involving inmates Andrew Bruce Dwight Douglas Lucas and the fatal shooting of Mary Steinhauser.
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