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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
4
Reporters say Amy Carter pushes for removing the White House pool cover, a move President elect Jimmy Carter says is unlikely. The piece notes past pool covers under Nixon and Ford, plus other unrelated entertainment and legal items.
Mexican Health Secretariat and officials from the Federal Judicial Police opened an investigation into the Casa del Sur and Easter House Adoption Agency of Chicago over alleged sale of Mexican babies to American families for about 35,000. Authorities plan audits and await proof of wrongdoing while noting legal uncertainties in Mexico on parental rights.
Spokane dispatch reprints a playful poem lampooning a figure named Kringle who rides through the nation on Christmas Eve. The verses mock traffic laws and safety rules noting a sleigh without proper lights and the need for seatbelts, mirrors, and emission controls.
Don Blansett, a San Quentin inmate serving life for two first degree murder charges, acts as a Santa for inmate children and staff, weighing 25 pounds with a long white beard. He administers a toy-filled visit in the prison nursery and OK Corral-like playroom, aided by fellow inmates, delivering cookies and milk and joy to the kids during a holiday outreach that extended beyond its planned dates.
Winds push a 100 mile oil spill from the Argo Merchant toward Georges Banks fishing area. Coast Guard cites reports of possible deliberate grounding as Liberia investigates. Pakistani crew member M. Sabir identified and taken ashore.
A barge carrying 1.7 million gallons of oil ran aground on a sand bar in the lower Potomac near Dahlgren Virginia. The incoming tide lifted the vessel freeing it and preventing a potential spill.
Melvin Armstrong, 19, sued Dr. Bobby Merkle for $50,000 after the physician removed stitches from his wrist over a $25 bill. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a trial court order for a new trial after a prior jury awarded $20. The case stems from an incident on July 3, 1974, when Armstrong was taken to Merkle following a wrist cut from aiding a float incident.
Folger Coffee Co raises ground coffee by 20 cents to 3.08 per pound and instant by three cents an ounce effective immediately. General Foods also lifts prices, with ground coffee up 20 cents to 2.41 per pound and instant and freeze dried boosts.
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