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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1974
Page
8
The National Safety Council forecast 450 to 550 deaths and up to 24,000 disabling injuries during the upcoming holiday period from 5 p.m. July 5 to midnight July 7. President Vince Tafany urged motorists to buckle up to reduce casualties.
Bismarck North Dakota UPI reports Katherine Graham publisher of the Washington Post and Finaly vanoff Alaskan author educator are named cowinners of the 1974 Womate of Achievement Award by the National Federation of Press Women. Graham earned the 1974 Pulitzer for Watergate reporting after her husband Mise Brown died. Benign note about President Nixon 1970 award mentions Eskimo scholarship. Awards given at first day of NFPW convention. about 250 attendees expected over three days.
Expo 74 received a permanent gambling permit from the Washington State Gambling Commission for the Seattle environmental fair. The license allows Nequin Corp to operate the amusement area while Expo will control about 166 games on site. Expo had been probing possible ties between Nequin and Emprise Corp, but officials provided no disclosed findings. Arnold Kagan of Naquin denied any connection to Emprise Corp. Buffalo, N.Y.
Freddie D B Smith, a former oil supply executive, pleaded guilty to kidnapping wealthy oilman Walter Helmerich with a toy pistol to obtain 700000 dollars. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting the crime on Wednesday. Smith, 45, had pleaded guilty June 8 but claimed another person forced the kidnapping in front of U.S. District Judge Allen E Barrow.
A Trans World Airlines turboprop jet with 84 passengers made an emergency landing at Kansas City International after a tire ruptured on takeoff from Philadelphia. The flight to San Francisco continued after a tire change. Pilot and ground crew described the landing as routine.
AP reports Mariner 10, the first probe to photograph two planets, will swing by Mercury again on September 21 at about 29.9 million miles. It will image the planet’s south pole from a new angle to better study slopes, heights and reflected light, comparing with the first dark side pass.
Tape recordings of Harry S. Truman were played at a Democratic luncheon where Truman is quoted calling Nixon a traitor to the United States and a shifty eyed liar. Merle Miller provided the tapes as the basis for his book and discussed Truman’s views from 1960s recordings.
A Cambodia Air Commercial DC3 crashed into Lake off Battambang near Phnom Penh. One person died aboard and nine were injured, according to military sources. Battambang is about 180 miles northwest of Phnom Penh in the rice region near the Thai border.
U S Ambassador R Stevenson urged the third United Nations sea law conference in Caracas to settle the procedural dispute that has blocked progress for a week. He said definitive action by today is critical to the conference's spirit and success.
Lifeguards report ongoing nude beach activities attracting crowds of visitors. City officials consider a prohibition ordinance while council members debate legality and enforcement. Local participants defend the freedom of dressless sunbathing, describing the beach as liberating despite safety concerns.
Spokane reports Mes Jinnie Cox, 26, a Geiger Heights housewife, has spent a week perched in a crows nest above a shopping complex near the Expo 74 site. She plans to remain two to three months, sleeping upright, despite winds near 40 mph, to set an unlikely record while adjusting to married life and small quarters.
Washington based report states a secret White House letter claims John W Dean III will exonerate President Nixon on hush money orders to Watergate burglar E Howard Hunt. Nixon aide St Clair argues Dean as a key witness to be called. Dean previously testified payments were discussed but he is expected to say Nixon did not order the payments.
The House Judiciary Committee rejected a Republican bid to hear witnesses Nixon lawyer James Clair said would clear Nixon of a key impeachment charge. The 19-19 tie blocked the request as Democrats opposed, Republicans backed by some Democrats supported calling witnesses including John W. Dean II, Frederick C. LaRue, and others to testify about the $73,000 payment to J. Howard Hunt.
An undercover agent testified he arranged to buy seven tons of American munitions from Texas millionaire Cesario Diosdada as part of a smuggling case. The trial includes Eagle Pass rancher Richmond Harper and banker Murray Kessler, with several Baton Rouge and New York defendants, arrested July 1, 1972, at a Shreveport airport where a DC airliner loaded with explosives and firearms allegedly destined for Mexico was seized.
Four students from Regional Hebron Andover Marlboro High School faced arraignment in Willimantic Circuit Court on arson and conspiracy charges after a homemade bomb exploded at the school Tuesday. One student, David Poirier, was missing from the ceremony earlier, and police found additional explosive materials at a classmate’s home. The four were allowed to graduate separately despite the incident.
In Northern California geysers area traces of radon 272 decaying to polonium were found in steam used to run geothermal plants. PG&E says radioactivity is tiny and within state limits for public areas. Regulators acknowledge unanswered long term effects and ongoing state and federal monitoring.
Burrel Rowe of East Texas grew from a boy marveling at local comic adventures to a 37 year old municipal bond attorney who buys sells trades and reads comics. He notes rising prices including 2000 for Superman No. 1 1909 and expects future value as museum items.
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