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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1975
Page
5
President Ne Win reportedly crashed a Rangoon Christmas Eve party attended by 800 guests. He allegedly kicked amplifiers and damaged a rock band's drums and later ordered the affair dispersed.
A protest vigil outside the Soviet mission to the United Nations marked the 33d birthday of Vladimir Bukovsky a Soviet scientist who drew world attention to psychiatric punishment of dissidents. Bukovsky has spent much of his adult life in prisons often in psychiatric wards.
Dr. Sheila Cassidy, a British physician, described being arrested and tortured in Chile after treating a wounded leftist guerrilla during a press conference at Gatwick Airport. Britain recalls ambassador and protests to Chile.
The body of CIA Athens station chief Richard Welch arrived at Andrews Air Force Base by military transport escorted by his son Marine Lt. Patrick T. Welch. CIA and Air Force security intensified at Andrews as officials planned Welch’s Arlington burial after family arrivals from Europe.
In Limestone County two men robbed Rainey's Grocery Store of $20 at about 3:30 p.m. A green ski mask and Bowie knife were used. A second man waited outside. deputies pursue leads as Athens police investigate. A separate report notes a May 1975 fire at Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant raised county damages to about $3.1 million for year.
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