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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1975
Page
2
Heavy rainfall and floodwaters from 17 inch rains inundated southern Alabama and northwest Florida. The Octawhatchee River crest feared to be the highest since 1929. Geneva Alabama faced levee pressure as officials contemplated evacuating thousands. Tornadoes damaged homes and power lines across three Florida counties.
East Haven, Conn. faced school closures as the 7000 pupil district sought a court injunction to keep classes open after the finance board rejected a $330,000 emergency request. The board, under a charter clause, may face personal liability for overspending, with the $6.5 million budget comprising about 70 percent of the town total.
Indianapolis officials report the Joint Clemency Processing Center at Ft. Benjamin Harrison closed after processing 5 492 military deserters. The last 12 applicants for conditional amnesty were handled before the April 1 deadline. The center opened in September after Ford announced the program. About 12 500 deserters and 4 500 draft evaders were eligible.
The Senate Budget Committee backed a $365 billion fiscal plan for the coming year, 2.6 percent above Ford’s proposal. It would boost public service jobs education manpower training and social programs while trimming defense and foreign aid. It also allocates 1.9 billion for railroad rehabilitation.
Six major Portuguese parties signed a pact with the armed forces to set terms for a constitution, ceding power to the military for three to five years. A constituent assembly will be elected two weeks later with limited sovereignty and weakened opposition. President Costa Gomes cited defense against reactionaries and lack of public political preparation.
In Los Angeles County a judge named George B. Harris as financial guardian for 18 year old Paul Getty the grandson of the famed oil tycoon. Getty with a monthly income of about 1000 dollars has accumulated debt amid poor money sense and was described as provident problems before his kidnapping ransom case. The guardian is his maternal grandfather and Getty declined to comment after the hearing.
Senator Barry Goldwater condemned the travel funeral placement of Agri culture Secretary Earl Butz as shabby treatment of a former ally. In Winter Park Florida an nude portrait of a 250 pound woman worker won top prize at the city show and was banished to festival director Keith Reeves home. The piece by Atlanta artist Glen Eden drew praise for workmanship and was named best of show from 490 exhibits in the sidewalk festival. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller announced a 6000 acre Texas ranch purchase for family vacations noting lakes live oaks and wildlife for camping and riding.
Fractured songwriter Ira Gershwin, 78, is reported in good condition at UCLA Medical Center after surgery to stop interior bleeding from fractured ribs. He fell in his Beverly Hills home, brother of the late George Gershwin, whose memorabilia-filled mansion reflects his celebrated career.
Arnold Miller, president of the United Mine Workers, received a one year firearms permit in Kanawha County West Virginia. He said he has frequently faced direct threats to his life and sought protection from government and private entities.
Former CIA agent E Howard Hunt Jr. must report April 25 to the federal prison work farm at Eglin Air Force Base Florida to complete his 22 to 8 year sentence for masterminding the Watergate break in He has served 11 months of the term and expressed regret about the White House remarks during the two minute Washington hearing Judge George Hart Jr presided over the proceeding.
Music star Josephine Baker known for postwar fame in French music halls died in a Paris hospital from an apparent cerebral hemorrhage. She was 58 and had performed at Bobino two days earlier in a program marking 50 years on stage.
In Moscow Anatoly Karpov challenged Bobby Fischer to regain the world chess championship on mutually agreed terms. He said he would not negotiate with officials and would meet Fischer if Fischer expressed a desire to play. Karpov had become world champion on April 3 after Fischer refused to accept the rules of FIDE.
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