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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1976
Page
2
Cambodia named a new government on Wednesday with Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan set to wield real power as chairman of the state presidium Tol Sat named premier. Leng Sary and Son Sen reportedly hold top roles in the new regime.
An explosion at a Defense Ministry ammunition plant in Helsinki on Tuesday destroyed the facility and killed 41 people with many more injured, most of them women. Officials reported numerous fatalities and over 20 in critical condition.
In Beirut, Christian readers praised Syria’s military intervention amid Lebanon’s civil war while Muslim factions urged Arab states to scrutinize the Syrian action. Israel, watching closely, reportedly bolstered border defenses and warned it could intervene if Syrian troops enter Lebanon.
Three Filipino Muslim gunmen demanded direct contact with Libyan leader Col. Muammar Khadafy after flying to Benghazi for the world’s longest running hijacking. Authorities said they refused Libyan requests to leave the country or free hostages. two hostages and eight crew members remained aboard a Philippine Airlines jet at Benghazi’s Benina Airport.
In Philadelphia a judge awarded custody of 6 month old Niya to Celestine Tate a 20 year old quadriplegic mother and her parents after the Welfare Department argued she could not care for the child. The court praised Tate for managing tasks without arms or legs and maintaining reality.
U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that if Italian Communists join the government a dangerous Westward trend could follow as other European nations might move similarly. He framed it as a domino effect for Europe and stressed Atlantic Alliance risks.
Hundreds of skiers were left dangling in midair on cable cars and chair lifts across the Bavarian Alps after a power outage hit southern West Germany and Austria. A Zugspitz spokesman said rescuers moved several hundred skiers using diesel power while they waited. Elsewhere, Caterpillar vehicles aided crews in reaching those stranded on lifts.
Zoya Fyodorova, aged 64, seeks a tourist visa to the United States to be with her daughter Victoria and newborn grandchild due May 11. She described the news as overwhelming while on tour near the Kuban region. Her wartime romance with American Admiral Tate led to decades of separation and her 80-year prison term.
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