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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1975
Page
1
In Braga a crowd of about 600 angry Catholics stormed the Communist headquarters while troops using tear gas and firearms blocked attackers. Several were wounded, one soldier hurt, and the building remained sealed as police and marines defended the site. No deaths were immediately reported.
Dr Harold Klein leads the Viking biology team as NASA prepares the first unmanned Mars mission. A 5035 mile journey launches aboard a Titan Centaur rocket toward Chryse with a twin Viking to follow in 10 days. If timed, a lander could touch down July 4, 1976, to test Martian soil in 13 experiments and relay data on atmosphere and weather.
Hundreds of officers separated about 5 000 blacks and whites at Carson Beach in South Boston as rocks and bottles flew. Forty people were injured and ten arrested with 27 police and 13 civilians among the injured. Police planned to assert force in future desegregation tensions.
President Ford toured the Ft Chaffee processing camp near Fort Smith Arkansas greeting about 21 000 refugees with cheers and signs Thousands lined the three mile road plus some 200 inside the center held up greetings Ford praised the refugee program and thanked local and federal workers on a heat soaked Sunday during a working vacation stop before continuing to Vail Colorado
British interviewer David Frost announced in Los Angeles that he has signed a contract with former President Richard Nixon for four minute interviews focusing on Watergate. The programs would be distributed internationally with uncertain U.S. air plans as networks like CBS ABC NBC show limited interest and PBS may be unable to participate.
The FBI seized Hoffa's car in a predawn raid and tested a bloodstain on the seat amid a continuing probe into Hoffa's disappearance. Foster son Charles O'Brien said he delivered salmon to a Teamsters official on the day Hoffa vanished, while sources tie the case to possible mafia or Teamsters involvement. Hoffa's son James Hoffa urged patience as investigators pursue new leads across the country.
Sen Gary Proxmire exposes broad payoffs linked to government actions. The report notes LSD experiments conducted in hospitals over five years, drawn from pages five and A features, with social security sweepstakes winners listed on pages B-4.
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