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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1975
Page
2
The 247-foot Soviet stern trawler Zaraysk was boarded by Coast Guardsmen early Sunday for violating a new U.S. lobster fishing ban by foreign vessels on the continental shelf. Escorted to Governor's Island, the master faces loss of ship and cargo and a $100,000 fine.
Dearborn based Ford President Lee Iacocca says 1976 vehicle prices will rise in line with General Motors 4.7 percent average increase. He expects to recall all hourly and salaried workers on layoff by next year as GM raises prices by about 268 dollars on most cars aside from the new Chevette. He cites comparable costs and profit pressures driving Ford's move.
Coast Guard reports three dead crew members found on the British tanker Globtk Sun after it struck an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Heat and debris hindered full ship inspection while three others remain missing. the vessel was moved south of Galveston after efforts to extinguish internal fires.
Typhoon Phyllis battered southwestern Japan with winds claimed at 418 mph, triggering floods and mudslides. In Shikoku island at least eight killed, 25 missing, over 1,100 houses flooded, 315,000 homes dark, and hundreds evacuated as power outages hit Honshu and Shikoku. Police report widespread destruction and 20 inches of rain in parts.
Two Manhattan stockholders file in New York Supreme Court claiming Howard Hughes is dead and seek an administrator for his estate. They allege Hughes manipulated Air West stock price to aid a 1969 takeover by Hughes, naming Air Liquidation and others as defendants. The suit cites the American Stock Exchange and Summa Corp among parties and references related federal actions in San Francisco.
Brian McCartney 26, a Vail ski patrolman and Susan Ford's frontrunner in romance, avoids calls and reporters on the mountain while his “press secretary” Arvin Kasparaitis acts as unofficial bodyguard. At Nu Gnu bar, Kasparaitis kept photographers away as McCartney enjoyed a quiet drink, defending the action as protecting a friend.
Mrs. Josephine Hoffa, ailing wife of missing former Teamsters leader James R. Hoffa, collapsed at home on the 18th day of his disappearance and was rushed to a Detroit hospital. Her condition was stable and visitors were restricted to family. She suffers a heart condition and cataract surgery was planned the day after Hoffa disappeared, with the operation later rescheduled.
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