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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1976

Page

2

Ex-nun turns hooker in Chicago detective tale

Cynthia Kane a former Sister Mary Anthony left the Roman Catholic order to work undercover as a decoy prostitute. As a policewoman for two years she infiltrated a hooker ring and a major pornography operation, facing threats including a machinegun assault and a month in hospital after a beating.

Cynthia Kane Mary Anthony Sister of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Kane South Side

Philippines quake death toll climbs to four thousand

President Ferdinand E. Marcos said the southern Philippines disaster death toll reached about four thousand with another four thousand six hundred missing and presumed dead. He noted at least one hundred seventy five thousand people are homeless and warned of the mounting costs.

Enternational Ferdinand E. Marcos Marcos Stracken Mindanao Celebes Sea Moro Gulf Manila Mindanao Island Purppaeragmen Noro Gulf

Beach nude raid nets 26 arrests on Italian shore

Police in disguise arrested 26 beachgoers on aTorvaianica strip south of Rome during a weekend operation targeting nude beach activity. Most detainees faced indecent exposure charges with fines under 4 000 lire, while public obscenity charges loomed for dozens more.

KROME Rome Torvaianics Jaly Armando Caluagno Viareggio

Tropical storms Emmy Candice threaten Atlantic shipping

Emmy formed from a tropical low off South Atlantic and Ian warnings issued for Leeward Islands. Candice became a hurricane off 41.5N 56.0W southeast of Halifax moving east northeastward. forecasters warn only shipping impact for now. Separately in Seabrook New York state troopers arrested about 170 demonstrators at a nuclear power plant site and detained them for arraignment.

Miami Emmy South Atlantic Leeward Islands Guadeloupe Candice North Atlantic John Hope Snes Seabrook Public Service Co New Hampshire National Guard Portsmouth

Widow’s $50,000 loss in erosion case against utility

Christie Bloomer of Ludington Michigan says a Consumers Power hydro plant erosion forced her from home and cost over $50,000. She claims the court ruling, plus no help from relatives, left her broke and pursuing an ongoing legal battle.

Ludington Mich Inlaw Ford Christie Bloomer Consumers Power Co Jerry Ford Federal Power Commission FPC Lake Michigan Bloomer Consumers Power

Howe Reg. Allan Howe Goes On Trial In Salt Lake City

Rep Howe Reg Allan Howe faces an appeal in District Court in Salt Lake City today challenging his City Court conviction for soliciting sex from a prostitute. The Utah Democrat, 4-year old? was found guilty July 23 by a City Court jury. He may appeal under state law, with a 30-day jail term and $150 fine awaiting District Court review.

Allan T. Howe Salt Lake City Utah

Good Scouts Gather for 50-Year Troop 60 Reunion

Former Boy Scout Troop 60 members from Franklin County Ohio held a reunion featuring eight surviving members aged about 68 to 69. Speakers recalled camping with WWI Pup tents, rope spinning, whip cracking, and early radio activities, noting troop milestones since 1926 and 1927.

Boy Scout Verbeek Scouimaster New York City Georgia Florida West Virginia Verbeck Columbus

JFK death link seen by slain mobster's attorney

Edward P. Morgan, attorney for John Roselli, says Roselli told the FBI as early as 1967 that Castro ordered Kennedy's assassination in retaliation for CIA plots against Castro. Roselli, recruited by the CIA to kill Castro, was found murdered in a Bis cayne Bay oil drum near Miami on August 7 after disappearing ten days earlier. No charges have been filed in his death. Morgan cites Roselli's claim of a Castro reaction implying retaliation against Kennedy.

John Roselli FBI Roselli Fidel Castro John F. Kennedy Edward P. Morgan CIA Castro Biscayne Bay Miami Morgan Kennedy

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