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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1975
Page
2
A French police report states the $4.5 million ransom was paid by Alain Merieux to three masked kidnappers near Lyon. Christophe Merieux, nine, was released unharmed after the dispute over the cash, including francs and foreign currency, and returned home.
President Ford signed the repeal ending the nearly four decade old fair trade laws that set minimum prices for many consumer goods. The move could lower prices in 21 states with such laws and is expected to save about 2 billion dollars in current consumer costs. The reform takes effect in 90 days.
The Senate passed a continuing resolution funding all government agencies lacking full appropriations through March 31. Adopted by voice vote, it replaces the prior measure expiring at the session's end and maintains spending at the rate in effect at the close of the last fiscal year ended June 31.
The Senate passed 85 to 1 a 9.6 billion highway bill authorizing federal aid programs for 1977 and 1978. It delays President Ford’s plan to overhaul highway financing and extends the Highway Trust Fund through 1979.
The court agreed to hear arguments over free press versus fair trial. It refused an emergency hearing and kept in place pretrial publicity limits in a Nebraska mass murder case. Trial starts January 5. arguments unlikely before February.
Audie Murphy's widow and his two sons receive a $2.5 million verdict from a Denver District Court jury against Colorado Aviation Inc. for his death in a 1971 plane crash in Virginia. The ruling marks the largest wrongful death award in state history.
Benton MacKaye the mind behind the Appalachian Trail died at his Shirley Massachusetts home on Thursday night at age 96. He served as first president of the Wilderness Society and worked for the U S Forest Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Appalachian Trail stretches nearly 2000 miles through 14 states from Mount Katahdin Maine to Springer Mountain Georgia.
The six Picasso heirs are nearing a settlement on the estate valued over a billion dollars. Lawyer Roland Dumas says an agreement is likely before next summer as the complex division among Jacquline Picasso and the offspring of Paulo progresses.
In Guatemala City on Friday gunmen killed Bernal Hernandez Castellon a leading anti Communist congressman and former guerrilla who led the National Liberation Movement. A bodyguard and the driver died with him marking the first political killing since President Laugerud took office. In London the Labour government reportedly approved a rescue plan for Chrysler UK's ailing subsidiary involving about 360 million dollars.
In Beirut gunmen of Christian and Moslem factions battled for control of the hotel district after army units failed to seize the downtown area under a new cease-fire accord. A security official warned the situation was worsening as Palestinian guerrillas in Tel Zaatar bombarded surrounding Christian neighborhoods, the fourth such attack in eight months of civil war.
In Amsterdam a 17 year old girl was released after a meeting with exile leaders. Meanwhile another Moluccan group at the Indonesian Consulate lost contact as a key mediator broke off talks. The hijacked train near Beilen still holds 28 hostages in freezing conditions with temperatures near zero.
American and Canadian Jewish groups met President Luis Echeverria and announced the boycott would be lifted. They cited his assurance that Zionism is not racism and that Mexico will prevent future votes from being misinterpreted as opposing Jewish national aspirations.
The General Assembly adopted a Portugal backed resolution urging Indonesia to withdraw its troops from Timor immediately. It called on the Security Council to protect Timor’s territorial integrity and right to self determination. The vote was 72 in favor, 10 against with 43 abstentions.
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