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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1976
Page
2
In Lisbon, for the fourth time since the April revolution, Portuguese voters went to the polls to elect local officials. Early returns favored the Social Democrats with the Socialists close behind, while abstention neared 38 percent as voters faced three ballots.
Johannesburg reports say Wellington Tshazibane Tshazi bane, a 30 year old scholar, died in a police cell after arrest at the city airport. Weekend World cites police stating suicide by hanging. Tshazibane studied at Fort Hare and Oxford, later worked in Lesotho. Newsday and Hand Daily Mail note numerous deaths in custody and in anti government unrest.
Prime Minister Ian Smith flew to Rhodesia after rejecting British proposals to salvage Geneva negotiations on black majority rule. In Rhodesia, fighting flared with guerrillas as civilians and a soldier were killed in Bulawayo. In Beirut, Raymond Edde was wounded in a shooting near his home, the third such incident this year.
The article notes a potential Supreme Court ruling on whether to hear Gary Mark Gilmore’s appeal. His attorney says a decision could come today or during the four week Christmas break. The stay of execution by firing squad remains in effect pending further action.
In Miami a juvenile court judge, Ralph B. Ferguson, will announce Tuesday the course for a child of misfortune named Wally Mosley who stabbed and killed a playmate with a butcher knife. Authorities had considered murder charges but reconsidered the case.
Heavy sleeper James Finan, 26, awoke to a burning mattress in Morristown New Jersey when police attempted to alert him. He punched an officer in the nose. no assault charges were filed. The rest of the fragment mentions a separate case in Miami involving a youth named Wally, taunting prostitutes and claiming no intent to kill.
In Madrid four men abducted Antonio Maria de Oriol, 63, a top government adviser and president of the state council. Police searched vacant apartments and set roadblocks toward France as tensions rise ahead of King Juan Carlos reforms and next year’s elections. Analysts warn the incident could undermine credibility and boost anti reform votes. Separate notes mention Richard Helms denying imminent retirement plans and memoirs.
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