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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
2
Yonkers Emergency Financial Control Board approves an 18 million over 18 months austerity plan. Firing over 900 city and school employees and closing three fire companies, up to eight schools, city jail, three libraries, and the Hudson River Museum. Board will review potential amendments from the City Council.
Inmates at the New Hampshire State Prison staged a Christmas Day uprising locking in cells, injuring three, causing about 100000 dollars in damage, and briefly taking workers hostage. The two hour disturbance began during a Christmas meal for about 140 of 225 maximum security inmates and sought to allow disciplinary prisoners to eat with others. The demand was denied and the main cellblock, kitchen, and dining area were damaged.
North Vietnamese Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap told TF1 in Cuba that general elections will be held in 1976 for both North and South Vietnam to form one national assembly and central government. He said Vietnam is reunified and emphasized unifying state administration.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin began a four day official visit to Ankara amid Turkey re evaluating its NATO role and seeking a new US defense agreement. The trip features ceremonies for the opening of Turkey's third steel mill built with Soviet credits. This is Kosygin's second Turkish visit, his first occurring in 1966 after wartime hostility cooled.
Robert House, 34, serving life and multiple sentences for armed robbery and other crimes, is dying of brain cancer at La Grange State Reformatory. Officials doubt parole before 1977, though House desires to die free. Doctors say operable time is measured in months, not years, amid his medical and disciplinary histories.
Santa Rosa Argentina reports summer electric storms bring little rain and ignite fires across La Pampa. Provincial authorities say at least 715000 acres of natural pasture and scrub burned in the past week. Most fires are in remote areas and burn out on their own. Ranchers cite intense heat and a long dry spell as main causes.
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist, warned in Atlanta that food riots could occur next year if America does not address hunger and malnutrition. He spoke at West Hunter Street Baptist Church and led about 80 people in a Christmas Day fast to dramatize the food crisis.
The Civil Service Commission ruled in Salt Lake City that Roy Mack Helm could be returned to the Utah Highway Patrol if he overcomes an alcohol problem. Public Safety Commissioner Raymond Jackson would decide the reinstatement terms. Helm’s attorney plans a rehearing, arguing the decision to leave it to politics undermines the Civil Service process.
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