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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1976
Page
2
National guardsmen shot at a crowd outside Custolas prison in Oporto as supporters of officers held there attempted to storm the gate. Three prisoners were killed and six injured, including a four year old daughter of a prisoner, amid ongoing civil disturbances following an unsuccessful uprising.
Middle East Airlines reported 82 people aboard perished when a Beirut bound privately owned jetliner crashed into a Saudi desert. Several victims were civilians fleeing Lebanon’s civil war as the worst accident in the airline’s history. A jumbo jet was planned but a Boeing 700 crashed instead.
Gunmen shelled an empty Beirut mosque and destroyed seven private cars as Lebanon edged into the New Year amid fighting in Muslim districts outside Beirut. Two killed and two wounded by sniper fire, two buildings and a clinic burned, unrest uncontained by major armed groups. Security chief Hisham Shaar said New Year brought unscathed peace apart from minor incidents.
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI, 78, is exhausted after Christmas and New Year duties and will rest for one to two weeks. His voice is weak and arthritis limits movement, leading to cancellations of all audiences to regain strength.
Egypt's cabinet received a 15.2 billion dollar draft budget designed to ready the country for potential war with Israel, raise living standards, curb inflation, and rescue a sagging economy. It stresses tightening finances while calling for Arab oil money infusions to meet goals before final approval.
A bus left a highway curve near Chonan in dense fog and crashed today, killing five and injuring 17. Chonan lies about 60 miles south of Seoul, authorities reported.
Israel reports a 2 percent real GDP decline for 1975 and a 36 percent fall in Jewish immigration, with per capita consumption down four to five percent and inflation at 38 percent. Early Central Bureau figures show 1975 living standards slipping as 20 000 new arrivals join 17 000 emigrants amid ongoing economic strain.
A major storm blanketed Wyoming and Nebraska with up to 19 inches of snow and blizzard conditions in southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. North Platte saw 18 inches in 12 hours, Chadron 19 inches, and Cheyenne 16 inches with drifts six to seven feet. Snow also spread over the northern Rockies and Great Plains while light snow fell in Minnesota Wisconsin and parts of Michigan.
Carla Barba Navaretti, a naturalized American and relative of Gianni Agnelli, was released by hooded abductors in Turin after a reported one million dollar ransom. Police said twelve people including four women were arrested. she endured a windowless room chained to a bed but sustained no physical harm, aided by meals and celebratory cake and wine.
President Ford and Mrs. Ford kept New Year’s Eve quiet with champagne and Lombardo music. He signed 14 bills, vetoed 43rd, and planned the 1977 budget at $395 billion while coordinating with economic advisers. He finished the night with a swim in the White House pool as rain fell.
Mamie Eisenhower is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a viral infection. Hospital bulletin says she is improving, alert, and resting comfortably, with medical tests showing the illness is responding to treatment. The 13 year widow of President Eisenhower, she has a history of rheumatic heart disease and arthritis and was previously treated for diverticulosis. President Ford sent a New Year telegram of support.
Police report a sealiber or magnum round fired into the air during New Year celebrations pierced the roof of a mobile home in Independence Kansas. Douglas House, 11, was struck on the leg but not seriously hurt, suffering only a bruise. Officials noted the incident occurred as the Bicentennial year began.
Rebel Rehsah Hartman widow of a Confederate soldier died Thursday in Houston at age 1. She married John Hartman in 1802 who served in the Louisiana Cavalry during the Civil War at age 14. He moved to Nacogdoches after the war. Hartman died in 1993 and records from Austin in 1974 list her as a Texas Confederate Widow drawing a state pension. She lived in Houston 40 years.
Steinbeck widow Steinbeck, the second wife of John Steinbeck, died Tuesday at a Boulder Colorado hospital at age 58. She suffered cardiac and respiratory failure after an acute asthma attack. Born in Wisconsin in 1917, she married Steinbeck in 1943 after a career as a singer and composer and came to Boulder October 23 to live with her son.
Senator George McGovern left for a three week Asian tour visiting Pakistan India Bangladesh and North Vietnam. He will meet officials for discussions on international relations and foreign aid while Hawaii visit angles toward relations with the Vietnamese government. A federal judge gave parties 60 days to seek a settlement in Charlie Rich CBS copyright suit. Rich and CBS declined comment on terms.
Gov Hugh Carey jokes during a year end interview that he had only two hands all year and one was holding Abe Beams. Separating divorce suit filed by actress Goldie Hawn against director Gus Trikonis cites a 1969 Honolulu marriage and a 1973 separation.
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