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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1977
Page
2
Billy Carter, not a contestant and claiming he cannot swim, shocked judges and 1,000 spectators at the third annual world belly-flop and cannonball championships in Richmond Canada. He leapt fully clothed after the crowd chanted for him, emerging with a bottle and his heart held over his chest as a band played.
The Bounty, a 72 foot American lobster boat seized by Cuban gunboats, was released with its two crewmembers. Other items report Maine forest fires near Mount Katadin, a Pine Barrens blaze, Seabrook protest plans, a heart transplant in Virginia, mining linked stomach cancer in Pittsburgh, a Mexican bus crash killing 37, a Crimean execution in the Soviet Union, South African spies in the U.S. and West Germany, a deadly express train crash near Seoul, and East European asylum seekers in Greece.
Former vice president Hubert Humphrey, facing bladder cancer, urged belief and continuity in his fight while noting his optimism and miracles. The piece also covers Tony Orlando canceling a six day Warwick theater run and Carter attending church services before an Urban League speech.
Alabama music executive Al Cartee seeks 100000 dollars in damages and a restraining order to stop a life of Buford Pusser album by author Wi Morris and a Nashville recording project. The suit accuses Morris of breaching the agreement by selling a rough tape of interviews to Compass ecards.
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