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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1976

Page

2

Ethics panel urges reprimand for Rep. Sikes over stock and land dealings

The House Ethics Committee recommended that Rep. Robert Sikes be reprimanded on two counts of financial misconduct. The Florida Democrat and military subcommittee chair faced questions for owning shares in Fairchild Industries and stock in a Pensacola bank he helped establish while promoting related development. The panel declined to call for formal punishment, with a House vote anticipated Thursday.

House Ethics Committee Robert Sikes John Flynton Dga

Poison cloud puzzles Italian health officials in Lombardy

A white cloud of trichlorophenol released in an explosion at a Swiss owned plant near SEVESO Italy has killed small animals and withered vegetation while sending 28 people to hospital. Authorities report no immediate remedy and fear contamination of two million residents in nearby Mian as scientists met in Zurich to study remedies.

Seveso Italy Zurich Vittoria Rivolta Lombardy Here Lemesa Mian

Beached whales puzzle Miami lighthouse crew

Experts treated a string of marine mammal strandings along Florida waters as a mystery. Pilot whales on Loggerhead Key were found in shallow water after three earlier strandings near Fort Myers and Sarasota involving false killer whales and spinner dolphins.

Miami Loggerhead Key Fla

Amin flees Kampala as troops fire on his post

Nairobi sources report Ugandan President Idi Amin fled his Kampala command post after troops fired on it over the weekend. Radio Uganda quoted Amin and his family firing antitank and antiaircraft weapons, claiming accurate shots before Amin vanished into darkness. Tensions with Kenya have grown over months including Amin's charge of Kenyan complicity in an Israeli commando raid at Entebbe.

Idi Amin Kampala Nairobi Radio Uganda Amin Kenya Nairobi Daily Standard Kololo Hill

Kennedy Smith Named Chair of NY Mental Hygiene Council

Gov. Hugh Carey announced on Monday the appointment of Kennedy Jean Kennedy Smith, youngest sister of President Kennedy, as chairman of the new New York State Council for Mental Hygiene Planning. He cited her family’s long standing concern for the mentally disabled and urged support for the post.

Jean Kennedy Smith Kennedy New New York State Council For Hugh Carey

Independent Classifieds Tue July 2 1910 War 35 Na

Classifieds appear in the Independent issue dated Tue July 2 1910 listing a phone number HES111 and classification ME 25809 for notices and ads. The fragment shows an era style header and contact line.

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