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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1975
Page
2
Mayor Abraham Beame warned voluntary wage freezes must be accepted by midnight Tuesday or programs will be cut Wednesday morning. Police and teacher unions along with the Municipal Labor Coalition refused the freeze, arguing the city’s financial problems are not their fault.
The first hurricane of the 1975 season Blanche moved into the North Atlantic east of the U S coast Sunday night with winds near 80 mph. Forecasters warned of a definite threat to Nova Scotia as Blanche intensified and tracked roughly 275 miles southeast of Cape Cod Massachusetts.
Westerners flee Angola amid fighting near Luanda as Portuguese troops fire on crowds killing at least 20. Britons Americans and other Europeans evacuate by sea and air. reports place shootings at the Marxist MPLA headquarters in Vila Alce.
Hesinhua reports China successfully launched its third satellite on Saturday, aiming to promote preparedness against war. It orbits Earth with all instruments functioning, following the first satellite in 1974 and the second launched about 18 months later conducting scientific experiments.
South Vietnam's first UN delegates Dinh Ba Thi and Maynh Huu Nghiep were greeted by kisses banners and song at Kennedy Airport as about 2000 antiwar activists and representatives of Communist nations welcomed them. The Saigon regime's return signals possible UN observer status renewal though no mission exists yet. A Hanoi delegation in Paris is due in New York shortly.
James Thextore Eagle 19, listed as from Wyoming’s Wind River reserve, turned himself in at Rapid City July 9 and faces two counts of killing a federal officer. FBI says investigation continues as agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were shot June 28 on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Eagle was among four sought when the agents were killed. Earlier, he faced assault with a dangerous weapon and armed robbery charges. In separate notes Time magazine cites Elliot Richardson as a leading contender to head the CIA, with Colby likely to be asked to leave.
Veteran showman Leigh Whipper Sr the first Black member of Actors Equity Association died over the weekend in a Harlem hospital at an advanced age. Whipper had performed on stage for more than 65 years before retiring three years ago, recalling he had been in every kind of show business except circus and grand opera.
Hunter Jack Ford, 23, son of the American president, bagged four wild boar Sunday during a pre-dawn hunt in a West German game preserve.
Remedaled The Soyuz 18 cosmonauts who returned after 63 days in orbit have been awarded medals for their staunchness and heroism, Tass said Sunday in Moscow.
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