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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1976

Page

2

Wall Street Skyscraper Fire Traps Few On Eighth Floor

A brief skyscraper fire on the eighth floor of a 60 story Wall Street building spread smoke and panic. Several residents trapped briefly and about a dozen of 6,000 tenants treated for smoke inhalation as others evacuated. Firefighters contained the blaze with rest room refuges used by trapped workers.

New York Wall Street Cities Service Gladys Sheldon

Massive Britain spending cuts rejected by Commons vote

In London Prime Minister Harald Wilson's Labour government faced a 284 to 258 defeat over a proposed 50 billion cut in public services, sparking calls for resignation. Thatcher demanded a confidence vote as rebels within Labour weakened the anti inflation plan amid education cuts and halted hospital spending.

London Harald Wilson Labor House of Commons Margaret Thatcher Labor Party Lebor

Ex Nazi Speer said he tried to poison Hitler in war final

Ex Nazi leader Albert Speer disclosed in Heidel berg that he attempted to poison Adolf Hitler in February 1943 as the Third Reich collapsed. He justified the act as self defense for his family, contrasting himself with July 20 plotters while acknowledging no morality in his actions. Speer, released from Spandau in 1966, described plans to contaminate Hitler's underground bunker and said gas would be used in the cellar to reach the air intakes.

Albert Speer Heidelberg West Germany Adolf Hitler Speer Third Reich Berlin Hitler Spandau

Watson Tipple dies in Rome on anniversary of invention

Esther Watson Tipple, 86, daughter of Tom Watson the tele phone co inventor, died Wednesday in Rome Georgia on the 1th anniversary of the invention. She had lived in Rome since 1929 and was often cited at telephone company dedications.

New York New York Supreme Court Exxon Gulf Mobil Louis Lefkowitz Burton Roberts Esther’ Watson Tipple Tom Watson Rome Chaplin Charlie Chaplin London Princess Anne British Academy of Film and Television Elizabeth II Academy Prince Philip New International Center Queen Elizabeth Chaplin Switzerland Richard Attenborough The Woght Patmaz Texarkana Texas Patman House of Representatives Washington Tiuse Carl Albert D-Okla House John Rhodes It Ariz

Hoffa IRS tax bill tied to retirement lump sum

The St. Louis Globe Democrat reports that Jimmy Hoffa, missing since July, was billed an additional 578,927 for taxes on a 1.7 million retirement lump sum from 1971. The IRS says the payment was taxable as ordinary income, not at capital gains rates. Hoffa remains the focus of a large FBI and grand jury probe.

Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa Internal Revenue Service St. Louis Globe Democrat Hoffa Moffa IRS Washington Lake Orion Mich FBI Detroit The Globe- Democrat

Ford ousts Bert Gallegos as head of the Community Service Administration

Congressional and narrative sources say President Ford removed Bert Gallegos from his post leading the Community Service Administration, the surviving antipoverty agency from the 1960s. The move follows ongoing investigations into the agency and its programs.

Bert Gallegos Ford Community Service Administration

Daytime Lingerie Catalog Note

A soft stretch lingerie description lists items in nylon spandex blends with light control in white black or beige. It references hipster and shore cuts with lace edging in apricotta candle or cognac shades and sizes 4 through 7 with mail or telephone ordering options.

M.L F. Shore Antron

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