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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1975
Page
1
Portuguese revolt fails as rebels flee Lisbon
Right wing rebels bombed an army barracks and paratroopers seized Lisbon's civilian airport in a short revolt against the leftist government. Leaders fled the country and the government urged the U S ambassador to depart for safety amid street clashes and a tightened security perimeter around the U S Embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
UPI
U.S
Otelo Saravio de Carvalho
Frank Carlucci
Carvalho
Carlucci
Portugal
Icebreaker Glacier frees from Antarctic ice and heads home
The 309 foot icebreaker Glacier escaped a nine day entrapment in 25 foot pack in the Weddell Sea after breaking through ice with its remaining propeller. Captain Gillette reported reaching open water then expected to dock Ushuaia and return to Long Beach with 138 crew and three Sea Scouts aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
Richard Gillette
Coast Guard
Long Beach
U.S
Weddell Sea
Gen. San Martin
Gillette
Burton Island
San Martin
Ushuaia
Argentina
Los Angeles
Antarctic Coast Guard
James Clark
Glacier
Clark
Cmdr
William Hewel
Antarctic Sound
Buenos Aires
Marambio
Seymour Island
Antarctica
90 vote margin kills two year pact
The International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union rejected a two year wage guaranteed contract proposal in a second ballot. The ILWU total vote was 6131 for and 3132 against, ending hopes for an early settlement along West Coast ports from San Diego to the Canadian border. Local 13 narrowly opposed, Local 16 split after approving in the first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Tuesay
ILWU
Wilmington
Local 13
Local 16
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Mysterious Bellflower murder probe targets shot through window
A 35 year old Bellflower father of seven was shot in the head inside his bathroom as he slept. Police say the gun used is of undetermined caliber and the motive remains unknown. The shooting occurred at 5 45 am as family and others were in the home. Autopsy and ballistics tests are planned to determine caliber and trajectory amid puzzling reports that dogs did not bark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Porter
Woodruff Ave
Porter
Freda
Love research defended after Proxmire attack at Minnesota
University of Minnesota psychologist Dr. Ellen Berscheid defends a $84 000 NSF grant to study why people fall in love after Sen. William Proxmire branded it wasteful. Berscheid says the project begun in 1972 and aims to reveal who is attracted to whom and when, with results due by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Foundation
Minnesota
Ellen Berscheid
Berscheid
Proxmire
Michigan State University
GM recalls 6 800 workers add 66 000 cars to schedule
General Motors plans to recall more than 6 800 workers on indefinite layoff and boost second quarter output by 66 000 cars as demand for small autos rises. The move follows mass lay offs and a February sales slump, with 127 000 GM hourly workers still on indefinite layoff and inventories trimmed by about 1.5 million vehicles nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Baltimore
Brown warns California could go bankrupt
Gov. Brown warned California faces potential billions in spending beyond revenues and said approving all pending programs could push the state into bankruptcy. He urged restraint to avoid tax increases and called out the belief that a "money tree" exists in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Brown
California
Capitol
Storm Ends Southland Storm With Sun and Hail
A fourth day of unsettled weather brought thundershowers hail and sun to Southern California with a few areas seeing snow in the mountains. The National Weather Service forecast two days of fair skies as roads dry and surface oil forms, while minor traffic accidents rose from slick conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
National Weather Service
California
Senate Subcommittee Approves Cambodian Aid Amid Vietnam War Push
A Senate foreign assistance subcommittee voted 4 3 to provide 125 million in emergency military aid to Cambodia, below the 222 million requested, while also approving 90 million for humanitarian aid to the Phnom Penh government. The move sustains Ford administration aims to aid Lon Nol against Khmer Rouge forces and may influence House debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Cambodia
Senate Foreign Assistance Subcommittee
Ford
Phnom Penh
House
Senate Ac
Lon Nol replaces military chief as Phnom Penh airlift cut
The U.S.-backed airlift to besieged Phnom Penh was halted due to heavy rocket and artillery fire on Pochentong. General Sosthene Fernandéz will step down and be replaced by Lt. Gen. Sak Sutsakhan. Lt. Gen. Fernandez had led since 1972. About 30 British and Commonwealth citizens were evacuated to Singapore, with Philippine citizens also ordered to evacuate. Turboprop C130s continued supplying ammo and fuel from Thailand after DC-8s paused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
UPI
Pochentong
Lon Nol
Norodom Sihanouk
Royal Air Force
Singapore
Thailand
Saigon
Dc&s
Nandez
Sak Sutsakhan
Sutsakhan
Independent ODA removes cancerous tumor from Kerner
A cancerous tumor was removed from Otto Kerner five days after his release from prison. The report appears on Page A-2. The note mentions ODA as the responsible organization for the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kerner
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National Guard
Los Alamitos
Indo
Sosthene Fer
ODA
Victoria
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