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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1976
Page
1
San Francisco reports raise questions about the Hughes will after memos and handwriting samples from 1968 and 1972 suggest possible fakes. Analysts compare Hughes’s notes on Stardust, mining deals, and campaign influence with known writings to resolve authenticity.
Gov. Jerry Brown said he will push harder for the Democratic nomination despite Jimmy Carter’s growing primary wins. He plans to spend more time outside California, with stops in Nevada and Maryland, and will increase campaign advertising and staff. Brown noted Maryland voters welcomed him, endorsing his fiscally conservative platform.
In Beirut the Ambushers militia says it has taken control of the port area from Christian forces as heavy rocket and artillery exchanges continue. More than 260 people killed since Friday amid stalled presidential elections. clashes involve Moslem leftists, army loyalists, and Phalange forces.
Nineteen Mitchell Junior High School band members from Atwater, aged 13 to 14, developed LSD like symptoms after a parade. Attending physician Dr. Norman Wheeler said diagnosis awaits lab results in about two weeks. Symptoms included fear of death, disorientation, and severe headaches. Some speculate drug may have been slipped into soft drinks or water, with victims mostly pompon girls among a 100 member band. One Fowler student hospitalized for unrelated illness. other Atwater youths had mild symptoms. The band had won four first places and a second in a junior high review.
Redondo Beach man William League, 24, was struck and killed by a car driven by his roommate Steven Bodovich, 24, outside their apartment Sunday night. Police said League argued with Bodovich before he died and ran into the street in an apparent attempt to stop the vehicle.
Ronald Reagan's Texas victory signals a drawn out Republican race against President Ford. Ford vows to press on with Indiana and Alabama campaigns while Reagan argues his win shows cross party appeal and the strength to challenge Carter in November.
California grassroots groups split over Ronald Reagan. The moderate California Republican League backed Finch for the U.S. Senate while opposing Reagan as too far right. Conservative United Republicans of California rejected endorsements for Ford and Reagan. CRL overwhelmingly endorsed Finch. S. Hayakawa trailed. UROC deadlocked on any endorsement.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flies to Nairobi to outline an international resources bank aimed at stabilizing Third World incomes. He will promote private capital flows to developing nations and seek a framework for industrialized and developing countries to resolve stockpiling raw materials and financing issues. He also aims to pave a new negotiation path to end Rhodesia's white minority rule.
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