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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1976
Page
2
A booby trapped motor scooter exploded in Jerusalem injuring 30 in the main shopping district. Police attribute the attack to Arab guerrillas as Jewish youths responded with attacks on Arab cars and buses near the Wailing Wall. Police and troops dispersed the unrest.
The House approved a bill authorizing Presidents to place up to 50 000 reservists on limited active duty for missions up to 90 days without a national emergency. The measure envisions use in emergencies such as the 1973 Mideast airlift to Israel and allows training to replace combat troops in Europe. It also covers Army Navy Air Force Selected Reserve and National Guard units.
The State Department announced that Steven Campbell of San Leandro California, James Harrell of Milwaukee, and Y H Burwood Taylor the honorary British consul in Asmara were released by Eritrean rebels. They had been kidnapped July 14 last year by the Popular Liberation Forces and were found in good condition near Sudan.
Rome caretaker government on Monday set national elections for June 2021, giving voters seven weeks to choose between the Christian Democrats and the Communists for leadership.
Beiruts military committee met Monday night to stop heavy artillery, mortar and rocket exchanges between Sostents and Christians, but fighting continued. Police listed four killed and seventeen wounded in one of the heaviest rounds of combat to date.
The trial of opposition leader Kim Dae Jung and 17 other prominent South Koreans, mostly church leaders, on charges of agitating for uprisings against President Chung Hee Park will begin today, signaling a high profile political case in Seoul.
Three armed men seized the cashier's office of the Daily Express on Fleet Street Monday and fled with 350000 dollars in payroll cash just delivered by armored car from a bank.
Louise Lasser, 37, star of Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, released on bond after Beverly Hills arrest for alleged disturbance. A vial of white powder found in her purse tested as cocaine. she was rebooked on the drug charge and posted 1631 dollars. AP report also notes Wes Gallagher to retire as AP president in October, to be replaced by Keith Fuller.
Victoria Fyrodorova, illegitimate child of an American naval attach and Russian actress Zoya Fyrodorova, gave birth to a baby boy Monday night at Greenwich Hospital. Father Frederick Pouy was in the delivery room. infant weighed about pounds. Mrs Pouy and her mother visited after birth. Barbara Walters will appear on NBC Today June 4 with a bicentennial salute to Massachusetts. She plans to join ABC in September for the evening news, with a five year, $1 million annual deal. Retired Gen Westmoreland, campaigning in Georgia, said US defense is slipping but not behind the Soviet Union. he warned the trend is ominous.
Randolph Hearst reports Patty Hearst, 22, sits on a San Diego prison roof and feels better after family visit on Saturday. She remains at the federal correctional center for psychiatric tests before sentencing for the bank robbery case.
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