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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1977

Page

2

Jubilee season Opens in London with Queen’s address

A fragmented report covers the Jubilee season launch in London. It notes Queen Elizabeth III’s remarks on unity, references to Scotland Wales and Ireland, and mentions Commonwealth rotation ideas from Amin while touching on related historical figures and cultural events.

Polo Wales Wood Guy Fawkes Thomas More Oliver Cromwell Winston Churchill Uganda Scotland England London

Congressman Tenry resigns over vote fraud dispute

Rep Richard Tenry, facing possible removal over alleged voting irregularities, quits Congress promising to run again. He tells Speaker ONeill to warm his seat and notes a House probe confirmed fraudulent votes benefiting him and his opponent. He also informs Gov Edwards of his conviction that illegal ballots were cast in the race.

Reprick Toney New Orleans Congress Othe Richard Tenry Louisiana Thomas P. O'Neill Tenry Edwin Edwards House

Sugar subsidies approved by Carter to aid growers

President Carter approved sugar subsidies up to two cents to aid financially ailing domestic growers, with the Treasury funding the payments so consumer prices stay unchanged. The plan targets market prices below 13.5 cents per pound, aiding brewers when needed.

Washington Carter White House Treasury Department

Irish strike spreads to power station workers

In Belfast Irish technicians at a major power plant voted to join a two day old strike by militant Protestants. A transformer bombing caused a two hour blackout in Londonderry in the Waterside quarter. Police did not comment on the bomber. NATO says the US and European allies lag in the arms race with the Soviet bloc.

Belfast Northern Ireland Londonderry Brussels Belgium United States Say North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO

Tension in Mideast and Korea Violence Report

In the Occupied West Bank the military said 66 Arabs were arrested on terrorism charges after eight cells carried out two bombings and a Jerusalem rocket attack. In Seoul, North Korean attackers killed one and wounded another, ending nine months of calm near the DMZ per the Easter Nations Command.

Mideast Nablus West Bank Jerusalem Korea Seoul South Korea Demilitarized Zone Easter Nations Command

Erhard dies in Bonn at 80 noted as economic pioneer

West Germany’s Ludwig Erhard died in a Bonn hospital from heart and circulatory illness at age 80. The architect of postwar recovery, he earned the title father of the economic miracle for reshaping the Deutschmark and ending rationing as economy minister under Konrad Adenauer. He led the parliamentary government from 1963 to 1969.

Bonn West Germany Ludvig Erhard Erhard Konraddenauer Adenauer

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