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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1975
Page
1
A Turkish ambassador was shot dead in his Vienna office by three gunmen carrying submachine guns near Sino. The attackers fled in a white Mercedes with conflicting reports on their identities, possibly Greeks or Armenians. Police extended the alert nationwide as they searched for the car and suspects.
Israeli and Egyptian army officers met in the United Nations buffer zone in the Sinai to arrange for the Israeli evacuation of Sinai oil fields next month. The UN spokesman Jacques da Silva said generals sat around a green tent table and made arrangements for implementing the Sinai agreement in the Abu Rudeis and Ras Sudr wells region. Venezuela raises oil prices by 75 cents a barrel, boosting late year revenue by about 156 million dollars, the Mines and Hydrocarbons Ministry said.
Vincenzo Casabona, 47, personnel chief at Ing J Ansaldo steel factory, was abducted Wednesday night with his nine year old son as four assailants forced him into a van. A gunshot was fired and two passersby were held at gunpoint. Casabona is the 49th kidnap victim this year in Italy. The couple reportedly hails from wealthy families and authorities weigh ransom motives against common crime. In Portugal, leftist soldiers and civilians seized a radio station, raised a red flag, and defied authorities.
Arnold Toynbee renowned British historian dies at 86 in a York nursing home after a stroke. A London University professor emeritus and Balliol College fellow, he wrote A Study in History over 34 years, exploring civilizations and cultural morphology while directing the Royal Institute of International Affairs and teaching at the University of London. He is survived by his second wife and two sons.
President Ford told reporters he is feeling much better after a three day bout with a cold and sinus infection. He appeared in a blue blazer and grey trousers at the White House and said he is encouraged as doctors reported reduced fever and only mild nasal congestion.
Mrs. Yitzhak Rabin told a Miami Beach Pioneer Women convention that Israel does not want foreign soldiers to fight for it. She stressed Israel will defend itself if equipped, warning a future war would be a sad day for the world.
The New Jersey Democratic State Committee invited nine presidential hopefuls to a fundraising dinner on October 27. All telegram invitations were addressed to "Scoop." Sen. Henry Jackson of Washington, nicknamed Scoop, welcomed the humor but all eight other candidates declined the invitation citing prior commitments.
Dr Benjamin Spock 72 and his former wife Jane Johnson 69 have been separated since last spring. A spokesman said Spock is seeking counseling and currently in Cuba, with plans to make the British Virgin Islands his legal residence before returning to New York in December.
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