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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1975
Page
2
Private militias terrorized Beirut with sniping bombing and kidnappings. 12 killed and at least 68 wounded as bodies of kidnapped victims sparked new battles. Two American Embassy officers remained missing amid escalating sectarian warfare.
Monasterevin residents and Irish terrorists in Limerick hold Tiede Herrema at gunpoint for days as 300 police and soldiers besiege the house. He begs the public to stay away while authorities seek a safe rescue. Caroline Kennedy resumes art classes after a bombing near her London stay. Police say cancer specialist Prof. Gordon Fairley likely triggered the blast.
The Carpenters cancel 38 European shows next month because Karen Carpenter is exhausted and bedridden after a Las Vegas engagement. Manager Terry Ellis said doctors agree a tour could imperil her health, though she is improving.
Tens of thousands of Moroccans packed in open trucks head south from Agadir to seize the mineral rich Spanish Sahara as Spain departs. The mobilization is led by King Hassan II with 350 000 volunteers including 35 000 women to assert Moroccan claim, Saharan independence hopes loom for some.
Racial clashes erupted on Friday morning at South Boston High School following a football game. Police lined the corridors as 19 arrests were made across the school system amid tense tensions between 129 black and 338 white students. One black girl sought hospital care after a stomach kick. Superintendent Marion Fahey called it the most difficult incident to date and stated she would not close the schools.
Skelly Oil Co reports a gasoline shortage across its Midwest service stations with about 10 percent possibly out by November 1. The issue began in Iowa where several outlets have no fuel. The spokesman noted October supplies are exhausted at unknown counts and blamed Federal Energy Administration requirements and low wholesale prices for the delay.
Bernard Barker the 58 year old Watergate figure is hired as a 9556 a year sanitation inspector in Miami. He will wear a uniform badge enforce sanitation codes but cannot arrest. Barker released 1974 after jail for 1972 D N C break in.
Ann Fish 96 of Glen Dale adopts Becky Duncan 42 as granddaughter after long friendship begun after Fish’s daughter died. Fish, blind, will legally take Duncan surname and calls Becky her real daughter amid Duncan family ties and large clan of relatives.
President Ford, still recovering from a cold, records a Veterans Day message and will attend a wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery before hosting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for a White House greeting on Monday. He will not speak at the ceremony and resumes public duties with a White House visit, a state dinner, and fundraising appearances in California later in the week.
Gov George Wallace of Alabama arrived in Edinburgh for a sentimental journey the final stop of a European tour seen as a warm up for a possible 1968 presidential bid. He said his people came from Scotland and planned a brief stay to tour the city and visit Stirling’s Sir William Wallace monument before returning home.
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