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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1975
Page
2
Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee, shown leaving Raiford Prison in Starke, Florida, were pardoned after another man confessed to the killings. The two had spent 12 years on death row for murders they did not commit.
The General Assembly, in a 123 to 0 vote, urged the Security Council to recommend admission for North Vietnam and Vietnam. The United States vetoed admission for both nations, insisting South Korea must also be admitted before either country. South Korea renewed its own bid amid abstentions by the U.S. and eight other countries as Algeria led a broad push for UN membership.
The State Department said U S and Jordan resolved misunderstandings easing the sale of 14 Hawk missile batteries to Jordan. Jordan had balked after assurances to Congress about limits on use, citing dignity concerns amid regional tensions and past Arab Israeli conflicts.
A three officer Air Force board urged general discharge for T. Sgt. Leonard P. Matlovich after a four hour hearing over his challenge to ban homosexuals in the service. Matlovich, 32, vowed to pursue federal court review if needed and said the case would advance minority rights beyond his own.
Camer on David Bishop, once on the FBI Ten Most Wanted List for six years, was convicted in Denver federal court on three counts of sabotage for the 1969 bombing of power lines to a Colorado defense plant. He was acquitted on one count and faces up to 90 years in prison and $30,000 in fines per count. Bishop plans to appeal.
Lisbon wires report President Francisco da Costa Goas installs Portugal's sixth provisional cabinet after 23 days of talks. The new lineup includes one Communist minister and a majority of non Communist, military officers and technocrats, ending the Communists worst defeat since the military takeover 16 months ago. Azevedo led negotiations for Adm. Pinheiro de Azevedo as prime minister. In other notes, a masked gunman in Faverges France seized five hostages, planning a $1.45 million ransom before surrendering to police.
Police raided hideouts of the Bas Separatist movement as seven people await possible execution for the killing of a police officer. Five Maoist defendants were sentenced to death by court martial for the Aug. 16 shotgun slaying of a Seil guard lieutenant. Police report a major blow to the EIA Basque autonomy movement amidst the crackdown in northern Spain.
New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Hughes dismisses the suit as futile after a two day hearing. The case, brought by two Air Liquidation Co. stockholders, argued for proving whether billionaire recluse Howard Hughes is alive. Summa Corp. contends no jurisdiction exists and implies plaintiffs seek payment to drop the action.
A condensed listing shows the Independent Press Telegram with figures of five dollars twenty five cents and totals of sixty three dollars for one item and three dollars fifty cents and forty two dollars for another.
After five months in seclusion in Taiwan Nguyen Van Thieu former president of South Vietnam flew from Taipei to England to be with his wife who had traveled from Taiwan a month earlier and his son studying in an English school. He denied rumors that he removed large portions of Saigon's gold reserves calling such reports pure Communist propaganda.
Sirhan Sharif Sirhan, 42, of Pasadena, was placed on two years probation and fined 140 dollars after pleading guilty to drunken driving. He was arrested September 2 following a collision with a parked car. His brother Sirhan B. Sirhan was convicted in the Kennedy assassination. Desegregation planner Dr. Charles A. Glatt died in Dayton after being shot four times in a city school integration project building.
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