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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1976
Page
9
The Carter campaign in Atlanta blasts Ford for weak economic indicators and rising unemployment. Carter urges a $3.7 billion public works package while Ford touts private sector recovery and vetoes jobs bills. Officials note manufacturing layoffs rose to 1.5 percent in August amid varied leading indicators.
Robert Harold Chapman, 32, former executive director of the Gardena Chamber of Commerce, is charged with misdemeanor manslaughter and drunken driving over the September collision outside Gardena Memorial Hospital that killed 1-year-old Katherine Marek of Gardena. He posted bail and faces arraignment in South Bay Municipal Court.
After the RTD strike ended, ridership fell about 40 percent on the first day of resumed service. Officials said traffic remained similar to strike levels, and it may take up to six months to regain pre strike ridership. Top mechanics will earn 9.88 dollars an hour in three years.
Warner Books markets Nixon memoirs abroad with a secret 13 page outline read behind a curtain at the Frankfurt Book Fair. It details Watergate, the tape system, China openness, Agnew resignation, Ford VP selection, and Vietnam. Estimates place Nixon's advance around 2 million dollars plus expenses, with staged payments over five years.
Gloria, a minimal category hurricane with 75 mph winds, slowly moves 5 to 10 mph over open Atlantic waters about 500 miles southeast of Bermuda. Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center expect little change as it centers near 28.2 N 58.3 W, with gale forces about 100 miles from the center.
Sean Kevin O Leary, 43, unemployed day laborer, is held for psychiatric evaluation after telling Secret Service agents he heard voices ordering him to kill President Ford. He claimed to be near the intersection of 29th Street and Biscayne Boulevard in Midtown Miami and warned he would call back to allow officials to move the president. Police arrested him near the intersection close to two telephone booths.
The Maverick air to ground missile sale to Saudi Arabia faces heavy lobbying from the administration and opposition including pro Israel groups. Congress shows doubt about action before adjournment while Israel presses against the deal and anti Arab boycott measures face resistance from Saudi figures and the Ford administration.
In British Columbia Penitentiary inmates released one civilian hostage and another unharmed after a Tuesday night news conference. Wayne Culbert remains hostage in the kitchen while inmates denounce potential reprisals for the nine involved and the roughly 200 inmates in the riot. An inmate spokesman cited protests over tightened security and mandatory overtime refusals as triggers for the unrest.
Former Atty. Gen. Rich ard G. Kleindienst says his Washington law firm received $125,000 for acting as the middleman that placed millions of dollars in Teamsters Union welfare funds with an insurance company now a case in government suit. A Brooklyn grand jury is probing Jimmy Carter aide Elsbery for possible misconduct with the city Board of Education.
California officials launch formal appellate procedures to hear claims of mortgage discrimination in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Brown administration says redlining, the denial of home loans based on neighborhood factors, harms minority areas and discourages investment. Boards include public, government, and industry members with investigative staffs.
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