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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1977
Page
2
Sandy Allen, 22, famed as the world’s tallest woman at seven feet seven inches, tours New York for Guinness World Records appearances and speaks about cruelty and acceptance, saying the abuse fuels her desire to help others and questions why people laugh at her.
A U.N. Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages failed to meet its initial deadline and asks the General Assembly for an extension into 1978. The 34 nation panel, started last Dec 15, did not approve treaty language, with disputes over hostage takers versus freedom fighters and proposed amendments to exempt actions by recognized liberation movements.
White House says President Carter may have used Bert Lance’s corporate plane from First National Bank of Georgia for campaign travel. Five trips in 1965 and 1976 could breach election law if unpaid or unreported. Powell notes the bank or Carter might reimburse or report the value as a contribution.
Federal investigators press William Sibert as he recalls a 10 week $850000 embezzlement spree. The 29 year old former transportation department employee faces questions about luxury cars a $60000 home a $30000 houseboat and $59000 cash in Las Vegas amid suspicious bank activity and gifts to friends. His bond was set at $50000 unsecured as prosecutors seek details to close the case.
The 78 year old actor is in good spirits at a Los Angeles hospital after surgery to remove a brain blood clot. A hospital spokeswoman says he is resting comfortably, his vital signs are good and improving, and has moved from intensive care to a private room. Release date unknown.
James Earl Ray abandons the libel suit against Playboy magazine over a Kay article alleging he acted alone in MLK’s 1968 Memphis killing. The suit followed Playboy’s piece based on lie detector tests given after Ray’s June 10 Brushy Mountain escape in Tennessee.
Reports describe a mysterious woman traveling 620 miles across the Gibson desert from Ayers Rock to Wiluna with four camels and a dog. Police and mission staff have twice sighted her as a cattle station near Well No 10 and the Gunbarrel Highway search continues. She reportedly helped fend off wild camels and shot two bulls attracted to her camel herd.
Groucho Marx, famed for his cigar flick and quick wit, died of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 7 25 P D T. He leaves a legacy spanning vaudeville to television and cinema, with Zeppo as the last surviving brother.
Spanish and Portuguese police hunted a 19 year old ex convict who abandoned a suitcase with priceless medieval jewelry stolen ten days earlier from Oviedo Cathedral. The Oviedo provincial governor Aparicio Calvo called Friday a day of jubilee after the religious art objects were recovered.
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