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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1975
Page
3
In Beirut heavy fighting between Palestinian guerrillas and Phalangists raged for a third day with mortars rockets and gunfire in multiple districts. Bomb blasts shattered windows and police were deployed as government warned of troop intervention if violence continued.
Renowned actor Fredric March 77 died in Mount Sinai Hospital after a two year cancer fight. He won two Academy Awards for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Best Years of Our Lives and appeared with wife Florence Eldridge at his bedside. Born Frederick Macintyre Bickel in Racine Wisconsin he shifted from banking to theater after a life turning appendicitis episode.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin unveiled Israel’s Kfir a $4 million U.S. powered delta wing single engine jet fighter bomber at Ben Gurion Airport. The plane which flies twice the speed of sound and reaches 50 000 feet represents a milestone in Israeli military self sufficiency. Israel aims to reduce dependence on foreign air power with this homebuilt aircraft.
In San Francisco a prosecutor opened the Zebra trial charging four Black Muslims with murder, kidnapping and robbery. Defendants Jessie Cooks Manuel Moore J C X Simon and Larry Green are linked to the Death Angel cult accused of slayings of white victims between Oct 1973 and Apr 1974. The case could last six months.
Daly, head of World Airways, pleads with President Ford in Tokyo to ease restrictions and allow evacuation from Saigon. He criticizes CIA and military/State department personnel and says American forces and Vietnamese authorities blocked departures. Daly notes 4,000 to 5,000 Americans in Saigon and that two World Airways planes returned empty after attempts to fly evacuees out.
The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks moves toward a 12:01 a.m. Friday strike as 131,000 members vote amid an "insufficient" industry offer. While some unions approve contracts, labor sources expect President Ford may appoint an emergency board to study the issue for 60 days.
UPI reports Thomas Dargel and Regina Dargel were arrested in Blaine Washington crossing from Canada in a Mercedes valued at 12000 with Oregon plates. A third, Joachim Dargel, remained at large in Los Angeles as authorities pursued 27 Oregon plates from Medford. The trio allegedly planned to smuggle 28 luxury cars worth 336000 into the United States and face charges for false customs declarations. Bail was set at 5000 for Thomas and 2500 for Regina, with a preliminary hearing on April 22.
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz says abuses exist in the food stamp program and it should be revised. He notes families earning up to about ten thousand dollars a year could qualify under current rules. He cites housing, furniture, vehicles used for work and other deductions as factors lowering net income below the monthly eligibility ceiling.
President Ford told the 84th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Constitution Hall that the United States will emerge from its Indochina sacrifices stronger and wiser. He rejected talk that America’s best years are behind us and urged support for a strong national defense.
UPI reports Frank Zarb says US must drill more offshore wells within two to three years to prevent OPEC from raising prices by about 30 percent. He warns price hikes could occur even without war or embargo, stressing national strength and military deterrence.
Thunderstorms lash flood zones as heavy rains swell rivers from Florida to Alabama. Tornadoes strike Brunswick Georgia and near Pensacola Florida while the Mississippi River crests at Vicksburg and slowly recedes. Officials warn of renewed flooding in parts of Florida and Georgia, with thousands displaced and damages rising into the millions.
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller arrived in Nationalist China to represent President Ford at Chiang Kai-shek funeral. Rockefeller read a statement sending the deepest sympathies of the President and the U.S. people. Chiang Kai-shek died April 5 at age 87 and will be buried Wednesday. Ford had named Rockefeller to head the American delegation after objections to the initial choice.
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