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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1975
Page
9
Elvis Presley marked his 40th birthday in seclusion at his Memphis home. Fans stood outside the gate, while reports noted he is dieting to reach his usual weight of 180 pounds and may refrain from public appearances until then.
Bruce Lanford says he acted without hesitation after a fiery four vehicle crash on Interstate 95 between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. He pulled a trapped trucker from the blaze and, with a passing crane operator, lifted the truck off a car carrying a critically injured woman, Dora Weisberg. Weisberg, 63, of Hollywood, remained in critical condition after surgery. the truck driver Carlos Cerna, 31, was treated for scrapes and bruises.
Los Angeles police report a fifth victim slain by throat-slitting akin to prior murders tied to the so called skid row slasher. Investigators say the killings appear similar enough to suggest one suspect and claim outreach to midnight mission and downtown drifter populations yielded little help. Victims listed include Charles Jackson 46 Moses August Yakanak 47 Arthur Dahlstedt 54 and David Perez 42.
A man posing as an insurance salesman held seven people at gunpoint in a Leonia home. He fled after fatally shooting a woman identified as Marie Fasching, 21, of Leonia. Bergen County officials initially thought she was beaten to death. the cause of death remains uncertain.
President Ford nominates Betty S. Murphy 46 a former NLRB attorney and Wage and House Division administrator as the board’s first female member and says he will designate her chairman if confirmed by the Senate. Police report a fatal home invasion at Hackensack Hospital area with six others bound or tied and one nurse assaulted but not injured.
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