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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1975
Page
3
A Rock Island Lines train derailed in Des Moines causing propane and LPG tank cars to burn and explode. Firefighters kept 300 yards back as blasts rocked the area and an I 35 80 bridge was closed for fear of structural damage. Six people injured with no deaths reported.
The Houston Chronicle reports that FBI and Dallas police hid a statement for five months claiming FBI agent James Hosty warned Dallas Lt. Jack Revill that Oswald could kill Kennedy. Dallas Chief Jesse Curry disclosed the matter in a letter to Chief Justice Warren. The commission found Oswald acted alone. Shanklin denies ordering suppression.
Chicago report quotes Dr. M. Harvey Brenner of Johns Hopkins as saying economic recession increases mental and physical illness and crime. Experts urge employment programs as a public health measure, noting longer hospital wait lists and rising admissions tied to instability.
At the American Psychological Association convention on Labor Day experts warned unemployment raises thefts and murders and worsens heart disease and mental illness. Dr. Hannah Levin and Dr. Ralph A. Straetz studied 45 unemployed men and families in Brooklyn and Staten Island noting that 90 percent blamed themselves and children felt the strain as fathers faced unemployment and dire prospects. They cited physicians recommending milk as part of coping.
A Pentagon study says 6,800 weapons and 1.2 million rounds went missing from U.S. bases worldwide between 1971 and 1974, enough for about 19 combat battalions. The report notes possible IRA links and says 2,595 weapons and 540,000 munition items were recovered. most losses came from theft or training losses.
The Socialist Party USA has named former Milwaukee Mayor Frank P. Zeidler as its 1976 presidential nominee with Quinn Brisben of Chicago as his running mate. Zeidler, 62, leads a party seeking ballot access nationwide and write ins elsewhere, emphasizing media outreach over extensive travel.
In fringe areas of a seven state wildcat walkout most miners are expected to return to work today while southern West Virginia strikers remain firm. A random check showed boycotts continued in Amherstdale Logan County by Island Creek Coal Co. Meanwhile the UMW faced a 500000 dollar fine if the strike persisted after Labor Day and 100000 for each additional day. The wildcat walkout idled about 30000 soft coal miners and cost 3.4 million tons of coal.
A federal grand jury in Detroit begins a probe into Jimmy Hoffa's July disappearance. Over 70 witnesses will be subpoenaed as the panel focuses on inquiry rather than indictments. The investigation centers on a car tied to Hoffa, driven by his foster son Charles O’Brien, with the vehicle seized by FBI agents amid questions of probable cause.
The Agricultural Marketing Service predicts a 174 million 42-pound box apple crop, up 13 percent from last year, with Washington and New York as top producers seeing larger harvests. Washington expects a 19 percent rise. New York anticipates its biggest crop in half a century. Wholesale prices may fall about 20 percent, though consumer prices depend on costs beyond grower prices.
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