03 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1972
Page
1
Mrs. John Ringsdahl of Clinton Iowa claimed a new car after a Clinton police chief announced the winner. In her excitement she sped off, was pulled over, posted a $15 bond on the speeding charge, and drove to the station to claim the prize.
Charles A. Lindbergh and 23 Philippine scientists were evacuated by a U.S. Air Force helicopter after their expedition to study the Tasaday cave dwellers ran low on food and their helicopter broke down. Lindbergh praised the rescue as the team returned to Clark Air Force Base, ending a seven day overland trek to base camp.
Irving case figure Nina Van Pallandt, Danish cabaret singer, makes her American nightclub debut in New York City at Regis Hotel through April 22. She testified before a grand jury that returned indictments against Clifford Irving, his wife, and an assistant over the controversial autobiography.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Adam Clayton Powell in a Miami hospital, saying the former New York congressman, aged 61, was “just holding on.” Powell’s heart had stopped earlier in the week, doctors revived him, but brain damage risk remained a concern.
Singer Lovelace Watkins and English wife Anne Marie dash through the night from Liverpool to Hillington Hospital near London for the birth of their 70 pound day. Watkins has four sons from a prior marriage and recently appeared in a London nightclub. Also reported is Sania McMahon, wife of Australian Prime Minister William McMahon, awaiting a third child in October, and Charles Chaplin arriving in New York after 20 years away for a Lincoln Center tribute and honors from Gracie Mansion and the Oscar ceremony.
President Nixon signed legislation raising the value of gold from 35 to 38 dollars an ounce, an 8.57 percent gold value increase. The move, first since 1934, takes effect after the Treasury Secretary notifies the IMF, with Volcker noting possible delays. Nixon framed it as a step toward global economic stability and pledged to pursue inflation relief and trade talks. He also said Congress will be asked to appropriate about 1.6 billion dollars to offset financial shifts.
Washington sources say President Nixon will extend full diplomatic recognition to Bangladesh within days after reviewing South Asian affairs. More than 50 nations already recognize the new state formed from East Pakistan following December’s Indo Pakistan war. The United States has supplied aid since the conflict ended, and Nixon returned to Washington from Camp David for Easter services with his family. Two Siberian tigers were born Sunday at the Indianapolis Zoo.
Early today a crowded Harlem Club on North Kentucky Avenue. Police say rival Philadelphia drug gangs sparked the attack. Three killed Tyrone Palmer Rene Cuff Pamela Carr and 11 wounded as a fight spread amid shattered glass and dim lights. Two women among the dead were bystanders. One suspect remains at large. two men held as material witnesses.
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