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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1977
Page
2
The Overseas Press Club of America will present its President's Award posthumously to Phoenix Republic reporter Don Bolles. Club president Matthew Bassity asked Bolles’ widow Rosalie to accept the award April 18 in New York. Bolles died after a car bombing in a hotel parking lot on June 13, 1976.
The Big Red Ranch outside Kansas City reports weekend worm rustling stealing about half a million head of prime stock. Owner Lee Struble cites tracks suggesting a truck and a $2 500 worm haul. He suspects a novice grower aiming to expand. Police in South Miami jailhouse antics emerge with self incrimination and mock testifying.
Sea to sea navigator Willy de Roos departed Calais in a 42-foot ketch named Williwaw aiming to thread the Northwest Passage from Atlantic to Pacific. The 3,000 mile Arctic route had been completed only once before by Roald Amundsen from 1903 to 1906 in a 71-foot vessel. De Roos, who circumnavigated the globe from 1972 to 1975, says the 13,000-mile voyage could take three years, though he hopes to finish in one.
Superior Court Judge Paul Egly halted hearings on Los Angeles Unified School Districts part time integration plan after voicing strong doubts it complies with the 14th and 15th Amendments. He noted concerns over equal protection and the effect on 273 of roughly 95 000 students while referencing similar rejected city cases and the Austin decision.
Television comedian Bob Newhart announced during NBC Tonight Show taping that he will continue with CBS series The Bob Newhart Show for at least one more season. After a vacation across the country fans urged him to reconsider quitting the show. He portrays Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley with Suzanne Pleshette co starring.
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