23 Apr 1975
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1975
Page
1
Milwaukee County Court dispatch reports Karen Delgado faced removal from the public area after Family Conciliation Director Donald Holub objected to a bare midriff blouse. Delgado defended her outfit as in good taste and vowed not to drop it.
A 14 year old Miami man attempting a good deed is robbed by two men who snatch his wallet with 43 cents and a wristwatch. He had planned to donate 25 dollars after reading a report of an elderly neighbor robbed of assistance money. He explains the holdup and laments a loss of faith, noting the theft touched him deeply.
Actor Yul Brynner, father of two adopted Vietnamese orphans, defends large scale adoption as human brotherhood. He spoke at Emerson College after receiving the Joseph F. Connor Award for Achievement in Communications, while in Boston for a pre Broadway tryout of the musical Odyssey.
Grover Collins, an unofficial world champion butter bean eater and Southeast Tennessee truck driver, won the World's first annual butter bean beating championship in Soddy-Daisy on April 11. He slurped down more than 700 ounces in six minutes to outlast 16 contestants, saying challengers across the nation will continue to rise.
Governor Richard Kneip aboard a single engine plane suffered an engine crankcase blowout 70 miles west of Sioux Falls at 15 000 feet. Pilot Don Achtein, of Pierre, feathered the engine and landed safely at Joe Foss Field. Kneip sought 600000 for a new executive aircraft. legislators deemed the request excessive.
A six hour Joliet Correctional Center uprising ended with inmate Herbert Catlett 29 of Chicago slain as he attempted to calm the disturbance rooted in gang activity. About 200 inmates seized a wing and held 12 hostages while eight were injured. Authorities say Catlett was stabbed during efforts to quell the riot triggered by moving three gang leaders to Menard Penitentiary. Atty Rudman warned prosecutions for hostage taking and related crimes will proceed.
Trans International Air lines lifted suspensions on eight stewardesses who refused to fly to Saigon to evacuate Americans, citing no promised American military protection and fear of rocket fire. The line canceled a chartered flight due to landing rights issues but plans further Saigon flights and USA evacuee transport. David Sentner, 79, Hearst veteran Washington and New York correspondent, died Tuesday.
Missouri Senator Stuart Symington will step down after two decades in the Senate sparking a wide open race for his seat in 1972. His departure follows his wife Evelyn’s death and state party concerns. Potential candidates include former Gov Warren Hearnes former Jackson County prosecutor Joseph Teasdale attorney Michael Kennedy and his son Rep James W Symington. Symington indicated he would not influence party primaries and declined to confirm his son’s plans though he would support him if he runs. He is a key architect of postwar defense and serves on several major committees including Armed Services Foreign Relations and Joint Atomic Energy.
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