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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1974
Page
1
In Worthing England a dress rehearsal of A Man for All Seasons nearly went wrong when actor David Beale on stage as Thomas Moore could not trigger a concealed lever to retract the block. The wooden ax fell, slicing near his neck as he needed stitches. he described it as unnerving.
The Duchess of Windsor arriving with socialite Mrs. Edwin Hilson attends the Metropolitan Opera in New York to view the National Ballet of Canada performance of Sleeping Beauty. British soccer star George Best faces charges over alleged theft of fur and valuables linked to Miss World winner Marjorie Wallace.
In Nogales Arizona two U S Customs Service patrolmen and a young American were killed after a gunfight near the Parker Canyon Take area just north of the Mexican border. Authorities found the agents beside their vehicle and the man with marijuana about 200 yards away. The victims ages 27 and 33 were stationed in Nogales for months.
In Evanston Illinois doctors report quadruplets born to Susan Katzen weighing near term signs of improvement after a drug delayed delivery by three weeks. Nader Bozorgi of Michael Reese led the delivery team noting mature lungs and reduced risk of respiratory disease for the premature infants.
Federal court weighs Operation Zebra policy as NAACP and ACLU file suits seeking to halt street searches and call them unconstitutional. A 30 officer plainclothes unit is deployed amid 12 dead and six wounded in the Zebra killings, with Mayor Alinta backing the searches as constitutional while awaiting court ruling.
Detroit AP dispatch says General Motors is negotiating a 3100 million trade stream with the Soviet Union to ship earth moving equipment in exchange for timber via an unidentified third party. The deal involves commodity exchange since the timber cannot be traded on international markets. Negotiations have been ongoing for six months with equipment priced from 20000 to 80000 per unit and to be built at GM plants in the United States Canada Scotland and Brazil.
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