08 Aug 1973
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1973
Page
1
Senate Watergate committee arranged a surprise birthday party for Senator Herman Talmadge at his Washington apartment. He learned of the celebration only on entry as the committee, staff, and Talmadge’s family coordinated the timing during a recess in his 60th year.
In Sacramento bi partisan talks aim to rollback the July sales tax increase beginning Oct 1. Gov Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti say agreement possible tying rollback to income tax rebates, amid veto fallout and ongoing negotiations.
The Labor Department set the annual poverty line at 4300 dollars for a non farm family of four, rising 100 dollars from December 1972. A farm family of four must earn 3655 dollars to be above the poverty line, up 80 dollars from last December.
A 43 year old New York housewife, Hermine Braunstein Ryan, suspected of leading 2000 Jewish women and children to gas chambers at Ravensbrueck and Majdanek, was extradited from the United States to Duesseldorf. US officials confirmed the transfer after a New York federal court authorized the extradition on charges including murder and manslaughter.
A bearded youth hurled a shaving cream pie at Guru Maharaj Ji during a Detroit Common Council appearance. Pat Halley, 22, a Fifth Estate reporter, claimed he did it to challenge the guru’s honor resolution. The incident disrupted the council meeting as Halley fled guards.
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