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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1977
Page
2
Cleveland AP reports four prisoners slipped through wide gaps in jail windows since July. Three were recaptured in the jail area, one escaped briefly before being found a day later. Sheriff McFaul plans metal bands to reduce gaps to about 24 inches.
Washington patrons recall a salacious remark allegedly made by Mamillon Jor about Mrs. Ashraf Ghorbal at a dinner. A guest claims Jordan compared Egyptian history to her physique and hinted at seeing the twin pyramids after commenting on her dress neckline. Jordan and Kissinger deny the remark. Mrs. Ghorbal says she heard nothing offensive.
John Coyne, 33, jailed without bond after refusing to give his name, faces criminal trespass charges for parking a World War II half track with a deactivated 30 caliber machine gun in front of Anderson Middle School near a busy Cincinnati shopping center. He previously served six months for resisting removal of a Sherman tank from a salvage site. Nearby Cholame memorial honors James Dean, built by Seita Ohnishi after Dean’s death on Sept 24, 1935. Humphrey to spend Christmas in Washington, aides say.
Two Oklahoma ministers led a signature and donation drive claiming Anita Bryant’s stance against gay rights is misunderstood and has citizen backing in her home state. They argue her right to speak has been violated while collecting support after NBC dropped Bryant from Grange Bowl parade coverage planned for January 2.
London AP four week old Peter Mark Andrew Phillips the son of Princess Anne will be baptized in the Buckingham Palace music room by Archbishop Donald Coggan despite clerical protests that private baptisms violate church canon law which requires local church and Sunday rites. Palace and church officials insist the ceremony will proceed with water and correct words, acknowledging potential irregularities but affirming it is legally acceptable.
A West German tourist paid $97.63 for a 1.5 mile, 30 minute cab ride to a midtown hotel that should have cost about $2. Police said the unnamed driver demanded $97.64, tacked on $10 for two attache cases, with dashboard lights out hiding the license.
Marriner Stoddard Eccles, a key New Deal drafter and former Federal Reserve Board chairman, died at his Salt Lake City home aged 87 after a month long illness. He helped shape deficit spending, mortgage guarantees and FDIC policies, later leading First Security Corps as honorary chairman and director.
A federal judge in Detroit granted a new trial for Leonora Perez and Filipina Narciso, convicted in 1973 of poisoning three patients at the Ann Arbor VA hospital. The ruling cites numerous prosecutorial improprieties and improper jury instructions as grounds for the reversal. Perez faces renewed charges, Narciso was acquitted on a murder count previously, and the case revolves around breathing failures linked to Pavillon drug use.
American and Vietnamese negotiators resumed discussions in Paris for three hours to normalize relations. A joint communique reported cordial talks on mutual interests and an agreement to reconvene next Tuesday.
Louis Untermeyer renowned poet editor and anthologist has died at his Newtown Connecticut home at 92. A high school dropout he shaped American poetry for generations editing and compiling dozens of volumes including Modern American Poetry and Modern British Poetry used as textbooks. He valued poetry as an effort to express the inexpressible and urged active inspiration. He is survived by his wife Reyna and three sons.
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