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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
2
The six page Mirror in Simi Valley came out blank except for ads and a notice stating all news and photos were stolen between typesetting and press. Editor Costinni blamed a theft at Omnigraphics, with plates never produced and no police report filed.
Oscar winning singer composer Isaac Hayes and his wife file federal bankruptcy petitions in Memphis with debts of about 6 million dollars. Attorney Gary Plotkin says Hayes has relinquished his ventures including Hot Buttered Soul Ltd. Hayes, famed for Shaft, now records for ABC Records in Los Angeles.
Elvis Presley via Vernon Presley donates undisclosed sums to 32 charities, 12 outside Memphis. He cites touring and hospitalization as reasons for lateness, with institutions including the Braille Institute of America and Father Flanagan's Boys Town.
The record shows Joseph Sharp, killed in a Indiana crash two weeks ago, had at least five wives across Michigan Ohio and Indiana. Marriages spanned Yuma Arizona Detroit Michigan Berkeley Michigan Grosse Pointe Park Michigan and Gahanna Ohio with several divorces annulments and impending unions.
Melvin Armstrong, a 13 year old from Uniontown, Alabama, wins a new trial against Dr. Bobby Merkle after an all white Perry County jury awarded $20. Armstrong had sought $50,000 for damage claiming the doctor removed stitches because the fee was unpaid. The case notes Merkle was censured and placed on probation.
Senate President pro tem James Mills proposes adding two cents to California's seven cent gas tax. The bill would raise about 1.3 billion dollars for highways and rapid transit, including 250 million for a Los Angeles rapid transit system and 150 million for San Francisco rail expansion, with the extra tax lasting through June 30, 1985. The measure was previously offered in the fast session but died in the Assembly.
Irvin Bolser of Bellevue planned riches by buying 35 chinchillas but learns he must tend them. Now 25 to 300 chinchillas occupy 130 cages in a heated shed, with Bolser spending six hours daily caring for them and noting their varied personalities.
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