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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1976
Page
2
Jane Daugherty and her two daughters dress as Raggedy Ann and smaller versions to perform visits for a fee. Charges include 10 dollars for a telegram message or visit to the sick, 15 dollars to pick up and deliver flowers, and 25 dollars for a party. She hopes to book five to six visits daily to make the venture profitable.
A Dallas bakery draws attention with risqué “por n cake” designs by Don Lundy. He says most orders come from women for men’s birthdays, while he limits explicit content and stays busy designing 40 to 50 cakes weekly.
Senator Taft plans to resign at business close today to let Ohio Governor Rhodes appoint Democrat Howard Metzenbaum immediately. Taft hopes early appointment could aid Ohio in committee assignments despite Democratic seniority concerns.
Sidney Buyum of Madison Wisconsin won the top prize in the Burlington Liars Club national competition with a tale about a night crawler stealing a caterpillar’s fur coat. Mel Hart of Waynesburg Pennsylvania earned honorable mention for a camping spoof involving mosquitos and a firefly used as an acetylene forest. Norbert Werhie of Kenosha Wisconsin offered a forest fire yarn about smoked fish across a river sustained by the smoke.
Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver will face a postponed trial in Alameda County Superior Court as Judge Alan Lindsay rescheduled from January 24 to May 9 to allow new attorneys to prepare. The assault and attempted murder case stems from a 1968 Oakland shootout with police. delays followed Cleaver changing counsel.
Robert Sharp, brother of a man who died in a private plane crash, plans a family gathering for the victim's six wives or ex wives and seven children. Police found Social Security cards and licenses tied to addresses in Grosse Pointe Park Michigan and Gahanna Ohio. Authorities confirmed a wife and children at each address and noted another wife Wendy in a Montreal suburb.
Dr. Jerome Lackner outlines a statewide volume purchase plan aimed at saving at least five million dollars annually. The plan caps purchases to seven thousand widely used drugs from multiple manufacturers and relies on competitive bidding while pharmacists face higher per prescription fees and reduced ingredient reimbursements.
A Thai foreign policy expert says reports indicate missile silos built by the Soviet Union in Laos, in the high mountain area, possibly targeting China or Thailand. He offered few details and gave no confirmation of actual missiles.
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