03 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1972
Page
1
Merle Norman, an 85 year old and former medical student who built a personal cosmetics empire, has died in Australia a day after arriving from Los Angeles. The obituary notes her early cooking on a kitchen stove and her rise to prominence in the industry.
Jessie Royce Landis stage and screen actress died at Daubiy Conn hospital at age 67 after returning from a Lollywood film. Her longest stage run was Kiss and Pell in New York for forty years. Survivors include her husband Maj Gen J F R Sela and retired Gen Joseph I McNarney who died aged 78 in La Jolla.
Greg Brandt a 23 year old radio announcer at KDMA Montevideo Minnesota died of natural causes probably a heart attack while alone in the studio during a late broadcast. He was found on the floor with his earphones on after the station failed to sign off as scheduled. Police and coroner investigators were called to the scene and the Lac Qui Parle County coroner attributed the death to natural causes.
Winnie Ruth Judd, living in Danville under a former alias, hid after trunk murders in the 1930s as she served seven years as a fugitive from an Arizona hospital. Earlier, Mrs. Todd’s life sentence was commuted after a Phoenix-linked case began in 1931. Vidal Nunez, a Brooklyn grocer, faced a manslaughter verdict for killing an intruder. he received five years probation. Dan Rowan had a Mayo Clinic checkup for a shoulder cyst. Lyndon Johnson and his wife vacationed in Mexico at Miguel Aleman’s invitation.
South Vietnamese reports claim bomber strikes destroyed four tanks and four trucks in the central highlands while six Soviet PT76 tanks were reported sunk by air forces. Pleiku sources note 50 North Vietnamese tanks in Base Area 609, with 9 tanks claimed destroyed in the region since January 18. U.S. B52s dropped 700 to 900 tons on Laos and Cambodia as ground fighting remained limited in the highlands.
Senate Republicans removed Sen Karl Mundt from all committee assignments due to illness, a historic move. He has not sat in the chamber since November and may not seek re election. If he returns he would regain full seniority.
Sirhan B. Sirhan, killer of Senator Kennedy, was moved από Death Row No. One to No. Three on January 6. Officials say threats remain but the source of danger will not be relocated and his behavior has improved. He will mingle with other condemned inmates during exercise periods.
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