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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1974
Page
1
Margaret Leech, historian and double Pulitzer Prize winner, died at her New York home after a series of strokes. She won in 1942 for Reveille in Washington and again in 1959 for In the Days of McKinley, widow of Ralph Pulitzer.
Salt Lake City's Willis W. Ritter, 74, declares he will remain on the bench despite 800 lawyers seeking his removal. The Utah Bar backed a move to Congress to remove him, but Ritter says he plans to stay long, citing a grandfather clause that exempts him as chief judge of Utah's U.S. District Court. He notes a stormy career since 1949, including clashes over parking violations and a post office case involving an elevator. He remains the sole judge protected by the clause in the retirement law.
Six Pasadena based ministers resign amid accusations of sexual improprieties, financial mismanagement, and doctrinal rifts within the Worldwide Church of God founded by Herbert W. Armstrong. The group contends Garner Ted Armstrong’s adultery was concealed. a 12 page statement was mailed to members.
Thomas Gately Jr, an Alexandria Virginia balloonist, vanished after attempting a trans Atlantic crossing. Officials traced wind predictions to a likely sea landing about 900 miles from the African coast as searches by air and sea extend from the Spanish Sahara Mauritania area.
Alliance Ohio based group of 32 American and Canadian missionaries, aboard a Convair 240, was forced to land in Camaguey Cuba after air space confusion. They faced a 24 hour detention then paid 6 850 to Cuban authorities for return flight to Ohio. led by Claude Ferguson 94.
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