14 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1972
Page
1
The White House says Andrew Wyeth remains the President’s first choice for his official portrait but won’t begin work after leaving office. Wyeth had been announced as the selected painter, a claim the White House called a fabrication.
UPI reports Soviet Union expelled visiting U S Rep. James H Scheuer of New York for engaging in improper activities while in Leningrad and Moscow. Embassy says he was accused of encouraging Jewish emigration to Israel and was briefly detained during a dinner with a Jewish professor.
UPI reports a held up man warned of a bomb and 30 seconds left as rookie officer Ross Flavel bent to inspect a brown paper bag. The device exploded Thursday night, killing Flavel, 25, and wounding two others. The suspect Fred W. Hokenson, 26, was subdued earlier by a drugstore manager and another officer. Flavel, a widower, had served one year. his wife died months earlier.
Ida Walker, 43, challenged a purse snatcher as she approached her Dallas car. The thief fired three times, killing Mrs. Walker after grabbing the purse containing six dollars. The slaying followed a struggle as the man demanded the bag.
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