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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1974
Page
1
Kenosha Wisconsin 24 year old Caprice Curns with a boa constrictor pet fights a city ban on wild animals inside city limits except circuses. She plans to move to the country to keep the snake, calling the ordinance insane and saying the animal is harmless. Neighbors fear the snake.
Cher Bono headlines Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey opening with a Project Hope benefit in Las Vegas while Shirley MacLaine recovers from a leg injury and resumes a midnight show at the MGM Grand. John V Lindsay to act in Rosebud and join ABC morning show Am America as filming begins in Paris. Lewis Bracker, once Superbroker, faces grand theft charges in Seattle. In Moscow, Diana Nemec, 22, wed Sergei Iganshev after delays over red tape.
Texas officials said a roadside cattle movement sparked an anthrax outbreak in a Texas county, with eight cows dying in Oklahoma from a Sulphur Springs shipment. Gov Hall banned Texas livestock imports, guards manned quarantines, and ranchers burned contaminated earth while vaccinating the rest as the Marlin Falls County outbreak was declared under control.
Washington AB Sister Joan Doyle of Dubuque Iowa became the first Catholic nun to deliver the opening prayer in the U S Senate. She prayed for a world where peace prevails and all may live in dignity and freedom. Senate leaders Mansfield and Scott praised her, noting connections to Clark College run by her order.
Sydney reports Sinatra wrapped up his Australian tour amid a bomb threat demanding 75 million dollars. Police surrounded the Qantas jet as a caller warned of an explosion unless payout was made. no bomb was located after searches. Separately, Seattle tested Boeing's jetfoil at Elliott Bay, a fast hydrofoil for Hawaii and Hong Kong routes.
Retired General William Westmoreland, sidelined by laryngitis, blamed himself for a crushing loss in South Carolina's Republican gubernatorial primary. State Sen. James Edwards won 58 percent to 13,886 for Westmoreland, who acknowledged his inept campaign and said he plans to relax and play golf. The Democrat runoff pits W. J. Bryan Dorn against Charles Ravenel.
Four farm workers Johnny Salazar George Verdugo Israel Pena and Francisco Martinez all from Parker Dinuba area were arrested after a shooting spree that shattered 14 car windows causing about 1500 in damage. Police said no link to the ongoing farm labor dispute among United Farm Workers Teamsters and growers was established.
In a somber outdoor ceremony at Blair House Vice President Ford presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to the families of one Marine and six Army men who died in Vietnam. Recipients included Shannon Bowen for her father who sacrificed himself on a grenade June 27, 1969, and Patti Leggate for her brother who died July 19, 1969. Other honorees were Lt. Col. Andre Livcas S Sgt Hammett Bowen Jr Sgt John Gerisch Spc 4 Danny Petersen Pfc David Windsor and Marine Pfc Ralph Dias. Notables attended such as Defense Secretary Schlesinger and Adm Holloway.
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