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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1977
Page
2
Twiggy and 21 year old Michael Wheat Twiggy wed in a civil ceremony in Richmond England. About 30 colleagues and show business guests attended while reporters and photographers pressed outside the registry office after word leaked, keeping the event largely private.
John F Kennedy Jr. a five year old member of the Kennedy family enters a 26 day wilderness training program in Rockland Maine as part of outdoor schooling. He will later begin the hurricane Island Outward Bound course in July with sailing navigation rock climbing and first aid. A separate Friendship Force exchange sees 341 Georgians and 381 Britons swapping for 10 days with Nerek Webster leading the English group in Atlanta and Rev Wayne Smith as ambassador in chief for Georgia.
Cynthia Lang, a 21 year old model who lived with rock star Alice Cooper for six years, sues in Los Angeles for more than 7.5 million dollars claiming he promised lifelong support and half his earnings. She seeks 0 annual support, 2.5 million from jointly held assets, and 5 million in punitive damages. The suit cites a verbal agreement made during their relationship which ended in 1976 before Cooper married Sheryl Goddard. The attorney cites a precedent from a similar case against Lee Marvin.
President Carter, briefly noting danger, praised five contemporary artists whose works hung in the State Dining Room. Robert Rauschenberg, Jacob Laurence, Roy Lichtenstein, Jamie Wyeth, and Andy Warhol showed their prints as Rosalynn Carter and guests sipped wine. Wyeth and Warhol had become campaign friends of the president.
Tennessee Governor Blanton asks that James Ray be moved from state to federal custody after his prison escape. Attorney General Griffin Bell says a decision will come later this week after talks with federal officials and President Carter. Blanton claimed FBI had been sidelined to aid state efforts and Ray’s case draws national attention as police continue the manhunt.
Commander Admiral Harold Shear, 58, becomes commander in chief of allied forces in Southern Europe succeeding Adm. Stansfield Turner. He is currently vice chief of naval operations and was named to the post by President Carter with NATO concurrence.
Former Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark died in his sleep early Monday and will be buried Thursday in Dallas, the Supreme Court announced Tuesday. The notice confirms his passing and funeral details as the nation mourns a longtime jurist.
Three Croatian gunmen forced entry into the Yugoslav mission on Fifth Avenue and were arraigned in Criminal Court under heavy guard. Authorities warned the group would act during the Helsinig conference opening. The men, linked to a prior hijacking and a Grand Central bomb incident, were identified as Marijan Bucanijie, Jota Brekalo, and Vladimir Bizbar.
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