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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1974
Page
4
Mayoral figure Maggy Conn known as Bobby Adams in the 1920s resigns after nine years as mayor of a small Williams town. She cites constant clashes with the new village board, plans to write a life story, and continue weekly newspaper columns.
The Massini and Rossi di Montelera heir Count Tuigi Rossi di Montelera, kidnapped in Turin last November, was freed by customs police as three Sicilian brothers tied to the farmhouse hideout were arrested. He described four months in darkness and isolation as investigators pursued other suspects. The kidnappers had reportedly demanded 36 million, though Turin sources say installments totaling about 2.8 million were paid. A second child kidnapping near Milan last month left a 12-year-old hostage remaining.
In Sacramento the California Board of Education denied equal treatment for the biblical creation theory in science textbooks. A social sciences placement for the theory was debated after a 7-2 vote, ending a minority effort to balance Darwin's evolution with religious origins claims.
Sen. Alan Cranston says he supports the California Medical Association proposal to survey staff at all Veterans Administration hospitals in California. He will urge the VA chief medical director Dr. Marc J. Musser to implement CMA's offer during remarks to a medical group in Beverly Hills.
Los Angeles city officials report fuel storage tanks at full capacity as a 415,000 barrel shipment must be shipped to the Bahamas for storage. A Department of Water and Power spokesman notes 4.5 million barrels in reserve aided by a 17 percent cutback in electricity use and increased hydroelectric power from the Pacific Northwest.
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