12 May 1975
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1975
Page
1
Evangelist Billy Graham began an eight day crusade before about 37 000 at Mississippi Memorial Stadium with a sermon on the Christ. He urged a personal recommitment to Jesus Christ and 950 people responded by coming forward.
Cambridge report notes a tiny planetoid 280 million miles from the sun has been officially named Whipple's Asteroid. Fred L. Whipple, former Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory director, says he was surprised by the naming. Whipple discovered the comet Celestia in 1933. the asteroid was found via Harvard Center for Astrophysics plates. He also holds the Distinguished Service Award.
In St. Peter's Basilica Pope Paul VI told journalists that truth is their first law during a Holy Year Mass for journalists marking the ninth World Day for Social Communications. He warned of their enormous responsibility to the public and urged integrity and objectivity in their mission.
Jeanne Mazza delivered three red haired girls on Mothers Day at Alexian Brothers Medical Center Chicago. The babies weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces, 4 pounds 11 ounces, and 4 pounds 4 ounces and were placed in cribs to gain weight. Father Peter Mazza rested at home in Roselle while Kristie Lynn, the couple’s 11 month old daughter, is also in the family.
In Toluca Mexico a 35 year old bus driver Pran Cisco Jiminex learned he had a son and two daughters when his wife 33 gave birth to premature triplets on Saturday Mother's Day in a local clinic. The newborns and mother are reported in good condition alongside two older children aged 16.
Singer Gisele MacKenzie 47 married banker Robert Z. Klein 55 this weekend in Los Angeles. The ceremony Saturday was held at the home of astrologer Carroll Righter who introduced the couple. Klein is vice president of the Central Bank of California.
Washington reports the White House will announce former California congressman Charles H. Gubser as U S section chairman of the permanent Joint Board on Defense Canada United States. The post has ambassadorial status but requires no Senate confirmation. Gubser, 59, succeeds Andy Borg of Superior Wisconsin, after 11 terms in the 10th District and service on the House Armed Services Committee.
Soviet destroyers Boykiy and Zhyuchiy arrived at Boston Harbor to a 21 gun salute while U S destroyers Leahy and Tattnall welcomed them with bands and crowds. In Leningrad, the American ships tied up on the Neva as a celebration marked 30 years since VE day. Russian officials and Gov. Dukakis planned a formal meeting after the event.
The Supreme Court today let stand two federal court decisions finding Boston authorities promoted segregation in schools. The 1st Circuit upheld Judge Garrity's findings and plan amid busing turmoil in South Boston. A separate action voided fee awards for environmental suit plaintiffs absent a specific law.
Israeli troops raided southern Lebanon overnight entering Bint Jheil Aila Beh Chaab and Yarin near the frontier in a first such raid in four months. Five hostages were reported captured including a doctor and a Lebanese Communist Party member. Reports say a restaurant and a medical clinic may have been blown up. no shots fired. Parallel dispatches noted Geneva talks details discussed by Kissinger and Gromyko, Kosygin arriving in Tripoli for talks, and Algeria asking the Arab League to delay action with the Common Market over a trade pact with Israel.
In Black Diamond Washington AP reports a 25 person foraging group explored roadside flora for edible plants. David Jansen led the excursion with guidance from instructor Bob Rollin and others. They sampled miner's lettuce bedstraw sheep sorrel licorice fern roots winter cress duck rhubarb substitute young fern fronds and tested pine needles and lichen. The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department sponsored a workshop at Red Barn Ranch five miles west of town. Jansen lectured Friday night before travel and the group planned a main feast including cattail soup nettle dish fireweed mustard greens chickweed miner's lettuce and teas of ginger and mint.
Hetty Ford's son Jack, 24, sent a Mother's Day card praising his mother's stance on women's rights. A spokesman said First Lady Elizabeth Ford also received Mother's Day calls from all her children as she and the President rested at Camp David. Susan Ford, 18, sent a tape, and the President gave her scarves and other apparel. Mrs Ford, back from Camp David, was to receive a Silver Humanitarian award in Philadelphia tonight from the Association for Mental Retardation.
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