13 Oct 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1972
Page
1
Princess Ame plans to join the British equestrian squad bound for Russia to defend her European championship. Her horse Doublet is expected to be fit well before Kiev events next year, with the foreign office indicating no government objection to the sports tour.
Swiss police surrounded a Swissair airliner from Stuttgart after a man threatened to hijack. He locked himself in a toilet and claimed a bomb. A Swissair spokesman said the detainee, believed Croatian, was arrested as the plane carrying 70 passengers and five crew landed at Kioten Airport.
W A Bassett long headed the Los Angeles County Labor Federation from 1906 to 1908 and was a noted national labor leader. He died at age 47 after a long illness on Thursday, according to Wirephoto dispatches.
Mrs. Soledad Alvarez said her son Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez’s former wife Tangee obtained a Mexican divorce, remarried, and had a child. Alameda County records indicate the dissolution was filed in Oakland and Mexican divorces are not recognized in California. The Navy sought to halt the action to avoid morale damage and Communist manipulation concerns.
In New York a bar argument over the American League championship ended with a shooting. John Forte, 40, drew a pistol and exchanged shots with John Ballon, 38, who grabbed the gun and fired, killing Forte. Ballon faced homicide charges.
Municipal Judge Albert C. Wollenberg Jr acted after frequent lateness by lawyers and clients. He ordered the courtroom doors shut after business began and told latecomers to return Friday, warning he may hold them in contempt.
United Auto Workers walkouts at Mansfield Ohio Doraville Georgia and St Louis Missouri amid disputes over work standards and new local agreements. Van Nuys strike averted with an early settlement while main Fisher body stamping plant at Mansfield shut at 12 01 am with 2330 UAW members. GM warns continued walkouts could curb nearly all auto production and affect thousands of suppliers.
State police say robber Kenneth Oliver, 34, of Detroit, held bank teller Shir ry Pomeroy hostage at First National Bank of Southwest Michigan in Niles before a gunfight left Trooper Steven Devries dead beside his patrol car. Oliver fled in a stolen car and remains at large as authorities, including FBI and local police, search buildings and rail yards.
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