05 Sep 1973
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1973
Page
1
Justice William Douglas, 74, arrived back in the United States from a three week China visit. He traveled with his wife Cathy and two friends and plans to depart for home Thursday.
In Bangkok, Air Vietnam Flight 727 carrying 48 aboard suffered a galley explosion believed caused by a hidden bomb. Two passengers and a stewardess injured as the plane returned to Bangkok. An American passenger and witness described the fierce blast and damaged galley while oxygen masks deployed.
Prince Philip of Britain arrived in Kiev from Moscow to attend a horse riding championship and reunite with Princess Anne through her fiancé Capt. Mark Phillips. Anne, in Kiev for a week of training with the British equestrian team, was not at the airport.
Gulfport Mississippi. A physician reported five teenagers were hospitalized in guarded condition with acute toxic reactions after eating wild mushrooms. Dr J John Russell of the Gulf Coast Drug Abuse Center said psilocybe mexicana or amanita varieties grew locally and can cause severe nausea cramps vomiting and diarrhea. He warned youths may seek mushrooms for a “good trip” but that is false.
Tropical storm Delia moved south along the Texas coast bringing up to five inches of rain and coastal tides. Winds gusted to 68 mph at Galveston with sustained speeds near 64 mph as the storm swerved toward Corpus Christi causing street flooding and crop damage while residents in Cameron Parish evacuated after past hurricane losses.
In New York a 12 year old boy Caesar Garcia was wounded by shotgun fire in a crossfire during a Drug Enforcement Task Force arrest at a dry cleaning shop. Agents and a backup officer exchanged fire with owner Anthony Gonzalez 34 who was hit twice in the chest. Ramon Perez 43 was also arrested. Gonzalez in serious condition at Jacobi Hospital.
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