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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1977
Page
2
Alabama Governor George Wallace seeks divorce after six years of marriage alleging incompatibility and failed reconciliation attempts. The petition, dated July 22, cites vulgarity threats and abuse and notes Cornelia Wallace moved from the executive mansion last week while both sides declined to comment.
Linda McCartney gave birth to a six pound boy named James Louis in a London hospital. Paul and Linda, who wed in 1969, also have daughters Stella and Mary. The couple’s blended family includes Linda's daughter Heather from a previous marriage. The article notes their post-Beatles life with Wings and family details.
Pulitzer Prize winner Tobert Trail Spencer Lowell Jr. dies at 60 from an apparent heart attack while riding in a taxi from John F. Kennedy Airport to Manhattan. He had been visiting Ireland with his wife and son and planned to teach at Harvard after a Boston visit.
Oslo AP report says Prime Minister Odvar Nordli will seek a vote of confidence to lead a caretaker government after elections left socialists and center-right forces evenly balanced. Nordli declined a moral victory claim with 43 percent, while projections showed Labor at 78 seats and allies at 1 of 155.
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto won freedom on bail after 10 days in prison on a murder conspirey charge and immediately resumed his campaign for a comeback in the army supervised October election. His supporters hailed the ruling while Bhutto declared the case rests with no voters.
On the French Riviera near Antibes two masked gunmen attacked Princess Ashraf Pahlavi and her party. The princess escaped unharmed while her lady in waiting was killed and a male companion wounded. A stolen Peugeot found abandoned. the motive suspected political as Iranians abroad oppose the shah.
Balloonists Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson, rescued near the Iceland coast after their Double Eagle gondola drifted to sea, said they will not try again. An Air Force helicopter rescued them near Keflavik after ice and whirlpool winds forced a descent 800 miles short of France. Their failed flight marks the 15th failed trans Atlantic attempt with five deaths in history.
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