02 Mar 1976
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Newspaper
Redlands Daily Facts
Location
Redlands, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1976
Page
1
UP I reports a half million revelers packed the French Quarter for Mardi Gras crossing dawn to dusk Parades featured Pete Fountain s Half fast Marching Club and the Zulu parade Coconut tossing riders defied route in a festive scene Police presence was visible but orderly with plainclothes units assisting and weather aiding safety
The Justice Department dismissed civil antitrust suits against Goodyear and Firestone over lack of evidence after four years of investigation. Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Kauper said the decision was made with reluctance, with a stipulation allowing revival if needed. The suits claimed price cutting to monopolize the tire replacement market. A spokesman noted such dismissals are not unusual.
At the 25th party congress in Moscow on the Kremlin rostrum Soviet and foreign Communist speakers rejected the existence of anti Semitism in the Soviet Union while praising Russia’s economy. Brezhnev was absent for part of the session amid talks with Enrico Berlinguer and Kosygin presented economic plans. Meyer Wilner of Israel’s pro Soviet party claimed anti Semitism exists in Israel and other free world nations.
Sheila Turner, 22, sped 415 yards in 59.7 seconds to defend her Inter national Pancake Race title against Olney England rival Susan Hillier. Liberal leads 15 1 in the series begun in 1950. Turner received a kiss of peace from British Vice Consul Bruce Ryan and a trophy from Gov. Robert F. Bennett.
Forecast shows Redlands reaching 60 degrees with a 4 degree low and Yucaipa hitting 60 with a 32 low by 1 pm. Rain totals over 24 hours reach .17 inches, with storm .92 and season 7.85. expect Friday’s and Wednesday’s mixed clouds, showers, and thunder in Southern California as snow levels drop to around 3000 feet north and 5000 feet south.
White House spokesman said Richard M Nixon will submit a written report to the State Department on his China visit on his own initiative. Press Secretary Ron Nessen noted a routine staffing matter and said the report was not directed to the President or a senior aide. Nixon spent eight days in China and conferred with Mao Tse-tung and other senior officials.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 17 to 16 to recommit a tough handgun control measure to subcommittee. The bill aimed to ban sale and import of cheap concealable handguns, require a 21 day waiting period, cap buys at one per month, mandate sentences for handgun crimes, and raise dealer fees. Liberal supporters criticized amendments that gutted key provisions and questioned prospects for passage this year.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved William W. Scranton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He testified urging closer cooperation with Third World nations and less confrontation, contrasting with Moynihan's policy. Swift full Senate confirmation is anticipated.
Prosecution witness Zigurd Berzins testified that Patricia Hearst picked up bullets and ammunition clips outside the Symbionese Liberation Army bank during the April 15, 1974 holdup. He described seeing a woman in a long dark coat kneeling near the door with a rifle, later identifying Hearst from the surveillance film.
PERTH AMBOY New Jersey UPI The prosecutor in the Lindbergh kidnapping case calls the claim that Charles A Lindbergh Jr is alive preposterous and beyond possibility. David T Wilentz who prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann says the suit filed by Kenneth Kerwin seeking part of Lone Eagle's estate is outrageous. Wilentz believes the Lindbergh child did not survive the 1932 abduction and the body found near the Lindbergh home belonged to him.
President Ford says he no longer uses the word detente to describe U S relations with the Soviet Union and China, though White House officials deny a policy shift. He argues the United States will meet with superpowers and seek to relax tensions while maintaining peace through strength. Detente was a Nixon era term for negotiating concessions and easing tensions.
Massachusetts voters faced snow and freezing rain as eight major Democratic candidates contested a presidential primary with over 100 delegates at stake. Mid morning turnout appeared moderate. Bayh and Harris campaigned in Boston transit hubs while Udall greeted voters in Cambridge.
In San Diego a 12-year-old boy forced the heavy car up off his father who was trapped beneath after a jack broke. Ricky Grill grabbed the bumper and lifted the front several inches allowing William Grill to slide out with a sprained ankle and minor injuries.
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