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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1975
Page
4
Communist gunners fired a rocket that exploded inside a city kindergarten killing eight children and wounding 11. A second shell near the central market killed five civilians. The attack coincided with clashes in the capital and fears of further surprise strikes. Diplomats ordered foreign workers to leave.
A fierce East Coast snowstorm left Boston apartments without heat and power, canceled events, and traffic delays from the Appalachians to Vermont. Six inches fell in Boston with up to ten inches in Western Massachusetts. New York City and Albany reported their heaviest snows of the season as Midwest storms eased.
In Lima large-scale rioting followed a police strike. Army troops opened fire to disperse looters downtown as curfew and state of siege restricted assembly. Casualty figures vary with unofficial counts of deaths and many injuries reported amid fires at newspapers, banks, and embassies.
Government reinforcements and a second convoy of tanks reach Asmara amid fierce mountain ambushes by guerrillas who aim to secede Eritrea. U S embassy evacuates most Americans while the city faces starvation, power cuts, and looming final showdown within days.
Muhammad Ali said he would fight two exhibitions in South Africa with one in the white section and one in the black section. He stated he would not take money and would donate proceeds to build schools for black children, while noting integration could spark trouble.
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