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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1976
Page
2
London reports the pound falling to a fresh low around 1.7010 dollars amid political tension over wage controls. Chancellor Healey urges restraint, rejecting deep cuts in spending even as business groups and Conservatives urge action to restore confidence.
A 34 year old San Francisco man Tilman Brooks was booked for murder after two women motorists were killed at a freeway exit during rush hour. Police chased the suspect after a third car forced the victims off the road. A .357 magnum pistol was found in Brooks vehicle and a helicopter aided the pursuit.
Both chambers approve 85 million in aid to Zaire Zambia and neighbors facing economic strain over black majority rule. House passes 7 billion foreign military aid with 255 140 vote. Senate supports southern African aid while delaying debate on its 6 7 billion measure. Ford objects to arms export ceiling and vetoes.
Former Michigan governor and current state Supreme Court justice G Mennen Williams was gagged and assaulted by three men outside a Detroit east side apartment Wednesday night. He was bound and robbed of a wallet money credit cards and a television and stereo. Williams required two stitches for a cut lip and was released from St John’s Hospital. He freed himself to call his secretary whose vacation number was in his wallet. Williams called the incident not knowing if he could identify the suspects. He had traveled from Grosse Pointe Farms after a legal conference. Williams served as governor 1948 to 1960 and later held government posts before election to the Supreme Court in 1970.
President Ford predicts the Republican nomination on the first ballot and foresees wins in Ohio and New Jersey next Tuesday. He concedes Reagan leads in California but says his own support is growing there. Reagan warns of possible action if Rhodesia asks, while Carter campaigns through California to Ohio as Brown tours New Jersey.
Rep. Henry Helstoski says he will be exonerated after a Newark indictment charging him and three associates with taking 8735 in bribes from eight Chilean and Argentine visitors seeking congressional favors. The six term Democrat from northern New Jersey declares the charges false and a travesty.
At Carter's Semiconductors in Kuala Lumpur, 50 female workers fled in a stampede claiming molestation by a headless 10 foot ghost. American manager Roy Pattman called a bomoh Tok Ali who ordered a goat sacrifice to appease the spirit, workers to return after a three day shutdown.
An Aeroflot TU154 on a Luanda to Moscow route has been missing for two days after failing to arrive in Malabo Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday. Officials would not disclose passenger numbers or nationalities. The 18 hour flight serves Soviet advisers Angolans visiting the Soviet Union and began earlier this year after the Popular Front takeover.
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