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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1977
Page
11
AP reports Rudolf Hess, the sole remaining inmate at Spandau Prison in West Berlin, has been granted modest privileges. He may now watch color television regularly, receive more monthly visits from family, and choose garden time more freely. Hess, jailed for war crimes, began serving his four month sentence after being captured in 1946.
Virginia Kngeer, former White House consumer affairs aide, named consumer affairs consultant to Fhicists' Transworld Trieory. She left government service in January after years with federal agencies and will start in August, addressing FTD's annual convention in Acapulco.
Gerald Ford and Betty Ford vacation two months at Dick Bass’s Vail home with plans to host Empress Farah of Iran and attend a meeting with Iran’s ambassador Ardenhir Zahed. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger may also visit, with security keeping the itinerary cautious. The Fords arrived Thursday and will stay through Labor Day, occupying the Bass condo two blocks away, a residence unused for years.
Prince Andrew arrives at Vancouver International Airport for Canada Day celebrations meeting dignitaries including Walter Owen. He attends a citizenship ceremony at the Discovery in Wueraedntet and tours the city, hosted by the lieutenant governor.
Buck Owens and his wife Jada dan reunite for a brief Southern California Exposition stint after a tumultuous period that included a May wedding, a separation, and a hospitalization following an accident during their honeymoon printed in local gossip coverage.
In Galtamore the head of University of Lacyland School of Pharmacy asked Robert W. Hersersen to resign after his sales of a controversial cancer treatment. Dean De Willan J. Bloward Jr cited publicity and safety concerns and halted his externship placements. Hersersen intends to remain as a practicing pharmacist. experts dispute the treatment's efficacy and safety while regulators warn against misleading patients.
A Maryland senator described a 1977 horse racing bill as venal during testimony in a US District Court trial of the Democratic governor and five associates. He alleged fund-raising ties and lobbying helped push the measure, which would have boosted Marlboro Track receipts and added racing days amid a veto dispute.
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that under the equal rights amendment mothers who can pay must share child support in divorce cases. The court rejected the old father primary obligation doctrine and said support should fit each parent’s ability, with no sex-based bias. The ruling, arising from a Montgomery County case, marks the fifth time the court has applied the amendment to child support decisions.
Obituaries list Alvey N. Stotelmyer 73 of Hagerstown area son of Jacob Summers Shovelmyer a church member and former Slayer Sewing Machine Co. employee. Other memorials note Frances Bowman. Maggie Lamberson 14 Berkeley Springs. Gregory Sword 16 Hagerstown. Lester Palmer 78 Williamsport area. Details cover survivors and funeral arrangements with churches and cemeteries in Hagerstown Williamsport Needmore and Berkeley Springs.
Maryland Governor Lee urged the state legislature to decide if state money should pay for abortions. Speaking at a weekly news conference on Thursday, he said he supports using state funds to cover abortion services to prevent a two tier system between rich and poor women.
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