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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1975
Page
2
South Dakota Attorney General William Janklow condemned federal policy as seven armed Yakton Sioux militants seized Yankton Sioux Industries Park Plant for 16 hours. Two workers were briefly held and released. both suffered slight injuries. Police later flushed the militants with tear gas and arrested all seven with no charges filed immediately.
A spokesman for South Vietnam's new government says 103000 enlisted men and noncommissioned officers captured in the Da Nang area in March have been released to return home. The statement confirms a large prisoner release event.
Comedian Steve Allen says he approves of his son Logic Israel and grandchildren living with the Love Family Groups on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill. Allen, who spoke to the Everett Herald, defends social experiments while noting concerns about children’s happiness as a measure of success. The commune has faced criticism and kidnapping fears from some parents seeking to reclaim youths.
Highlights for May 3 include Washington DC incorporation in 1802 and Columbus discovering Jamaica in 1494. Notable events cover Louis XVIII’s Paris return in 1814, Cecil Rhodes becoming Cape Colony premier in 1892, and 1923’s non stop transcontinental flight. Birthdays note Golda Meir and Sugar Ray Robinson.
The New York Post will raise newsstand prices from 20 to 25 cents next Monday, blaming higher wages and paper costs. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin also hikes home delivery to 3.50 a month while keeping newsstand at 15 cents daily.
Richmond AP reports NASD provided representative interdealer prices for Virginia corporate securities on Friday excluding retail markup. Data shows varying percentage changes across issuers, with several figures obscured by OCR gaps.
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service reports the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center pair Joe and Josephine have produced a third egg. Biologists incubated and removed the egg and destroyed the nest to stimulate further nesting. Wildlife Service aims for two more eggs. Thirty-nine wild cranes remain.
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