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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1976
Page
5
Governor Edmund G Brown Jr approved hiring 700 more employees mostly psychiatric technicians and nurses by June 30 at California mental hospitals. The move follows a health department probe revealing 103 additional patient deaths over three years, bringing total deaths to 139.
Voters nationwide may swing against the Liberal Democratic Party amid a $12 million payoff scandal. About 77 million Japanese can vote for 511House seats with polls closing later and turnout expected high. Big cities like Osaka and Tokyo reported delays in voting start.
President Park Chung-hee named Kim Jae-kyu a 50 year old retired lieutenant general as head of the KCIA. Shin Jik-soo resigned after an influence peddling scandal in Washington. The move follows reports that KCIA activities in the United States spurred inquiries and possible asylum requests by a CIA station chief.
Truckloads of landless peasants flying the Mexican flag advanced into farms near Los Mochis paralyzing work on more than 100000 acres. Crops of potatoes wheat and tomatoes were damaged as new protest groups joined the Old Agrarian Guard to press land reform during Jose Lopez Portillo's early presidency.
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kenneth Long told the city Fire Commission that neighboring cities and county areas including Beverly Hills receive inadequate protection because they rely on Los Angeles in large fires. He called the arrangement a ripoff of city taxpayers and urged change.
A car bomb exploded on a crowded uptown Beirut street near the home of Lebanese Druze leader Kamal Jumblatt, killing at least four and wounding 16. A balcony collapsed and debris injured bystanders as two moving cars were cited as the blast source. Jumblatt, opposed to Syrian intervention, was away when the explosion occurred. Sporadic shelling along the north and a border troops buildup heightened regional tension amid a Syrian-led force plan to confiscate heavy militia weapons next week unless handed over.
Arab protesters gathered outside the Castellana Hotel during the first meeting of international Jewish leaders in Spain. About 75 demonstrators waved banners and distributed leaflets while riot police ordered them away after more than 20 minutes. A leaflet denounced the event as part of a Zionist plan for Israel recognition. Spain lacks diplomatic ties with Israel.
Senator Clifford Case urged the United States to oppose two Chilean loan applications at the World Bank. As ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he said the U.S. should vote against the loans and press other directors to do the same to promote human rights.
Black nationalist delegations at the Rhodesian conference said Ian Smith's return to Geneva is not important to them. Smith said he would come to Geneva in the next few days, with officials noting arrivals could be tomorrow or Tuesday. The Patriotic Front said the white delegation is only an adjunct to Britain, the colonial power, and negotiations are with Britain.
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