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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1971
Page
1
A 3.3 magnitude tremor rattled windows in the Los Angeles region on Sunday but caused no damage. Caltech scientists called it one of more than 225 aftershocks following the February 9, 6.6 magnitude quake.
Atlantic City Police reported a second suspicious blaze overnight destroying a fishing pier and at least five waterfront buildings including an abandoned hotel. The fires began about 1 30 a m and by 5 a m were controlled. No injuries but 75 people evacuated amid embers scattered up to a block. A separate Sunday fire damaged a fish market and a warehouse, arson suspected in the warehouse blaze.
Fresno High School awaits reopening after noon Friday closures due to clashes between blacks and whites. Principal Arthur Miller blamed non students for the violence across the street. Seven arrests, one student, and about 20 involved as disturbances traced to an Monday incident where a black youth slapped a white girl.
Rich ard Miller the Mariposa County Schools superintendent and his son John were reported missing after leaving Mariposa airport in a light single engine plane bound for Columbia airport Tuolumne County. An air search by eight Civil Air Patrol planes and ground searches by Tuolumne and Mariposa authorities were launched.
In Ann Arbor a six year old girl was transplanted with a lung from a 30 year old man at the University of Michigan medical center. The patient Pauline Holland remains in good and stable condition after the weekend operation, only the second lung transplant performed there.
In San Diego California police report six officers injured and 42 youths arrested after a Sunday rally protesting the Vietnam War and nearby apartment construction in Collier Park. About 300 youths swarmed two streets, blocked traffic, and hurled rocks and bottles prompting a police response. Officer Wilford J. ONeill, 34, with two years service, was hit in the eye and underwent emergency surgery.
Census figures indicate about 20 million Americans are aged 63 and over, representing 9.9 percent of the population. The 1960 figure was 16.6 percent, and 9.2 percent in some other metric. States like Florida, with 14.5 percent, and Mississippi, 2 percent, are cited among early figures.
Two US senators Cooper and Church pursue an amendment outlining total withdrawal from Indochina including air and ground forces. They aim to avoid a fixed deadline and seek bipartisan support, with proposals to constrain funds and avoid a prolonged stalemate.
On day 13 of deliberations at Fort Benning the six officers on the panel asked for the task force and brigade operations logs and intelligence files from the My Lai operation. They have spent over 74 hours deliberating and may still seek a verdict. Calley faces possible death if convicted of premeditated murder for the Slaughter of civilians in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.
H V Holt of Austin needs 9000 dollars immediately to keep two children alive after bills. The family faces 9009 to doctors and 6000 to a hospital, with 360 monthly for life-sustaining chemical. Three of Holt's ten children have died from nephritis and five others are in the age range where the disease strikes, including Gary aged 20 and Paula aged 17 who require 15 hours weekly blood pumping. An Austin church has started a relief fund and Holt is seeking money by mail.
Senator Henry M. Jackson proposed a bill to create a National Board of Regents for Indian Education to run federal schools and oversee an educational program for all Indian children. The board would operate from the President’s office.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the 1968 gun control law bars any felon from possessing firearms, with Bronx defendant Kenneth Bass one appellant. Lower courts diverge on commerce links, while the justices also address housing evictions and state tuition rules in a broad session.
Rep Henry Reuss cites Treasury figures showing 1,203 filers reported over 1 million dollars AGI in 1969 yet paid no tax. He notes the zero tax group is larger only among those earning under 5,000 dollars. He urges closing loopholes to curb legal tax avoidance.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said on Meet the Press he favors halting a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Indochina by year end 1971 and is weighing cutting off funds by that date. He praised Nixon’s war winding down but opposed any residual Southeast Asia force and weighed Muskie’s standing against McGovern Hughes and Humphrey.
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