Swordfish seized in San Diego Mercury laden catch halted
About 4,000 pounds of mercury contaminated swordfish were seized from Union Fish Co in San Diego. The fish tested 96 percent above legal mercury limits, prompting federal action. Union Fish Co plans its own tests and storage for a broker in Los Angeles who bought the stock from a Japanese firm.
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San Diego
Union Fish Co
Abraham Kleks
District Federal Food and Drug Administration
Los Angeles
Long Beach Poll Shows 84 Percent Disapprove Calley Verdict
A Western Viewpoint survey of 412 Long Beach residents finds 347 or 84.3 percent disapprove of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. court martial verdict while 65 or 15.7 percent approve. Men constitute 72.4 percent of the disapproving group and 27.6 percent of the approving group. Some oppose killing in any case, others distinguish between soldiering and massacres attributed to Calley.
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Long Beach
William L. Calley Jr
Jack W. Bentley
Western Viewpoint
Bentley
Calley
Nixon frees Lt Calley amid nationwide reaction
President Nixon ordered the immediate release of Lt William L Calley Jr pending review of his murder conviction for the My Lai massacre drawing cheers in the House and across the country. Jurors who convicted Calley faced public backlash and continued debate over the case and executive clemency.
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Nixon
Calley
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
House of Representatives
White House
San Clemente
House
Jim Allen
D-Ala
Lincoln
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Vietnam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
CBS
Lyndon B. Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Local tours for youths from welfare families in Long Beach area
The Long Beach area lists firms offering tours suitable for children ages four to ten. Acceptable venues include Star-Kist Foods, Weber Baking, Mountain View Dairies, Sunny Crest Dairy, General Telephone, Long Beach Water, Fire Department, U S Post Office, Long Beach Independent, Union Oil, and Los Cerritos Ranch House Museum. Reservations are required and some locations have minimum age limits for participants.
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Can Action Line
Long Beach
B. E. Artesia
Star- Kist Foods Inc
Tuna St
Terminal Island
Weber Baking Co
4Th St
Third Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach Independent
Press-Telgram
Pine Ave
Union Oil Co
Anaheim St
Wilmington
Los Cerritos Ranch House Museum
Virginia Road
Bad brake repair dispute ends with $150 verdict
A Long Beach reader sued Discount Tire Center after costly brake work they say was fraudulent. The Cars Committee backed the claim, arbiters offered $56.17, and a Small Claims Court judge awarded $150. Separate inquiry notes drunken driving can stay 10 years on records.
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Discount Tire Center
10Th Street
Pacific Avenue
Long Beach
Discount
P.G.U
Wilmington
Cars Committee of
P.O
Calif
Independent Garage Owners Association
Cars Committee
Small Claims Court
Burglar Steals Tools From Local Construction Firm
Long Beach police said a burglar pried into the building at 3400 Pacific Ave and stole a stud gun with a box of .22-caliber fasteners from Rediger and Nelson Contractors. Two General Telephone Co bells and a maroon hardhat were also taken, with total loot valued at $232.90.
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Rediger and Nelson Contractors
Pacific Ave
Long Beach
General Telephone Co
Calley pardon urged by juror as nation weighs mercy
A juror speaks for clemency in the Calley case, saying a presidential pardon could blur law and justice. He argues a parole after 10 years might reinforce national resolve to prevent a repeat, while noting threats from furious callers to his wife and insisting the verdict reflected facts, not emotion.
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Nixon
Calley
Lt. Calley
Brown
National orders DC10s split for international and domestic use
National Airlines has firm orders for two Series 30 intercontinental DC10s for its Miami London route and nine Series 10 domestic DC10s. The carrier, first to order both DC10 variants, trims three options amid slow economy. First three engines will arrive this November with deliveries through 1973, replacing DC8s and DC7s in the fleet mix.
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National
Inmate revolt quelled in New York jail
In New York City inmates seized two floors of cells in the Federal House of Detention in Lower Manhattan on Thursday night. U.S. marshals regained control in under four hours. A guard and three inmates held were unharmed. Seven inmates led the takeover of the top two floors of the three story jail.
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New York
Federal House of Detention
Lower Manhattan
U.S
Alioto and three Seattle officials plead innocent in bribery case
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto of San Francisco and three former Washington officials pleaded innocent to federal charges of bribery and mail fraud. The four were indicted over a $2.3 million fee splitting plan for an antitrust case involving 1960s Washington utilities. Trial dates were tentatively set for late spring to early summer with motions due in April and responses in April.
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Seattle, Wash
UPI
Joseph L. Alioto
San Francisco
Washington State
Seattle
Washington
Alioto
John J. O’connell
George K. Faler
O’connell
John G. McCutcheon
Pierce County
Wash
Beeks
Alioto takes hand in San Francisco teachers strike
Mayor Joseph Alioto intervened in a strike that has shut down schooling for 89,000 pupils. Attendance fell to about one third as the American Federation of Teachers and Classroom Teachers Association walkouts continued. Open schools ran a minimum day while a minority coalition tried to keep some campuses operating. Negotiations between the school administration and the Teacher Negotiating Council persisted as the holiday break approached.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph Alioto
American Federation of Teachers
Classroom Teachers Association
Black Students Union
Latin American Teachers Association
Chinese American Teachers Association
Filipino Teachers Association
Black Teachers Caucus
Thomas Shaheen
Teacher Negotiating Council
AFT
CTA
Kiss Now Replaced by Sexual Intercourse in Modern Romance
London doctor Dr. John Slome told a medical congress that postwar good night kisses have given way to sexual intercourse in the sixties and seventies. He cited a survey showing unmarried mothers in Britain make up 61 percent of abortion patients, illustrating a changed behavior pattern over the past two decades.
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London
John Slome
Life term for Candlelight Killer slayer in San Diego
Timo Earl Dudley a 24 year old Vietnam veteran was sentenced to life in prison for the killings of two men including California's Candlelight Killer. The court labeled him a dangerous killer and handed down the life term with no possibility of parole.
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San Diego
Timothy Earl Dudley
California
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Leavenworth
George W. Latimer
Stockade
Latimer
Ronald Salem
Maj
Carl Bierbaum
Kansas City
Gene Anderson
Anderson
John Roemer
Maryland American Civil Liberties Union
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Cetausht Send
W.C
Cudahy
California Department of Motor Vehicles
Action Line
DMV
Division of Driver's License
P.O. Box
Sacramento
Douglas
N.Y
William Tl. Beeks
Falter
S.F
Chinatown
Commodore Stockton
Caesar Orsini
Kiss
Poays
Dooley
Americard
Dooley’s HarDware Mart
Long Beach Blvd
North
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