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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1969

Page

4

Long Beach Air Service Seeks Approval Competing with Western

The proposed Long Beach route would challenge Western Air Lines by serving Long Beach to San Jose and other points. FOLEY'S recommendation advances to the full state commission with exceptions due by April 22 and replies by May 7. Holiday Airlines will offer a charter Long Beach to Lake Tahoe flight using its own Electra.

Vate Long Beach Airport Long Beach Western Air Lines San Jose

AWOL GI Linked to Rabies Treatment at Fort Ord

An unidentified AWOL soldier at Fort Ord claimed the identity of Sgt. J C Carlton D Lawrence from Natchez Mississippi. He said he had been bitten in Vietnam and received 22 antirabies shots but later developed an allergic reaction. Army officials and Salinas police pursue the missing man as California patrols join the alert.

Fort Ord J.C. Carlton D. Lawrence Natchez, Miss Vietnam Lawrence Fort McArthur Post Hospital Salinas California Army

Evader of Draft Sentenced

James Martin Harris of Inglewood, 23, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison by U S District Judge Manuel L Real after a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of violating the Military Selective Service Act. Harris, a former UCLA student and draft resistance leader, had been indicted May 13 for wilfully refusing induction. He previously turned in his draft card at a public rally.

U.S

King Anniversary Rededication Appeals Across Nation

President Nixon urged a nonviolent, just rededication as the King assassination anniversary marked nationwide. Civil rights leaders planned three days of services in major cities with a large Memphis march led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy. Coretta King declined participation, visiting the cemetery with her children.

Nixon Martin Luther King King Alabama Florida North Carolina Georgia Coretta King Atlanta Ralph D. Abernathy Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Chicago riots prompt mass arrests and curbs after King's death

Police report 159 arrests amid West Side violence as guardsmen deploy with tear gas and carbines. Daley and Ogilvie impose emergency orders banning firearms and alcohol, while hospitals treat 72 injured including a 17 year old shot in the chest.

West Side Central Police Richard T. Dunn Daley Loop Ogilvie Chicago Dr. King Crane High School King

Federal Reserve raises discount rate and reserve requirements

The Federal Reserve increases its discount rate from 4 1 2 to 6 percent the highest in 40 years and raises reserve requirements by 1/2 percent freezing about 650 million in lendable funds. Gov Sherman J Maisel dissented on reserve changes as the Fed continues open market operations to tighten liquidity without yet slowing overall borrowing.

Federal Reserve System Federal Reserve Banks Federal Reserve Boston Sherman J. Maisel

Moms for Peace apologizes for $95 checks to California lawmakers

Beverly Hills group An other Mother for Peace explains it sent 95 dollar checks to 33 congressmen who voted against a 6 billion supplemental bill aiming to curb war costs. Five California Democrats Brown Burton Edwards Hawkins Rees were among recipients not returning the funds.

Beverly Hills California Mother For Peace George E. Brown, Jr Philip Burton Don Edwards Augustus Hawkins Thomas M. Rees Dorothy Jones Cochairman American Friends Service Committee

Birch Fund Aids Otepka Security Chief Reinstatement Fight

The John Birch Society funds covered about 80 percent of Otto F. Otepka's $26 500 legal costs in his four year bid to regain the State Department's chief security evaluator post. James M. Stewart of the American Defense Fund said about $22 000 funded Otepka's case.

Washington John Birch Society Otto F. Otepka State Department

Nixon nominates Otepka to subversive activities board

The Exclusive Times reports Nixon nominates Otepka to the Subversive Activities Control Board while detailing his ties to Birch Society figures. An ongoing dispute over legal fees and associations could spark Senate Judiciary scrutiny after the Easter recess, with Otepka‘s history of Birch ties highlighted.

Nixon Subversive Activities Control Board Otepka Birch Senate Judiciary Committee God, Family and Country Boston Birch Society Col Laurence E. Bunker The Birch National Council

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