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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1971
Page
1
Tim Boggan of the U.S. team reports in Peking on the start of a weeklong visit to the People's Republic the first organized American group there since its founding. Hosts provide seamless travel hospitality as Mao portraits and martial music frame the arrival with large crowds and banquets.
Lt. Brian M. Thacker of Hawaii survived nine days hiding in a bamboo thicket after Fire Base 6 was overrun in the Central Highlands. He and Pic. Lawrence W. Patterson, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, were decorated for valor by South Vietnamese and U.S. generals. Thacker dropped 38 pounds, from 175 to 138, and was rescued after a risky return through heavy fire.
UPI reports Easter Sunday fighting in Vietnam left 11 Americans dead and eight wounded after a downed Huey helicopter rescue team was ambushed in Quang Ngai province. Fourteen more U.S. casualties were noted across related clashes with North Vietnamese forces.
A reader asks whether a German language marriage certificate affects Social Security benefits and if translation is needed. The SSA says translation is not required unless needed for the claim, in which case SSA will translate. A second reader asks about Arizona delinquent child support and automatic loss of visitation rights if unemployed. The answer implies enforcement actions may apply but specifics are not detailed here.
Los Angeles police reported two people shot and 129 arrested after a rock festival in Elysian Park drew about 5000 youths. Officers fired at a man or men as they protected an officer and faced rock and bottle-throwing melee. Five patrol cars were damaged and four officers injured.
A spectacular fire destroyed the McMahan's Furniture Co. store on Anaheim Street in midtown Long Beach, with adjoining storage areas and all inventory burned. The old Anaheim Hotel on the second floor was heavily damaged as ten units fought the blaze from 3:16 p.m. to 6 p.m. Arson is suspected as a cream colored sedan was seen fleeing nearby. No injuries reported.
In San Francisco the two teachers unions voted to accept an agreement ending a 19 day strike halting city schools. About 625 of 2,700 California Teachers Association members ratified amid reluctance while the American Federation of Teachers, who started the walkout, approved the proposal by a large majority to resume classes after Easter recess.
Mostly smoking today with some low clouds this morning and increasing cloudiness tonight. High near 71. Complete weather on Page Ct.
The excerpt notes independent wiretaps deemed must in the war on drugs. It mentions GOP chairman predicting trouble for Nixon in 1972 if the war continues. It also references a Catholic bishop announcing a positive alternative to abortion and Census data on Lakewood. Odds favor a U S tax cut per Sylvia Porter.
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