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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1971
Page
1
American helicopter units pressed edges of the A Shau Valley as ground troops prepared for a major offensive north of Saigon. Reporting little Communist resistance, the operation aims to seize the valley’s approaches while a field commander warned of possible NVA warning.
Newark public schools returned to near normal operation as attendance at 82 schools reached about normal levels. Officials said 80,000 students resumed classes after the city faced the longest teachers strike in a major American city, lasting 11 weeks.
The Illinois Pollution Control Board fined a Joliet asphalt roofing plant 149000 dollars for discharging untreated waste into the Des Plaines River. The plant is a subsidiary of GAF Corp. The penalty is the highest ever imposed in Illinois and possibly the nation.
Washington press officer Robert McCloskey rejected Rep. Paul McCloskey’s charges that U S bombers destroyed thousands of Laotian villages. He said the congressman refused opportunities to review the refugee crisis with the U S Embassy in Vietnam.
About 2,000 veterans in combat garb rallied on Capitol Hill calling for an end to the Vietnam War. The demonstration stood out as a disciplined, somber protest among Washingtons recent large antiwar gatherings.
National students who largely composed earlier crowds protest with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War sponsor of a week long demonstration. The group said the violence of Vietnam is something they well understand because they were the ones who performed that violence.
New York Mayor John Lindsay warned of drastic consequences if Albany does not restore funding and grant taxing powers. He said 90,000 city employees could be fired, eight hospitals shut, and next fall’s freshman class at City University eliminated.
A 7 month old girl named Sharla Johnson survived a near lethal cold snap in Fairbanks Alaska after being found under a pine tree three months ago. Doctors dunked her in 100 degree water and used mouth to mouth resuscitation to revive her. Two fingers were amputated. Her mother Mrs Wilma Johnson who was recovering from a nervous breakdown died the same day.
Angela Davis feared turning herself in after being added to the FBI most wanted list last August. Her lawyer Howard Moore said in London that she did not want to be shot. Rory Calhoun divorced after 22 years and remarried in Las Vegas to Susan Langely, 29, from Los Angeles. Langely had been divorced in Australia last month.
Jim Brown appeared in court with his arms around two women, saying all was forgiven as prosecutors prepared for trial. He faces two counts of battery and one count of disturbing the peace for an alleged February 12 incident in which Carol Williams and Claudia Lemary, both 22, were allegedly beaten and thrown down stairs at his apartment building.
A Union Memorial Hospital spokesman in Baltimore says poet and humorist Ogden Nash was transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital on Monday afternoon for treatment of a kidney disorder.
Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy departed Nassau after an overnight stay. Onassis’ yacht Christina remained in Nassau harbor as the couple reportedly flew to New York aboard a private jet.
A spring thunderstorm spawned a tornado in Wereford Texas, bouncing across the Panhandle city and causing extensive damage. Officials report 15 to 20 injuries, none life threatening, with damages estimated at 1.815 million dollars after inspections. Sheriff Travis McPherson said the white funnel hovered about 100 feet above ground at times, dipping down to destroy power lines.
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