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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1970
Page
3
Louis Harris survey finds 34 percent feel privacy invaded with computers and tax data. 62 percent disagree. Concerns vary by region and sociodemographic group, with computers, credit checks, government data, gossiping neighbors, and telephone eavesdropping cited as key fears across different communities.
R Campos, identified passenger, hijacked a 747’s first class section demanding Cuba. Stewardess Iesther de la Fuente recounted gun drawn and explosives claimed bottle. Pilot followed order to Havana, noting the ordeal may inspire future attempts at similar air piracy.
A 75 foot motor launch carrying far more than its 180 passenger capacity sank near Nevis after leaving St. Kitts. At least 125 dead, 88 rescued, 43 bodies recovered by Sunday, many residents of Nevis and St. Kitts among victims. Three Canadian nuns perished. others report overcrowding and unsafe conditions aboard Christina. Captain Ponteen among those lost, friend says he warned of danger.
The Soviet freighter Sergey Yesenin rammed the Queen of Victoria on the Tsawwassen to Schwartz Bay run, ripping a 35 foot hole and sending vehicles on the car deck into tangled steel. No injuries reported. Passenger accounts described utter chaos as sirens, falling dishes, and people rushing to safety followed by calm after the ship diverted to Vancouver. A strong lip side is suspected to have caused the collision.
British engineer George Watt, freed after 34 months in a Chinese detention, said American pilot Capt. Philip J. Smith faced harsh coercion in a Peking jail. Watt, released early from a three year espionage sentence, described threats and intimidation rather than direct torture. Smith, shot down near Hainan in 1965, is among several Americans reportedly held in China.
About 50,000 young people gathered at a 220 acre Wadena Iowa farm for a three day outdoor rock festival. As the event wrapped up on Sunday attendees began closing campsites and departing. Many had enjoyed music and drugs during the celebration.
The $63.5 million automation fund set up to pay unemployed West Coast dock workers faces near bankruptcy. ILWU President Harry Bridges says projected claims cannot be fully funded with remaining assets, with a shortfall of at least $1.5 million. Directors have drafted a formula to distribute the balance among claimants.
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