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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1970
Page
4
Louis Harris reports that 34 percent of Americans feel their privacy is invaded, with main worries centering on computers collecting data, credit checks, and tax return scrutiny. The poll cites regional, educational, and income differences and notes broader concerns about government and surveillance.
R Camposo, in first class, drew a gun and explosives bottle aboard the 747 and forced the pilot to Havana after telling stewardess Justher de la Fuente to take him to the cockpit. Regina de Silva was asked to accompany him upstairs. Passengers mostly asleep as the jet landed safely in Havana.
An overcrowded 75 foot motor launch Christina sank between Basseterre and Nevis in minutes. At least 125 dead, 88 rescued, 43 bodies recovered. Most victims Nevis and St Kitts residents. three Canadian nuns among the dead. no U.S. citizens known aboard. Survivor Diana Williams, 19, described being surrounded by corpses. Captain reportedly warned the boat was unsafe before departure.
The Queen of Victoria on the Tsawwassen to Schwartz Bay run was struck by the Soviet freighter Sergey Yesenin, ripping a 35 foot hole. Passengers described chaos while RCMP escorted the Sergey Yesenin to Vancouver harbor.
British engineer George Watt, freed after eight months of a three year term, reports American pilot Capt. Philip Je. Smith is facing a very hard time in a Peking jail. Watt, who spent time in an ideological reform center, describes mostly threats and intimidation by Chinese authorities.
About 50,000 young people attended a three day outdoor festival at a 220 acre Wadena Iowa farm site. The crowd began packing up campsites and leaving as the event concluded on Sunday after a weekend of music and drugs.
A $63.5 million automation fund set up to compensate West Coast dock workers displaced by technology is near bankruptcy. ILWU says funds will not cover all obligations, with at least a $1.5 million shortfall. Directors plan an equitable distribution formula for remaining claims amid the shortage.
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