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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1970
Page
2
In Los Angeles a crowd at the draft induction center reacts to lottery numbers. A stocky man with 196 and others note 195 would be the cutoff, while 180 and 197 express mixed feelings about fairness and personal choice. Some vow to refuse induction if called.
A napalm demonstration at the City Council meeting led to a flare up when C T Weber ignited a pan containing napalm. Mayor Edwin Wade ordered removal as flames and smoke filled the chamber while about 40 attendees watched. Weber and an accomplice quickly put out the blaze.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jess Unruh urged Stanford audiences to expel students and faculty who engage in violence. He criticized the Reagan administration for neglecting local school support and called for a shakeup from regents downward, saying education is a right, not a privilege.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird defends the administration’s position that American aircraft are not providing close air support to Cambodian troops despite eyewitness reports. He notes a general interdiction campaign to protect U.S. forces in South Vietnam and cites a bombing near Skoun as linked to preventing sea supply routes, while opposing claims of direct air support.
Police evacuated 1200 people from an 11 story building in the Wilshire district of Los Angeles after a telephoned bomb threat. A sweep found no explosives.
Discussion notes that Vietnamization enabled large U S troop withdrawals from Indochina and reduced overall military strength from 3.461 million to about 3.1 million. Projections for July 1 show 2.9 million in uniform with earlier draft estimates ranging from 250 thousand to 460 thousand and 170 thousand.
A U S Department of Labor study notes Negro unemployment in Watts up 61 percent from 1965 to 1969 while Los Angeles overall fell 14 percent. Watts remains one of the nation’s highest unemployment areas, with women increasingly represented in the labor force. Los Angeles overall held 4.3 percent jobless, Watts at 16.2 percent.
The Watts Summer Festival marked its fifth annual start with a ribbon cutting led by basketball star Elgin Baylor and Mayor Sam Yorty, continuing a community event started after the 1965 riots.
Classified notice referencing August 7 1970 in California. Mentions Jones Beach and Ice at an unspecified location. Includes phone numbers ME 5-116 and HE 2-595. Partial and damaged text provides limited context for a public or classified item.
Emile Thompson, 20, a former law enforcement student and son of Oakland patrolman Hadwick Thompson, was arrested on murder charges in the ambush killing of San Jose Patrolman Richard Huerta, 35. Huerta was shot six times as he wrote a traffic citation. the motive appeared to be targeting an officer. Thompson was found hiding nearby with an empty .0b caliber revolver and was treated for dog bite injuries after capture.
Anaheim Disneyland security and police from multiple agencies quickly swept Town Square and closed the park at 7 10 p m after a Yippie raid. About 30 000 visitors were refunded their admission as arrests were made with minimal resistance and little damage reported. A later report noted observers tracked a large group near the Anaheim Disneyland heliport and police helicopters remained aloft.
In Fresno a majority of grape growers lacking signed contracts met with union representatives and an UFWOC attorney said more meetings will be held. Some growers have signed, but no official statement was ready yet. about 30 growers attended.
A four car crash on the San Diego Freeway in Dominguez killed three people and injured five. Agnes Rodriguez, 34, drove south and lost control, vaulting a divider and triggering impacts with three other autos. Among the dead were Jose Rodriguez, 10, Connie Rodriguez, 40, and Jeffrey Dean King, 18.
Three people facing murder charges in Pittsburgh are tied to the deaths of two 18 year olds after injecting dilau did, a potent painkiller narcotic. Gary Defilio 19 Edward Bauer 28 and George Doppler 24 are accused of supplying the drugs linked to the fatalities. Reis and Vertullo Jr. died within two weeks of use while a boy and a girl were made sick by the substance.
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