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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1970

Page

2

Plutonium in Nevada Test Site Declared Not Hazardous

AEC officials in Las Vegas state that plutonium-239 contaminating about 250 square miles of the Nevada test site poses no hazard to workers or the public, though it can linger for 24,000 years.

Las Vegas Nev Apt Nevada Test Site Atomic Energy Commission Charles Wiliams ALC Nevada Williams U.S Williams Hie Spain Greenland

Manson case details emerge from Los Angeles trial

Testimony from Mrs. Winifred Chapman and police officers outlines the discovery of the Tate home victims Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski along with Jay Sebring and other evidence. Manson complains of jail mistreatment as jurors hear accounts of the crime scene and initial investigations.

Winifred Chapman Los Angeles Jerry Joe de Rosa William T. Whisenhurt Robert FE. Burbridge DeRosa Sevenman Parent Abigail Folger Woljch ¥Rykowski Miss ‘Fate Jay Sebring Defosa Burbridge Whisenhunt

California Tax Plan Faces Legislative Hurdles and Rift

The California legislature debated a tax relief package tied to a one cent sales tax increase and income tax withholding for wage earners. Gov. Reagan and URAC clashed as counties offered relief estimates, and price shifts drew opposition from Democrats and conservatives over impacts on low and middle income residents.

Senate Revenue and Taxation and Finance Sen Bradley Los Angeles County Fagley Orange County Reagen United Republicans of California Sen. Bradley URAC Bagley

Nixon and Ziegler discuss border treaty plans in Mexico trip

President Nixon and Mrs Nixon traveled to Mexico where officials outlined planned river boundary shifts. Ziegler noted compensating factors for the Rio Grande and a pending issue near Presidio Texas. The treaty would go to the Mexican Congress and the U S Senate for approval. A nine mile guntorcade welcomed the pair by 10 000 spectators.

Ronald L. Ziegler Hio Grande Ziegler Presidio Siryort

Israel faces Arab attack as talks resume amid cease-fire concerns

Four wounded were reported near Mount Berimon in the upper Galilee as Arab guerrillas attacked an Israeli outpost under mortar fire. Israel prepared for peace talks after Washington said it found some evidence of cease-fire violations but not conclusive. Israel pressed UN talks with Gergio Jarring and warned of strategic moves from Egypt as Cairo dismissed the US findings.

Mount Berimon Upper Galilee Ure Imet Israel U.S Egypt Guita Suez Canal Washington United Nations Joseph Tekoah U.N Mideast Gun Jordan Takdah Nicosia Cyprus Jerusalem Cairo

Berkeley patrolman Tsukamoto dies in street ambush

Patrolman Ronald Tsukamoto, 22, the first Berkeley officer killed in the line of duty, was shot while stopping a motorcyclist in the early hours. A tall Black gunman fled in a car after firing, with no motive known. In the Bay Area pattern, similar killings followed in San Jose and San Francisco.

Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area Ronald ‘Tsukamoto Berkeley Police Department Orpick Tsukamoto Tsukamori Ronaldo Huerta San Jose Emile Thompsott Oakland Richard Radetich San Francisco Huerta Radetich Tule Lake Ile San Jose State College San Jose Police Reserve

Bomb calls shut Lindbergh Field three times in one day

San Diego’s Lindbergh Field faced three bomb threats targeting airline offices. Evacuations affected 2,300 people at dawn, with searches at Pacific Southwest Airlines and Air West offices. no devices found. A later VA Hospital call also yielded no bomb, as FBI probes continue.

San Diego Lindbergh Field Ata Pacific Southwest Airlines

Classifieds Snapshot From Independent Aug

A fragmentary classified listing from the Independent shows a header line with a phone contact HE 5 115 and a classifed entry HE 5957.

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AEC Manson William Garretson Garretson Raymond H. Kilgron Charles Older New Central Jail Los Angels Fall of Justice Charles Manson Reagan Assembly Senate Nixon Tex Congress U.S. Senate Secretary of State Mexico Long Beach Santa Ana Ray R. Blackmore The Air West FBI Veterans Administration Hospital Amas United States Calif Baily SNGYE Jerome Alexander Mr. Bushfield Pato LA Habra
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