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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1973
Page
1
National: At NASA Space Center Houston two Skylab 2 astronauts used stethoscopes and soapy water in an unsuccessful leak hunt aboard the space station. Pressure and air conditioning leaks were not deemed serious, but Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma aimed to fix the humidity and other nagging issues after 24 days aboard.
Baton Rouge water authorities hourly tested river intake sites for 64,000 gallons of chloroform from a ruptured barge that sank along the Mississippi. Dow Chemical officials reported detectable anesthetic levels all morning. concentrations peaked early, with 34 plants showing no prechemical presence.
Washington reports the American Federation of Teachers opened its 57th annual convention focusing on uniting with the National Educational Association. AFT President David Selden said talks with NEA officials would begin after Labor Day to discuss a proposed merger of the 1.4 million NEA and 375,000 AFT members.
Secretary of State William Rogers said Soviet MIRV tests have somewhat reduced the chances for a Russia United States nuclear weapons control deal. He did not rule out a pact but called progress more difficult, in his first State Department news conference in six months. Beach search fails to find more bodies in mass murder case. Investigators comb the Galveston Island shore for remains as two Houston couples reported seeing men burying bundles months earlier.
Hecla Mining Co officials in Casa Grande Arizona announced plans to drill two six inch holes each more than 1300 feet deep to reach two miners trapped in a tunnel of the Lake shore copper mine. They cautioned on the time required to reach the men.
A gang of women assaulted three teenage girls in Belfast early Monday, kicking and beating them and carving initials of a militant Protestant group into their arms. The clash sparked a 24 hour flare of unrest in Northern Ireland with five men injured in public safety incidents and damage to two hotels and three other buildings.
Authorities said on Monday that the flood death toll rose to 65 and the number of homeless doubled to 250,000. Guanajuato was hardest hit as four major cities flooded when rivers swelled and a dam ruptured.
Insurgent forces renew attacks after a five day lull, clashing with Cambodian troops at Kompong Cham Kompong Speu and nearby areas as the conflict tightens within six miles of Phnom Penh.
Saigon reports communist led forces fired 28 rockets and 1,280 mortar rounds at five South Vietnamese infantry positions west and southwest of Hue, marking a continued escalation near the old Imperial capital.
SANTIAGO Chile shopkeepers across the country called a 48 hour shutdown starting Monday night pushing the nation toward a virtual general strike. Rafael Camille president of the Small Businessman's Confederation said the action protests government distribution of goods to private stores and expresses sympathy with a nationwide transport strike.
Joseph P Kennedy III, eldest son of the late Robert Kennedy, was convicted in Nantucket Mass of negligent driving that caused an accident leaving a teenage girl temporarily paralyzed. He was fined. Kennedy testified he was innocent. The case drew family support from his mother Ethel and Senator Edward Kennedy.
Veteran broadcaster Larry Chatterton died of cancer Sunday at his Hollywood home on the eve of 2. He joined KFI in 1961 after stints at KHJ KNX and the Mutual network. Gene Krupa reveals benign leukemia from Yonkers New York age 64.
A federal court bribery case involving New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison and two pinball machine dealers opened with a jury of nine men and three women chosen on Monday. A fourth defendant, 57 year old Harley Marks Jr., was granted a separate trial by US District Judge Herbert W. Cristenhorry.
James Gronen of Boulder, the 1973 All-American soap box derby champion, was disqualified in Akron after officials found an illegal electro magnetic nose system activated by his helmet. Bret Yarborough, who finished second, was declared winner and receives the first prize scholarship of 7500 dollars, replacing the runner up 5000 dollar award.
Stanley Zundell, a 60-year-old Santa Monica bank manager, claims to have rejuvenated himself after health troubles. He has climbed the 14,688-foot Matterhorn seven times since 1969 and plans three more attempts by month end.
Ambassador G McMurtrie Godley, a controversial former envoy to Laos, is expected to be named U S ambassador to Argentina officials said Monday. Godley was Nixon’s pick for assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs but the Senate committee rejected the appointment by one vote last month.
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