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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1969
Page
1
The Informer by Stan Leppard describes a street scene with a flickering neon sign missing a letter above a dingy lunchroom. A driver drums on the steering wheel while a passenger complains about the wait and a dead cigar is tossed from the car.
A tense scene shows a shifty figure slipping into a car while others press for names and details of Munroe’s death and the missing bag. A red haired man demands information, but the contact claims he cannot reveal more, fearing danger and a potential sling. The driver presses on as the car speeds away.
The Senate rejected the 1.8 billion dollar foreign aid measure on Saturday amid House demands for 54.5 million for Nationalist China jet fighters. The vote to kill the bill was 33 to 2, though another Senate measure would keep the aid program alive at least through January.
San Francisco lawyer Joseph L. Alioto once mayor and a 1967 California gubernatorial hopeful paid about 705 000 dollars to Washington State Attorney General John J. O Connell and aide George Faler from 1965 to 1967 as part of a fee arrangement linked to a utility antitrust suit. The payments, paired with a 200 000 dollar rebate, reached 400 000 dollars beyond an initial cap, sparking inquiry though no illegal act was admitted.
A reader aged 86 in Long Beach asks how to increase income for medical costs. The answer notes eligibility for Old Age Security to supplement Social Security and allow quitting work to care for a seriously ill spouse.
Brief notes list major disappointments in Nixon’s foreign policy.
Northern California endured a warm storm that drenched Marin County with up to six feet of water in Granton Park and left ski slopes bare across Sierra resorts. Rivers rose in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys while authorities reported no major issues despite rising flows at Red Bluff bridges.
In Guatemala City militants set fire to 15 stores Friday night in the largest guerrilla strike yet. Damage exceeds 2 million dollars as President Monte Negro imposes a two week state of warning restricting civil liberties after a wave of shootings.
The Air Force's Aerospace Defense Command monitors Soviet bomber activity near North America using the SAGE air defense network. Reports note bear and badger aircraft flying groups toward the continent, with radar and Canadian cooperation tracking incursions near ADC zones.
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