California families hear from kin on POW list letters
Two women leaders of the antiwar movement returned from North Vietnam with a list of 131 captives and mail from prisoners, plus five men Vietnam says are dead. The Pentagon said four names were new. Families learned the news after months of silence as the women read letters and showed drawings from prisoners.
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San Francisco
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Pentagon
State Department
Mark Gartley
Greenville
Paul Bordon Brown
Newton
Mass
William J. Mayhew
New Manchester
W. Va
Gerald Coffee
Sanford, Fla
David Jay Carey
Jeannette, Pa
Albert
Edwards Runyan
Sumper
S.C
Vietnam Women's Union
Ethel Taylor
Philadelphia
Action Line Answers on Suez Canal Status in Long Beach
The Suez Canal remains closed since June 9, 1967 and would not be navigable if opened. Hulks from the conflict obstruct the channel and drifted sand fills the banks. Israel is barred from use and any opening may be tied to a larger Middle East treaty.
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Suez Canal
J.B
Long Beach
Israel
Landlord notice rules and rent consequences explained
A reader asks if 30 days’ notice is required before moving with no signed lease. The answer cites Section 1946 California Civil Code: month to month renters must give 30 days notice, week-to-week renters a 7 day notice, and a signed contract can require different terms. If no notice is given, a landlord can seek rent for vacant days up to 30, but not double rent. the eviction action is a small claims judgment for the days the unit stays vacant.
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M.W
Long Beach
California
Small Claims Court
Eugene L. Zechmeister
Apartment House Association
Zechmeister
Nixon and Democrats end session with holiday accord
President Nixon and congressional Democrats closed the first session amid renewed cooperation and holiday spirit. Senate Leader Mansfield praised the Vietnam policy while Congress prepared a $19.7 billion Labor Health Education and Welfare appropriations bill as the first order of business when it reconvenes in January. The president will holiday in San Clemente until January 5.
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Washington
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Vietnam
Labor, Health, Education and Welfare
San Clemente
White House
McDonnell Douglas Wins 7.7 Billion F-15 Contract
The Pentagon selects McDonnell Douglas to develop and produce the F-15 fighter. The project could total 7.7 billion dollars, placing it among the era’s largest military aircraft programs, with comparisons to General Dynamics F-111 and Lockheed C-5 projects.
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McDonnell Douglas
Pentagon
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Tinue
U.S
General Dynamics
Lockheed
Conflict of Interest Suit Sought Against Sullivan
The state attorney general is to consider authorizing a quo warranto lawsuit to strip Emmet M. Sullivan of his duties on the Long Beach City Council and the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission. Bernice Johnson, a resident and recall committee member, seeks the action. Sullivan missed a council meeting due to a doctor’s appointment and plans to ask the council to rescind its action. The suit would require AG approval before filing.
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State Attorney General’s Office
Emmet M. Sullivan
Long Beach
Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission
Sullivan
Civil Service Commission
Los Angeles
Attorney General's
State of
California
Attorney General's Office
Bernice Johnson
Inhabited Planets Spark Aid Debate
A witty letter questions the domestic impact of discovering inhabited planets and jokes about potential rises in foreign aid. The writer muses on how such finds could shift policy and public concern.
Rogers Sees Vietnam Slowing Invasion and Vietnamization Progress
Secretary of State William P. Rogers presented a guardedly optimistic Vietnam report, noting a 60 percent drop in enemy infiltration and Saigon’s progress in bearing more of the war burden. He defended U.S. Middle East proposals against claims of appeasement and praised Nixon administration foreign policy leadership.
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Washington
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Saigon
Rogers
U.S
Middle East
Israel
Roger
Nixon
South Vietnam
Husband of dead woman arrested on murder suspicion
The husband of Anna Marie Tremayne and father of two, Walter F. Tremayne, 39, was arrested in San Diego on Tuesday on suspicion of murder. He was held after Long Beach police provided information leading to his arrest for the nude body found in a car trunk at Cedar Avenue and 12th Street Saturday night.
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Anna Marie Tremayne
Cedar Avenue
12Th Street
San Diego
Walter F. Tremayne
Long Beach
Oil slicks drift off Santa Barbara coast after well blowout
Four oil slicks spread off the California coast near Santa Barbara with about 20 000 gallons of crude observed on Tuesday. Union Oil used booms to protect the harbor entrance as officials consider offshore drilling and possible federal action. Assembly leader Jess Unruh and Sen. Cranston pressed for a halt to drilling until questions about water injection are answered.
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Santa Barbara
California
Coast Guard
Vey
Union Oil CO
Assembly
Jess Unruh
Ventura County
Unruh
Washington
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Cranston
Hickel
Union Oil
Pesticides peril oxygen supply.
A page summary notes dangers from pesticides endangering oxygen balance and ecological systems, highlighting health and environmental risks from chemical use.
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Madeline Duckles
Berkeley
West Coast
Committee of Responsibility
Cora Weiss
New York
Women Strike For Peace
Henry Hope Fowler
Tion
Calif
Suez
Leary
Von
Demormity
John W. Finney
New York Times Service
Nixons
Clemente
Herb Shannon
Council
Mrs. Johnson
Howard M. van Elgort
Boyd Lemon
Valerie Vana
St. Louis
North American
Rockwell Corp
Fairchild Hiller Corp
Farmingdale
Platform A
U.S. Geological Sur
Channel Island Harbor
Manson
Rock
UCLA
Wallops
LSU
Ats
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