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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1975
Page
10
A reader asks what happens to unsold previous year models. Ford and GM spokesmen say dealers liquidate prices to sell remaining stock. none is returned to factories. Ford notes a dealer rebate on discounted end-of-year models, while GM does not offer a rebate.
Five cars of a Southern Pacific freight train derailed south of Camarillo after an auto driven by 17 year old Steven Suchy reportedly lost control on Highway 118 and struck the side of the train. He was listed in fair condition after fire and police freed him from wreckage. two derailed cars suffered heavy damage. Tracks were cleared within hours.
R C of Long Beach asks who to contact to place a bench at the southbound bus stop at 52nd Street and Atlantic Avenue. The prior bench near Harold's Furniture Store was removed after obstructing foot traffic. Chris Farell of Long Beach Public Transportation Co. can be reached at 599 744 for bench requests. A.H. of Bellflower inquires about disability benefits and how to obtain aid.
Reader describes two boys humiliated by a liquor store clerk while returning pop bottles for deposits. The clerk cursed and told them to go elsewhere, prompting the reader to leave a purchase and depart. The letter suggests stores post a sign declining bottle returns to steer customers away.
The article recalls Ackerman recounting his CIA service with Welch and criticizing Senate Intelligence Committee disclosures. Church defends the panel, while Rep. McDonald pushes a federal probe into Fifth Estate and Counterspy. Meanwhile President Ford skis despite heavy snow in Vail and signs a $100 million augmentation to the Small Reclamation Project Act. Ford plans to address the American Farm Bureau Federation in St. Louis and joins White House reporters on the slopes.
A statewide physician slowdown crisis prompt a plan to hold 1975 insurance rates, broaden coverage, and fund excess malpractice awards via surcharges on group policies and liability premiums. The proposal advocates removing malpractice cases to a special panel and expanding hospital emergency capacity while survey data shows Long Beach hospitals prepared to handle demand.
The Baku Worker reports five Soviet citizens were sentenced to death and 59 others to prison after a 1 percent year trial over a nine million ruble agricultural fraud in Lenkoran Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea near Iran. The scheme aimed to lease land for vegetables but produced none and netted the defendants over two million rubles for themselves.
The report notes mine disasters near Asansol with three deaths in December and one earlier. It cites Chaswala Colliery, a nationalized mine employing thousands with average shifts of 700 workers. It recalls the 1942 Honkeiko disaster in Manchuria with 1572 deaths and states private owners were accused of underinvestment prior to nationalization. Miners earn about 50 to 85 dollars monthly.
Sacramento AP reports California will use disaster legislation to insure emergency medical care if doctors refuse to work due to high malpractice insurance costs. Health Department informs county boards that doctors under county direction could gain malpractice liability exemptions under the Emergency Services Act when an emergency is declared, not covering willful acts. Telegrams went to counties via the Office of Emergency Services.
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