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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1971
Page
4
Appellate ruling states the council found Ringo to be a game of skill not illegal gambling. It voids the 1989 action canceling October 1869 finding and directs the tax collector to issue the required license. The decision notes possible future review upon license renewal.
Federal Judge Lawrence Pierce extended a restraining order allowing veterans to visit Liberty Island during normal hours while keeping peaceable rights intact. Demonstrators, including National Peace Action Coalition members, planned to protest at the White House New Year’s Day and Valley Forge, while a burglary in Long Beach led to a $10 loss of furniture from Max Ware’s home.
Continuous fair weather expected through New Year's with highs near 59 and nights around 38. Tuesday’s high 52 and low 45. some LA outlying areas saw 30s. Snow fell in Antelope Valley and mountains, with Baldy Notch at 3 feet and San Bernardino area up to 21 inches near Lake Arrowhead. December rainfall through Tuesday 6.4 inches in Los Angeles, total Southland rainfall for the July 1 to now period about 6.91 inches. Carpinteria residents dig out mud as about 40 homes evacuated from mudslides caused by debris-filled flood channels after the October fire scarred mountains.
A 28-year-old man identified as Ralph Gordon collapsed and died after two men posed as police officers robbed him in Long Beach. Investigators traced Gordon to a Seventh Street motel after arriving from Yuma Arizona, with homicide detectives Bob Bell and Ken Seliack confirming the lead.
Richmond police report Daiine Daniels age 18 married on Christmas Day was found shot near her home. Her husband was detained after a trail from the scene led to their house. Daniels sustained a superficial wound. Police questioned him as the body was found.
UPI reports the Viet Cong Liberation Radio broadcast two messages denying Christmas messages to missing Americans. A speaker identifying as Capt. Lloyd N. Kushner spoke to his wife in Danville, Virginia, on one broadcast, while another speaker named Isiah delivered the Tuesday message.
Seven mild earthquakes rattled the hill country south of Hollister California with the strongest at 4.0 on the Richter scale and centered about 10 miles south, but officials said no damage occurred. Quakes occurred at 2:25, 2:33, 3.0 to 3.5 readings, 4:25, and 5:37 p.m. Residents reported shaking and a deputy sheriff noted no property damage.
New Orleans United Press International reports Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, a Democratic presidential candidate, said on Tuesday that resuming bombing of North Vietnam is thoroughly justified and has been for years. He asserted North Vietnam tricked the United States into halting strikes in 1968.
A strike by 470 drivers from Yellow Cab paralyzed service in San Diego as a contract dispute over pay led to about 250 idle cabs and remaining taxis scarce, with fewer than 100 on the streets by evening near Lindbergh Field and downtown depots. city buses ran full while other small firms could not cope with the demand.
Honolulu scientists monitor Kilauea after recording over 1000 earthquakes. Observatory director Tonald Peterson cautions that inflation makes eruption possible though not guaranteed. Kilauea and Mauna Loa are the two active volcanoes on Hawaii.
Washington UPI reports Hughes Air West and striking aircraft mechanics resumed contract talks at the National Mediation Board headquarters. Federal mediator Ronald Quinn called the session preliminary and said no progress toward a settlement was made.
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