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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1969
Page
7
Senate leaders yielded to Sen. John J. Williams and agreed to a full on the record debate and vote on a 12500 congressional pay raise. The 41 percent increase was scheduled for Friday and was expected to pass.
Senate leaders discuss altering rules to curb filibusters with a proposed three-fifths threshold to end debate. Mansfield backs constitutional amendment while Dirksen opposes. Holland ponders the plan amid broader pay-raise debates and tax deductions for lawmakers.
Allenstown New Hampshire authorities said they have no evidence of Debra Horn’s whereabouts after the 11 year old vanished while her parents worked. State troopers questioned residents and a snowmobile posse searched wooded areas as the FBI monitored the investigation with no definite lead.
A yacht skipper's pet cheetah chased a motorcycle policeman down Collins Avenue in Miami Beach and was fatally shot. Michael A Posen of Chicago faced charges for drunkenness and possessing a dangerous animal after the 100 pound cheetah wandered aboard the vessel and fled, prompting police intervention.
A six member jury convicted ex policeman Robert Erler of second degree murder in the 12 year old Merilyn Clark case. He was sentenced to 99 years and six months in prison after a two hour and 25 minute deliberation. Witnesses testified to a taped call in which Erler allegedly said Please catch me Please hurry up.
Classified page highlights loan options and financial offers for budget planning. Readers see installment loans and personal loan terms, with emphasis on interest rates, repayment periods, and lender names.
HEW Secretary Robert H. Finch told desegregation teams to be open minded in Mississippi North Carolina and South Carolina negotiations but to offer no special concessions. Senators urged strict enforcement of the law and warned against funding districts that fail to desegregate. The five districts faced about $1.25 million annually in federal funds while awaiting acceptable plans.
The Atomic Energy Commission said three underground Nevada detonations in 1968 triggered intermittent mini quakes for weeks. No offsite damage was found, and the tests are seen as improving understanding of quake generation and safe underground experimentation.
About 20 representatives of the East Los Angeles Mexican American community met with Ellis Murphy, director of the county Department of Public Social Services, to present welfare program concerns. After a two hour session Murphy said the group would resubmit demands for formal consideration and a follow up meeting was scheduled for February 10.
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