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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1972
Page
4
Bernard Lofson of the PMA says progress toward final agreement looks likely and that ratification would end a strike idling 24 West Coast ports. Key points include a long running container jurisdiction dispute, wage and benefit boosts, and a push for federal action to prevent future dock strikes.
Irving and Edith Irving appeared before a grand jury amid probes of Hughes material and handwritten documents. Swiss authorities traced three checks totaling 0500,000 endorsed to Hughes. Mrs. Irving deposited and withdrew funds. Suspects include Suskind, Suskind’s attorney, and McGraw Hill ties. A Spain search recovered tapes and papers from the Irvings island home.
Sheriff deputies report a pilot walked away unharmed from a wrecked single engine plane that crashed in a field about a mile south of the Yolo County Airport. A truck and trailer were dispatched to retrieve the lightly damaged aircraft.
The 76,000 ton U S carrier Constellation left Hong Kong early, leaving about 250 wives disappointed after paying to visit their husbands on a scheduled week of leave. Officials offered no reason for the abrupt sail, likely returning to Vietnam duty as fears of a renewed offensive grew.
A California coed, Nanny Wyckoff of Glendale, was stabbed to death in her Oregon State University dorm room early Tuesday. The killing follows two similar campus assaults on coeds within five days, prompting heightened security and a pledge to increase protective measures. Police described the suspect as a young white male with short brown hair. investigators note no immediate link established to the prior attacks.
The U S Board of Forest Appeals ruled unanimously to uphold the three camps University Camp Camp Wasewagen and Camp Vallani in the San Bernardino National Forest The decision dated January 24 is advisory but widely expected to guide Forest Service action The camps run by UCLA students San Gabriel Valley Campfire Girls and Los Angeles Campfire Girls serve about 300 children each summer and are praised for youth access and environmental safety.
President Nixon unveils a sulfur oxide smokestack tax as part of six environmental proposals to Congress. The plan would impose 15 cents per pound of sulfur oxides for noncompliant plants and could raise electricity prices. The package also targets highway and airport planning control, wetland tax benefits, toxic waste disposal, endangered species protections, and executive actions on predator poisons and pesticide safety. Senator Nelson notes many ideas resemble Congressional bills, awaiting presidential follow-through.
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