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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1971
Page
4
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy introduces a bill demanding registration of all civilian firearms and licensing of all gun owners. He also seeks a ban on manufacturing handguns not suited for sporting or protective use.
President Nixon sends Labor Secretary Hodgson to Miami Beach for talks with 17 construction unions on a voluntary plan to curb rising costs. He will report back to the President next week as unions resist voluntary limits and the possibility of a wage price freeze remains on the table. Ratfillery of the painters brandishes the freeze as a political bluff while negotiations continue.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson urged AFL-CIO leaders to engage more in the Democratic nominating process to prevent what he called a new left extremism from controlling the party platform. He hinted the critics may back George McGovern and warned labor faces a militant left that could dictate programs and positions. The federation’s leaders stressed caution in tying to one party while acknowledging labor’s long alignment with Democrats.
San Francisco reports show crime up in two categories from a year ago while most major crimes fell. The state attorney general says 18 year olds may vote in presidential elections but not state or local races unless laws change. Secretary Brown warns election costs could rise if 18 through 20 year olds gain voting rights in 1972.
Paul Mayer a former Benedictine monk in Los Angeles denied an alleged conspiracy to kidnap a high federal official and bomb an underground heating system in Washington. Mayer said he is a married Catholic priest in an experimental peace movement and that he and six others are not conspirators or bombers. The group allegedly targeted presidential adviser Henry Kissinger.
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