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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1969
Page
1
Court security is described as the greatest in history and loosens once jurors pass through doors. Deputies detail searches of entrants including family members and reporters, with women and men scrutinized as they move to the courtroom.
Belmont Shore residents want longer north-south walk signals on Second Street. Public Service Dept plans a 70 second cycle with longer east-west time during off peak hours and hopes to install by summer.
Thieu weighs a plan to cut U S troops in Vietnam by 20 000 to 60 000 this year with an exploratory approach awaiting the Nixon administration s reaction. Sources say no formal proposal is ready and no announcement is expected before January 20. Meanwhile Allied negotiators in Paris push a new effort to break the deadlock in talks with North Vietnam over the conference format and speaking order.
Long Beach Independent Press Telegram reports on the busy Sunday edition in the Southland area. News highlights include community events, local society notes, and brief updates from nearby cities.
San Francisco State College faced delays as 22 department chairmen refused to provide attendance data for 350 striking AFT members. Acting President Hayakawa pushed for dismissals after five days of unauthorized absence while some classes were held off campus or were not scheduled.
Israeli warplanes attacked Jordanian civilian areas twice on Saturday with machine guns and napalm after two gun battles along the cease-fire line. No casualties were reported. Exchanges included tanks and artillery near the Abdullah Bridge above the Dead Sea.
A New York task force urges President-elect Nixon to adopt sweeping welfare changes. Key proposals include federal takeover of a larger share of welfare costs and national minimum payments, costing 1.5 to 2 billion dollars annually. The report calls for dismantling the Office of Economic Opportunity and creating a single executive office agency to coordinate 400 grant programs, plus adopting the model cities program for local aid coordination.
The weatherman predicted rain for Southland areas late today with a good chance of continuing into Monday. Expect considerable cloudiness, cooler temperatures tonight, and similar conditions on Monday. High for today around 65, with winds easing and lows near 50 tonight.
A terse aphorism notes that some people ignore others and do not offer bad guidance, with a wry observation on social behavior.
A United Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 13 passengers and seven crew was hijacked to Havana after departing Jacksonville en route to Miami. The incident occurred over Orlando at 10 48 p.m. EST, marking the day’s second hijacking and the year’s fifth. The plane landed at Jose Marti Airport in Havana after about an hour with no details on in-flight events.
President elect Nixon selects Emil Mosbacher, twice defending America's Cup skipper, to serve as chief of protocol. The note appears among brief notices. Memorable mentions include hospital plans and campus legislative issues for 1969.
A presidential panel proposes a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency to coordinate oceanography research and development. The plan would reallocate Coast Guard, Environmental Science Services Agency, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Great Lakes Survey, Sea Grant, and NSF into a new independent body with an $800 million start and $2 billion within ten years, employing about 55 000 and operating 320 ships. The Navy’s ocean activities would be coordinated but not absorbed.
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