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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1971
Page
1
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, 62, was quietly admitted to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio after a cold worsened into probable viral pneumonia. He arrived by helicopter from his LBJ Ranch and is not believed to have heart trouble recurrence.
Robert Baker known as Bobby Baker, once a powerful Washington figure and protege of Lyndon Johnson, was handcuffed and silent as he began a one to three year federal sentence for fraud theft and tax evasion. He surrendered after his 1967 conviction and arrived at Lewisburg Penitentiary around 8:20 a.m. wearing a black overcoat and sunglasses in steady rain.
Senator Edmund Muskie met Thursday with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow for a discussion of US Soviet relations and other world problems. Details were not disclosed. The party then visited Gromyko’s skyscraper and the Foreign Ministry, after a courtesy call with Moscow mayor Vladimir Prosmyslov.
Steve Robertson, serving a life term in Rhode Island’s Adult Correctional Institution and member of the ACT Lifer’s Association, was invited to attend Gov. Preston Smith’s Texas inauguration next week after he wrote to Smith and other governors asking for information on lifer laws.
The President lifts a object and throws it into the audience while wife Pat and Tricia stand at left, describing a moment captured in the World Today segment. The scene notes the president engaging with onlookers as a crowd reaction unfolds.
South Vietnamese forces with U.S. B 52 air support captured a central mountain pass used to block Highway 4 to Kompong Som, then faced fierce Communist resistance. South Vietnamese troops reported killing 41 Communists as heavy fighting continued after the breakthrough. An Americal Division mortar accident killed one American and wounded seven.
SAIGON The U S military command said Thursday American battle casualties fell last week to 27 killed and 83 wounded the lowest toll in more than five years. The 110 total casualties were the lowest since 14 Americans were slain and 70 wounded in the week ending Oct 23, 1965.
South Vietnamese air force activated its sixth squadron Thursday signaling a speedup of the Vietnamization program. Brig. Gen. Kendall Young said officials are moving fast but deliberately. The U.S. Army will end helicopter operations at Bien Hoa by spring and transfer the remaining two squadrons to the South Vietnamese.
Thousands of New York City cops halted patrols after a court ruling in a pay dispute, responding only to emergencies. The slowdown spread from Brooklyn to Manhattan as officers reported for duty but refused to patrol, with sergeants and above running cars. Deputy Inspector Richard Dumo ma made a 21-year arrest as Mayor Lindsay urged peaceful collective bargaining.
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