Defense budget cuts eyed as Laird pushes leaner forces
Secretary Laird outlined steps to trim military spending by about 10 billion below a 13 billion budget forecast for 1971, with a 5,000 reduction in draft calls and cuts across services. He framed this as part of a broader move to a smaller, more efficient force while freeing funds for health, education, and welfare programs.
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Wilson Riles
California
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Senate Hearing Questions Pill Safety and Scare Talk
At a Washington Senate subcommittee hearing on oral contraceptives, Rob ert Finch urged caution against sensational fear. He said no clear evidence proves pills are harmful, noting British data are sketchy. Harvard and Chicago medical groups defended safety, while experts debated estrogen risks and cancer links.
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Robert Kistner
TENSIONS COOL AT CSLB
Protests at California State College at Long Beach centered on a restraining order sought by the state college Board of Trustees. A court appearance set for January 24 would determine whether a preliminary injunction and the temporary order could bar protest leaders and others from disrupting college operations. The day included a 500 student rally, protests, mill ins, and calls for free speech amid campus tensions.
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Leo Goodman-Malamuth
State College Board of Trustees
John Doe
Board of Trustees
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Robertson
Admnistration
Simonsen
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Steele
CSLB
Long Beach
Tom Blackburn
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Quiet Tribute Marks King's Anniversary Across Nation
Thousands nationwide paused to honor Dr. Martin Luther King as his widow and children observed the first anniversary of his birth at his crypt near Ebenezer Church in Atlanta. Mrs King laid a wreath and sang We Shall Overcome with supporters as services and memorials spread to Buffalo Chicago Syracuse Austin Minneapolis Los Angeles Indianapolis Louisville Burlington San Antonio and other cities. King Sr praised leaders in Atlanta while many places declared the day a holiday and city councils passed resolutions.
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Burlington
San Antonio
Texas
Hughes Marriage Ending Behind Secretive Escort Life
The article recounts how Miss Peters, former actress married to Howard Hughes, lives under tight security on a protected Beverly Hills street. Peters, who left film after 1957, moves freely in public with Hughes security close by, while Hughes runs a secluded life in Nevada since 1966, expanding casinos and hotels and owning vast private land.
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Peters
Los Angeles
Hollywood
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Howard Hughes
Llallywood
Tonopah
New
Nevada
Robert Mahe
Miss Peter
Cranston Backs $4 Billion for OEC Funding
Sen Alan Cranston says he supports the Office of Economic Opportunity plan proposing a 4.2 billion share within a 19.7 billion package. He urged approval in Washington and asked for a formal report on the allocation and impact.
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OEC
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Alan Cranston
D‘a
Office of Economic Opportunity
Soledad Prison Protests Over Inmate Killings
Thirteen black prisoners at Soledad State Prison skipped meals Thursday in protest over the killing of three inmates by a guard. A prison spokesman said the rest of the 3,000 prisoners were following their usual routines as the district attorney continued an investigation into the shooting by guard O. G. Miller. The incident occurred during a fight in the recreation yard earlier in the week.
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Soledad
Soledad State Prison
O. G. Miller
Monterey County
Long Beach doctor cites L-dopa gains for Parkinsons patients
A Long Beach neurologist reports that over 60 patients with Parkinsons disease have shown substantial improvement after L-dopa treatment. He notes a 19 to 80 percent improvement in many, but also states the drug does not appear to act as an aphrodisiac, with only one to two percent showing any such effect.
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Long Beach
Albert Kakkis
Kakkis
Kekkis
Nther
Dr. Kekkis
Three Die in Area Traffic Crashes
Three people died in separate Long Beach Orange County traffic crashes on Thursday. Peggy Burger five of Fountain Valley was struck by a refuse truck while riding her tricycle. driver Romero Hurtado twenty six of Huntington Beach was not cited. Audrey Jean Eagle eighteen of Anaheim a Cypress College student died at Garden Park Hospital after a rear end collision on Magnolia Avenue. Carol Wopps fifteen of Anaheim was the other driver not injured. Greg David Wolford fourteen a UC Irvine student died after his car left the San Diego Freeway near Beach Boulevard, with Richard Huston eighteen a fellow UCI student critically hurt.
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Cypress College
Jean St. Anaheim
Greg David Wolford
University of California, Irvine
Jayzelle Drive
Garden Grove
Peggy
Romero Hurtado
Gothard St
Huntington Beach
Miss Eagle
Garden Park Hospital
Anaheim
Magno
Wolford
Huntington Intercommunity Hospital
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San Diego
Beach Bouevard
Richard W. Huston
UCI
Huston
Independent Classifieds Fragment Amid Court Notice
Fragments show contact numbers 435 1141 and 472 5959 with dated lines mentioning January 1978. Includes phrases about Superior Court Los Angeles California and a decree NB. CARRIER DELIVERY listed with partial names and a vague notice of matter Reach 12 Callf and class matter.
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Los Anticlet
Mal B Fists Rey
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