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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1975
Page
1
The text notes a controversial claim by Laetrile co-discoverer citing Supreme Court rulings on abortion and argues that dying cancer patients should be allowed access to the treatment. It mentions California’s 1953 Cancer Commission report banning Laetrile and its global praise by proponents.
A long running dispute over a cancer treatment pits advocates who say it saves lives against critics who claim it kills. Doctors face possible fines, jail, or license loss for using the drug. Some 600 statewide backers urge use while others smuggle it from Tijuana, arguing the law allows only dietary supplement use.
The page shows classified listings from a Southern California newspaper dated Sunday June 29 1975 with a price tag of home delivered daily and Sunday four dollars per month. It lists contact numbers and page references for classified ads in 126 pages.
A government panel urged that after Henry Kissinger steps down no future secretary of state may serve as presidential assistant for national security affairs. Kissinger is exempted from the rule due to his “extraordinary abilities.” Senator Mansfield criticized the report as timid and lacking substance.
A Seal Beach nurse and relatives of deceased cancer patients blame Laetrile used in Tijuana for deaths. A Lakewood housewife recalls a doctor’s letter claiming months of comfort before her sister’s death from a small malignant cancer.
Mary Neiswender reports on a sister who refused surgery for religious reasons and sought Laetrile in a Tijuana clinic. After a month she returned home fortified with the illegal treatment, with family members recalling attempts to obtain shots across the border. The sister then spent 11 months in the clinic before being treated at Community Hospital. the original diagnosing physician operated to end her agony, but she lived only about a month after.
The 1975 76 state spending plan allocates more than 23 million for Long Beach area projects. Highlights include 10 million for Long Beach State and Dominguez Hills construction, nearly 9 million for UC Irvine medical school development, and 2 million for community college capital outlays.
A South Dakota highway patrol officer said Herman Thunder Hawk was arrested Saturday in the case tied to two FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler killed on Pine Ridge. Authorities continued a wide search for the other suspects as armored units and helicopters scoured the reservation. Dennis Banks met with Oglala Sioux leader Toby Eagle Bull to discuss a possible surrender deal with authorities.
Two University of California students freed from guerrillas near Lake Tanganyika arrived in Dar Es Salaam after release from a jungle hideout. Carrie Hunter and Emilie Bergman reported 22 year old Stephen Smith in good health and expected release within a week, as Beverly Carter avoided ransom specifics. The Stanford group had studied chimpanzees at Dr Jane Goodall's Tanzania site when the May 19 abduction occurred.
Fire gutted the television film library in the All-India Radio complex in New Delhi amid opposition claims of bias toward Indira Gandhi. Police suspect sabotage tied to planned anti-government protests June 29. The emergency extends policing powers as Chief Justice Ajitnath Ray resigns, marking a rare official departure amid arrests of opposition figures.
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