09 Mar 1972
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1972
Page
1
Samuel Warke a 26 year old father wrestled his 13 month old son Garth from a car seat and fled a parking garage seconds before a timed bomb blew apart the building and surrounding cars. Guerrilla bombings escalate in Londonderry amid militant activity.
In Northern Ireland Parliament Prime Minister Brian Faulkner interrupted debate to announce an Agriculture Ministry official killed amid claims that authorities in the republic fail to curb IRA attacks. The government accuses the south of harboring outlaws as four bomb blasts shake the region.
U S command reports two crashes in Indochina with one pilot rescued and two crewmen missing. A Skyhawk fell near Da Nang while a Phantom went down in the Laos panhandle amid ongoing claims of repeated jet attacks by North Vietnam. Frogmen damaged patrol boats at Qui Nhon base.
The House voted to stiffen Senate approved provisions aimed at discouraging busing and, by a wide margin, refused to compromise on the strongest anti busing language. It also instructed conferees to keep the House’s busing language in any final education bill. In Miami two hijackers claimed to flee Chicago police and landed in a Cuban jail, while the pilot and copilot described the events. Dock workers in New York approved a contract with the International Longshoremen's Association by 9 761 to 4 503, granting a 32.4 percent wage hike and annual wage guarantees.
The Senate opened a heated debate on a Democratic bill allowing eligible voters to register by postcard for federal elections. Republicans view the proposal as a tactic to boost Democratic registrations for the upcoming election. Liberal House Democrats pressed Nixon administration tax reform hopes and a quick yield loophole closing bill projected to raise about $7.25 billion annually, with sponsors promising a March 16 introduction if Nixon misses a March 15 deadline set by Rep. Wilbur Mills for a tax reform bill.
The widow of Virgil Grissom reaches an 850000 out of court settlement with North American Rockwell and three subsidiaries over the Apollo 1 fire that killed Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee. The deal covers Florida and California suits and provides payments to Grissom’s estate and his two sons.
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