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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1976

Page

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State health chief backs decriminalizing heroin nationally

Jerome Lackner urged nationwide decriminalization of heroin to remove profits from illegal trade and favored heroin maintenance programs over methadone. He said possession should remain illegal, and he warned Gov. Brown did not share his views. He noted decriminalization would require national action.

Sacramento Jerome Lackner Lackner Brown Health Department Gov Robbins Sen Alan Robbins D-Van Nuys Assembly Ways and Means Subcommittee On Health and Welfare Harvard School of Business California

Hearst Prosecution urges conviction in bank robbery trial

In San Francisco Patricia Hearst faces a jury as prosecutors portray her as a willing participant in the April 1974 bank robbery, while defense attorney F Lee Bailey argues her actions were a survival response under Symbionese Liberation Army captivity. The closing arguments emphasize coercion versus voluntary involvement as deliberations begin.

San Francisco Patricia Hearst F. Lee Bailey Patricia Campbell Hearst Stacy Browning Tatvicia Hearst Miss Hearst Bailey Patty Hearst James Browning Wieptio Es

Brown signals national bid as California governor

Sacramento Governor Brown says his presidential campaign must go nationwide, though his focus remains on Sacramento. He plans to move fast later, stressing his image as a different kind of governor disassociated from Washington disaffection and faces farm labor challenges and duties in office.

Gr. Bailey Sacramento Brown Washington Croraia California

Cuba spy tied to plot against Ford and Reagan

Federal agents say a Cuban government spy acted as adviser to a Bay Area terrorist group and participated in discussions about an assassination plot targeting President Ford and challenger Ronald Reagan. The informant Adornetto claims the Cuban adviser used the code name Andres Gomes and was linked to the BGI.

San Francisco Bay Area Ford Ronald Reagan The Chicago Tribune Musuice Leparunene Gregg Daniel Adornetto Adornetto Emiliano Zapata Txistener Andres Gomes Lourens Gomez Adormelta Directorate of General Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Adarnetin

Exclusive claim ties Zapata unit to Weather Underground

The Cuban faction fled to Mexico after a Feb. 21 police shootout near Lagunitas. Investigators link Adarnetto and six others to the Zapata unit and say he claimed Weather Underground leaders coached their actions. He alleged plans to burn Gomez’s body and remove identifying fingers. Weather leaders allegedly aided in Cuba travel and sugar cane work alongside eight American brigades. Authorities see a Weather figure guiding Zapata activities.

Mexico Lagunitas Adarnetto FBI Zapata Adarnetta Gomez Adornetto Cuba Weather Underground Thi Country Adometto The

Farm board funds pass after partyline vote in Assembly

The California Assembly approved 2.6 million dollars for Gov. Brown’s State Agricultural Labor Relations Board, despite charges it favors Cesar Chavez. The 24 vote majority sent the measure to the Senate amid Democrat discipline and opposed by Republicans and some rural Democrats.

Susan Sward Sacramento California Assembly Gov. Brown Farm Labor Board Cesar Chavez Senate The State Agricultural Labor Relations Board Jimbo Hoard Brown Chavez United Farm Workers Union Teamsters Chavezhes Assembly Bob Cline Northridge Tuenta Alo

Panama Canal Strike Drives 100 Ships Into Backup

A U S strike by Panama Canal Zone workers snarls traffic with 101 ships stalled at both ends and 70 more expected, crippling transit in the canal where normal flow is about 40 ships daily. The jam mirrors a 1973 halt that left 118 ships idle for days as costs climb.

Congress Panama Cana Co

Church enters Democratic race in Idaho City mudslide

Senator Frank Church officially declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Speaking to about 2,500 in Idaho City, Idaho, he noted it is never too late or the odds too great. Church, 51, has lingered in the race amid Senate intelligence probe fallout. The Idaho statesman, famed for potatoes, seeks national prominence by running in a seven-man field as Reagan Wallace vie for Southern support.

Idaho Sen Frank Church Idaho City Church Senate Potatoes Church Ronald Rea

Long Beach girl dies after coma years after tonsil operation

Suzanne Payette, 35, of Minneapolis, died Thursday at Minneapolis General Hospital after brain damage from a 1958 tonsillectomy incident in Los Angeles. The Stanford Junior High School student body president survived a long battle but remained in an invalid state until death. Her family noted her life was not a coma, but a restrained existence despite ongoing support and a $100,000 out-of-court settlement. Services were planned in Minneapolis.

Albyearald Long Beach Minneapolis Suayette Minneapolis General St. Mary's Hospital Lyle Pay Stanford Seventh Day

VALT OIL FIELD REPORTED IN SAUDI ARABIA

A brief item notes the VALT oil field being reported in Saudi Arabia with an item appearing on page A-16. The report mentions oil field status and regional context within Saudi production notes.

Saudi Arabia

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