Long Beach Schools See Violence Trends Compared With Big Cities
A Long Beach Unified School District survey finds violence and vandalism varied from national trends. Despite outbreaks at Poly High and past racially charged incidents, local schools show fear and chaos not yet universal, with 32 teacher assaults and $143,736 vandalism cost in 1973 74.
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Big City
Long Beach
Birch Bayh
Oakland
Chicago
New York
Seattle
Poly High School
Refugees Find Makeshift City at Camp Talega
A Vietnam refugee family at Camp Talega on Camp Pendleton faces uncertain sponsorship as Marines rush to shelter around 6000 residents with tents and aid. The scene includes families awaiting help, a bustling processing center, and a growing Vietnamese community with a fledgling newspaper and local services.
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Pham Quang Toan
California
Saigon
Pham
U.S. Defense Attache
Camp Pendleton
Camp Talega
el Toro
Talega
Pendleton
San Clemente
Weather Page Briefing Clouds and Light Rain Possible
A cloudy day brings a slight chance of rain with temperatures in the sixties. The weather page on B-4 offers regional outlook and hourly details.
Volume 23 41 Home Delivered Daily and Sunday ad
An old newspaper notice advertises home delivery for the daily and Sunday edition at four dollars per month. It highlights subscription terms and signals a regional market for the paper.
War ends as Viet Cong seize Saigon and power resumes
Hanoi radio and New China reports say water electricity and textile plants have resumed in Da Nang Hue and other cities while Saigon falls and Communist forces display power from Russian tanks. About 70 000 refugees sail toward the United States as Paris confirms two missing French journalists.
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Hanoi
South Vietnam
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Bangkok
Peking
New China News Agency
Hanoi Datelines
Hong Kong
U.S
Pacific
United States
Paris
Michel Laurent
Gamma Photographic Agency
Christian Hoche
le Figaro
UPI
China
da Nang
Ban Me Thuot
Pleiku
Kontum
Nha Trang
Hue
Evacuation Crosses Into Thailand From Cambodia Chaos
A convoy of 585 foreigners reached Thailand after escaping Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. About 250 more remain in Phnom Penh awaiting evacuation. Evacuees include French nationals, Americans, and seven Soviet Embassy staff. Newsmen vow embargo to protect those left behind.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Sydney Schanberg
The
New York Times
America
Ish
Ford vows U S strength as Nimitz commissioned
President Ford pledges the United States will keep commitments abroad and stay militarily strong. At Pier 12 in Norfolk during the commissioning of the USS Nimitz, Ford says the nation will remain a great country and reinforce ties with allies as the new carrier joins the fleet.
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Norfolk
South Vietnam
Ford
United States
Nimitz
Pier 12
Cambodia
Long Beach boy dies after skateboard accident in flood channel
John Hunter 13 of Long Beach died at Cerritos Gardens Hospital after injuring in a flood control channel at Del Amo Blvd and Studebaker Rd. Officials said he fell from his skateboard Thursday afternoon and was identified by his parents from a television news description aired that night.
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John Hunter
Long Beach
Cerritos Gardens Hospital
Hunter
Blackthorne Ave
del Amo Blvd
Studebaker Rd
Elizabeth Hunter
Jaye
Hospitals in San Francisco face collapse from doctor boycott
A three day doctors boycott of elective surgery risks bankrupting hospitals as malpractice insurance rates soared up to 322 percent. Anesthesiologists refused higher premiums, hospitals cut surgery and lay off workers, and some facilities closed floors while emergency services remained open.
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San Francisco
Hospital Council
Northern California
Les Woodcock
Council
St. Francis Hospital
Children's Hospital
John Kerner
Mt. Zion
Beating the Odds Kentucky Derby Winner Foolish Pleasure
A brief sports item notes Foolish Pleasure wins the Kentucky Derby sparking chatter on the track. The race highlights the colt’s speed and trainer ownership as it cuts into the early Triple Crown picture.
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Foolish Pleasure
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Suvuul
James Harris
Molly Burrell
Seri
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Poly Community Interracial Committee
PCIC
Poly
Compton
Southland
Independent Press-Telegram
Steve Hicks
Marine Mess Hall
S. Vietnam
United Press International
Cau Don
Quy Nhon
Phu My
Quang Tri
Carrier
Cline
William Kapla
Presbyterian Hospital
Vietnam
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Swedish Maritime Museum
Queen Mary
Jean Dixon
Ll Southland
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