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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1975
Page
1
A Knight-Ridder Detroit Free Press national poll with 1,008 interviews shows most Americans will keep current cars longer and buy only if needed. In Long Beach a related Independent survey finds 80 percent expect to retain cars longer and feel price pressure from today’s market.
Independent weather fair through today with a high near 65 and a low around 50. Complete weather on Page C-9. Also listing classified ads and home delivery rates for Long Beach California on Monday May 5 1975 volume 34 number 13.
Gusty winds across the Southland Sunday caused a hang glider pilot from Malibu to die after his craft crashed into a ridge in the Santa Monica Mountains. Yachtsman Styles Wegener, 30, of Palos Verdes Estates, lost his 30 foot cabin cruiser Hummer off Resort Point, but he and six others survived as the vessel broke apart.
Washington energy chief Frank G. Zarb warned the U.S. faces a deepening crisis worse than the 1973 74 Arab embargo. He said production declines while demand climbs and that imports now supply 38 percent of U S oil, rising toward 40 percent, risking gasoline rationing if foreign cuts occur.
U S officials warn the oil embargo of 1973 could reappear and push prices higher as foreign oil payments rose from 3 billion in 1970 to 25 billion this year. An emergency plan includes state fuel allocations and potential gasoline rationing to curb unemployment from shortages.
The final 60 000 Vietnamese refugees head toward Guam aboard U S naval merchant and Vietnamese ships. About 10 000 are shuttled to Guam while relocations centers at Camp Pendleton Fort Chaffee and Eglin Air Force Base process others. A Vietnamese woman at Eglin attempted suicide after failed contact with her husband.
A 58-year-old Bellflower resident was rescued by neighbor Dennis Hudson who smashed into a burning room at 3438 Jefferson to pull him out and then reentered with a garden hose to extinguish a mattress fire. He was hospitalized in serious condition with third-degree burns to both legs. The fire was discovered at 6 45 p.m. and confined to a mattress.
Catholic and Buddhist priests led Vietnamese refugees in prayers for peace as 14 000 plus arrived or moved through Camp Pendleton’s tent city. About 45 percent Catholic and 30 percent Buddhist, with 5 percent other denominations, the services reflected a respectful, shared search for normal life in the United States.
Bangkok reports the United States will reduce American forces in Thailand by 28 percent over two months, dropping authorized troops from 27 000 to 19 500 as part of a plan to pull out completely by year end. The plan affects 350 aircraft and reflects waning U S involvement in Southeast Asia amid Thai calls to remove American troops.
Viet Cong radio says Duong Van Big Minh and 18 former South Vietnamese officials are freed from custody after Saigon's fall. Hanoi reports thousands of sailors and soldiers surrendered to the People's Liberation Army and urges former navy personnel to bring warships in.
About 50 students and community members occupied UCSB's $14 million computer center overnight to protest reduced Black Studies funding. They demanded restoration of funds, Chancellor Cheadle's retirement, Huerta's resignation, a campus newspaper reform, and removal of the editor over alleged racist policies. No violence occurred.
A state GOP faction targets Ronald Reagan in a feature on page A-5. The report frames opposition within party circles and reflects intra party tensions during the era.
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