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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1970
Page
3
President Nixon and aides commented on the possible South Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia by June 30 and the fate of U S air and logistical support. Herbert G Klein noted the timetable may be followed but could not confirm air support if Vietnamese stay beyond July 1, stressing protection of American forces.
The Soviet intelligence ship Sarychev, 300 feet, was sighted within 100 miles of Southern California May 14 and is believed headed north toward Seattle. Naval units kept the vessel under continuous surveillance after earlier approaches up to 40 miles from land and 90 miles west of Eureka.
At a Monroe County Democratic fund raiser in Rochester Nixon advisor Alan Cranston joked that Nixon ignored his own stock tip and invested 100000 in the Dow Jones. Cranston warned Nixon would have lost over 8000 dollars by last Thursday, about 47 dollars daily, if he followed his advice.
A 13 member advisory committee to boost the space industry by expanding commercial markets for its services and products was announced Sunday by Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty. The panel will be led by M. A. Sulkin, head of metropolitan transportation for North American Rockwell Corp.
South Vietnamese air raids leveled the Memot rubber plantation leaving it a fiery ruin. French managers fled with some civilians as Saigon troops removed usable property and a number of residents evacuated to Saigon Phnom Penh. tensions rise as Khmer Krom and calls for US intervention appear amid stalled evacuation plans for 70 000 Vietnamese in refugee camps.
South Vietnam Lt. Gen. Do Cao Tri fulfilled his promise by swimming in the Chap Plantation pool in Cambodia. A French planter muttered obscenities as the general relaxed in the sun, wearing trunks and no shoulder holster, after a reported vow to swim if all went well.
A three page typed statement attributed to Bernadine Dohrn and issued by the Weathermen warns of a state of war and promises to attack a symbol of injustice within two weeks. The communication, received in New York, is considered genuine by radical sources and marks the group’s first major public message since going underground after a December Flint conference. The Weathermen are said to operate in small cells in several cities and may be scouting for terrorist activity.
A six car freight train derailed four miles north of Petaluma with twenty cars involved in the accident. No injuries were reported. Derailment was blamed on a wheel failure of the lead car causing cars to spill and block the track.
A damaged OCR note from Long Beach appears to be a small obituary or classified fragment. It names no clear individuals or dates, leaving only scattered references to a post office, month, and possible family or class tags. The readable content is too sparse to identify a person or event.
Sacramento reports the Reagan administration blasts Proposition 8 as a tax grab positing costly school aid. Verne Orr warns the measure would require an 85 percent income tax rise or a 2.5 cent sales tax hike, disputing claims of a $597 million surplus and noting budget projections show only a $28 million available surplus.
A 22 year old Long Beach waitress was booked on suspicion of murder after Calvin F Washington a service station attendant was shot dead during an argument about rent at Audrey Mae Henrys home. Detectives said a scuffle preceded the shooting and four shots were fired with Henry then calling police from a neighbor’s house. Officers Mike Sergi and Bob Whinery arrested Henry at her Peterson Avenue residence.
Assemblyman John Burton, D San Francisco, condemns John Tunneys attacks on George Brown Jr. as immature and unstable. Burton, CDC president, backs Brown and urges Democratic Chairman to address Tunneys conduct.
U S Sen George Murphy met with labor leaders in Los Angeles to address rising unemployment in the motion picture industry. He said he is troubled by joblessness across California industries and has discussed the issue with President Nixon, noting progress and promising efforts to secure government contracts to create jobs for workers.
A 73 year old Long Beach man Marl McDonald died from injuries after a two car collision on an interstate in Effingham Illinois. He was a passenger in a car driven by Mary Wiley 42 of San Gabriel. McDonald's wife Hettie 66 is in serious condition at St Anthony Memorial Hospital.
Dennis Millard, 25, of San Jose, a recently returned veteran, was captured after a standoff on 131 N Beachwood Drive. He allegedly killed Rebecca Arellano, 25, and held his young daughter with a pistol while searching for his wife. The suspect and child were unharmed during the two hour manhunt.
A Western Airlines 720 jet with 26 passengers and seven crew members made a safe emergency landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after circling for an hour while the nose wheel would not deploy. Flight 606 originated in San Francisco.
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