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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1977
Page
1
A released FBI counterintelligence trove details COINTELPRO tactics to disrupt antiwar and civil rights groups. The 53,000 pages show fake publications, thefts, and harassment aimed at student activists and political entities, with many pages still classified.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat returned home to a hero’s welcome after telling Israelis in their capital no more war. Prime Minister Menachem Begin echoed the peace theme at the farewell ceremony, saying there will be no more wars and that peace will be made. Crowds cheered as Sadat’s jet lifted off Israeli soil and along Cairo’s motorcade route. In Beirut, Palestinian guerrillas and Arab regimes called Sadat an enemy and urged his overthrow while a government spokesman said his Israel visit had prepared the Geneva talks.
The FDA approved Merck's Pneumovax vaccine to prevent most pneumococcal pneumonia. It will be available Feb 1 for adults in general and for high risk groups in care facilities and after serious illness. The vaccine targets 14 of 83 pneumococcus strains and reduces severe pneumonia deaths while not treating viral pneumonia. It may benefit sickle cell patients and those with spleen issues. effectiveness in infants under 2 remains limited and studies continue on ear infections.
A 32-year-old man armed with a shotgun held a hostage in a northeast Long Beach apartment. After a six hour standoff, John Wesley Sharrar surrendered at about 8 a.m. None were injured. Hostages were released in exchange for cigarettes. Police, including STAR team, maintained a cautious command post at Cerritos Avenue. Sharrar, later jailed for assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping.
The California Air Resources Board questions Coast Guard authority over emissions from oil carrying ships as Sohio plans a Long Beach tanker terminal face possible indefinite delay. Cmdr Ide outlines Coast Guard limits while Mary Nichols cautions the shift signals a major policy change.
Assemblyman Bruce Young criticized Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, saying money alone cannot fix years of neglect. He accused state health officials of chaos and warned Gov. Brown must overhaul management while backing an $8.1 million request to hire 235 staff as part of mental health funding.
Air force pilots report bodies in flood waters and trees after a cyclone and tidal wave strike from a new storm off the east Arabian Sea. Officials fear up to 6,000 may have died in southeastern coastal areas as Kalpeni Island and offshore waters were hit. Fishing boats were washed away or wrecked.
Energy Secretary Schlesinger said the Carter administration will not retreat from extending federal natural gas price regulation nationwide including producing states. He hinted a higher ceiling than 1.75 may be acceptable and proposed a backdoor price increase to gain oil industry support for taxing US crude to world price levels. The conference committee recessed for Thanksgiving after debate over intrastate versus interstate gas pricing and the national ceiling.
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