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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1969
Page
4
David L. Baker chairs the State Environmental Quality Study Council urging strong political and financial commitment at all government levels to curb air and water pollution. He warns Southern California faces economic stagnation if traffic, noise, and pollution are not controlled, and emphasizes sacrifice for cleaner air and water.
SAIGON An American soldier captured by North Vietnamese troops 442 months ago has reached an Allied landing zone, the U S command reported. The soldier is Pfc. Jesse.
A tractor trailer struck a small foreign car driven by Duenas in Mira Loma just before 3 p.m. Thursday. The victim died at the scene. The truck driver, Dwayne L. Johnson 27 of Anaheim, was uninjured. The CHP said the incident remains under investigation.
The Senate Finance Committee voted 8 to 8 to reduce the oil depletion allowance from 27.5 to 23 percent, yielding about $155 million in new taxes while shielding small independent oil firms and keeping current rates for other minerals. The House plan had set 20 percent, which would raise about $400 million.
At a congressional hearing four former soldiers faced questions over alleged irregularities tied to Maredem Viet Nam club supplies and slot machine schemes in Augsburg Germany. Witnesses cited large cash transfers and expensive purchases while invoking the fifth amendment.
Angela Davis told a Mills College audience that Reagan and the California Regents show they are not interested in students. She said education is political and professors should encourage dialogue, not indoctrinate, during her Bay Area four day speaking tour.
Dr Timothy Leary testified in Santa Ana Superior Court defending his son John 20 against charges stemming from marijuana and LSD possession. He attacked officer Neal Purcells testimony about Johns behavior in the car and claimed there was no probable cause for the search last December 26.
Action Line locates James DuRoy in Torrance California and provides contact details for joining. Yearly dues are five dollars with a one dollar initiation fee and members must breed or raise game birds. The association hosts monthly dinners and plans a game bird show at the Pomona Fair Grounds on November 8 and 9.
Rep Edward Garmatz called Nixon’s proposal a momentous day for the American merchant marine. House Republican Leader Gerald Ford criticized shifts to foreign shipyards. AFL CIO maritime chief Joseph Curran said the plan shows awareness but would only slow decline for years.
A two year old girl Shelly Irene Homboe was found murdered near her home south of San Jose with numerous small stab and slash wounds. Sheriff Charles Prelsnik said the body may have been killed by a dog attack. The body was located in a vineyard three miles from the site of an earlier unsolved mutilation murder of two teens.
The Senate voted 77 to 0 to raise monthly education benefits for Vietnam veterans by 46 percent despite President Nixon warning of inflation. The bill, retroactive to Sept 1, would increase amounts for fulltime students to 190 dollars for no dependents, 213 with one dependent, and 240 with two dependents, with House and Senate talks to set final figures.
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