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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1973
Page
1
A pre-dawn fire at Washington Hill Nursing Home in West Philadelphia killed eleven elderly residents and left a twelfth believed buried. Fire officials cited a faulty alarm system as a partial cause. The three story building housed 31 elderly and infirm welfare recipients.
Combined News Services report President Nixon adviser Melvin Laird drew ire from U S Treasury Secretary Charles Shultz at a Tokyo news conference on GATT talks and domestic policy. Also covered were the recovery of David Rumbough near Gardiner's Bay Long Island, the Navajo student readmission at University of Arizona medical college, and King Gustaf VI Adolf's pneumonia illness in Stockholm.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York narrowed the injunction against photographer Ronald Galella regarding Jacqueline Onassis and her two children. The panel reduced the required distance from 150 feet to 25 feet, deeming the prior measure too broad.
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said Congress may decide the foreign aid program serves national interests better by ending U.S. aid rather than continuing the current mish mash. Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Jack Lousma and Own Garriott were cleared to finish the 59 day mission, reaching 48 days with no medical issues and aiming for Sept. 25 completion. Doctors cautioned space remains hard on muscles and the heart but the crew is in good health.
A survey of 415 corporate economists, compiled by the National Association of Business Economists, finds continued inflation as the nation’s principal economic worry for 1974 and likely the next five years. They anticipate a slowdown next year, with weaker housing starts, profits, and GNP growth.
Saigon says it has a plan for action against airfields and missile sites activated by the Communists in South Vietnam if dismantling does not occur. A government spokesman called the plan secret but prepared, signaling possible military steps.
President Nixon sailed Thursday evening aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia on the Potomac River. He was accompanied by his wife Pat and close friend from Key Tus Cayne, Fla, 0. G. "Bebe" Reborn.
Astronaut Charles Conrad said on Thursday that women will reach space. He noted nothing in the program prevents women from participating. Fellow astronaut Paul Weltz acknowledged criticism that the space program has been slow to use women.
President Nixon appeared tired and claimed hay fever, but Dr. Walter Tkach said he never heard of walnuts allergy and refuted the diagnosis. The doctor noted Nixon’s symptoms resembled an allergy and that he would not argue further about the matter.
Airing President Nixon will participate in the dedication of the mammoth new Dallas Fort Worth airport on September 22. Officials said Nixon was expected to speak at ceremonies at the 1750 acre airport billed as one of the most modern in the world. Former Texas Gov John Connally also will be on the speakers platform as he tests Republican opinion on seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 1976.
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