Long Beach Board Rejects Smoking by Students on School Grounds
Long Beach Board of Education on Monday rejected a bid to allow high school students to smoke on campus. Governors Brown signed a bill giving boards authority to decide, while educators argued for presenting facts and liberty. Jerald King urged policy change. board chair Elizabeth Wallace called it unsafe and not a learning experience.
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Long Beach Officer Slain in Armed Robbery Shootout
Long Beach police officer Robert Ray Birdsall, 40, a 13 year veteran, was shot and died after emergency surgery. STAR team and Signal Hill officers searched blocks around Orange Avenue and 23rd Street for a young suspect described as a black man about 22, wearing light clothing, with white rollers, who fired on officers after a robbery in the 2100 block of Orange.
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Four Palestinian guerrillas fly to Algiers with hostages
Four Palestinian gunmen who seized the Egyptian Embassy in Madrid arrived in Algiers with five hostages. They vowed to free captives upon arrival and surrender to authorities. Ambassadors of Algeria, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq negotiated to end the siege.
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Sharpshooter kills hijacker after four hour rampage
A San Jose hijacker Fred Salomon 24 fled with four hostages aboard a Continental Airlines 721 after stabbing a woman and wounding a doctor during a four hour spree. A SWAT sharpshooter fatally shot Salomon near the cockpit after wounding him as he approached the plane’s door at the airport. The wounded doctor Frank Wielels was treated after being shot while attempting to escape. Salomon’s attack began at Eleen Rosas home where he stabbed her, leaving her in critical condition and prompting the hostage taking and cross city manhunt.
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Ford returns to Cal Friday to campaign
President Ford heads to California for a three day West Coast swing. He will campaign in Ronald Reagan territory and shake hands with voters amid tight security. Betty Ford accompanies him as he travels, with questions about wearing a bulletproof vest lingering from Secret Service security discussions.
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Industrial output rises in August signaling recovery
The Federal Reserve reported that industrial production increased 1.3 percent in August, the fourth straight rise, with broad gains in materials and finished products. The low point was revised to April, and May to July showed smaller gains. business equipment rose for the first time in a year, while auto production lagged.
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Father on Tape Confesses to Killing Alleged Rapist
Nor Walk Superior Court heard a police taped interview in which Robert Boyd, father of Deborah Joy Kantaeng, claims he shot and killed the man who allegedly kidnapped and raped his daughter. Four confessions in evidence and prior testimony tie Boyd to the case, though murder charges were not filed.
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Doctors may form physician owned insurance firm in LA County
County medical groups push for a physician owned insurance company to cut malpractice costs even as the statewide CMA opposed UMA sponsored plans. Long Beach doctors warn of 25 percent fee hikes on Oct 1 while LA County doctors weigh feasibility and competition concerns.
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GM Auto Sales Rise Leads September 1 10 Period
General Motors reported its early September new car sales including high priced models were the highest since 1971. Industry totals were down 7.5 percent from a year ago, but GM gained 2 percent pushing the period to a top five in history. Ford fell 21 percent, Chrysler down 24 percent, American Motors off 14.5 percent, while industry sales rose 14.5 percent versus August. GM said 1978 delisted no more than two thousand average car accounted for six percent of its sales. Total car sales for the period were 160,241, up nearly 6 percent from 103.
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New York study links daily marijuana use to lowered testosterone
A controlled study of men who smoked marijuana daily finds the drug can lower reproductive hormones, with testosterone suppression risking impotence or infertility. The effect appears reversible within weeks after stopping use, indicating a direct causal link rather than prior cancer-related reports.
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NASA chief warns on aerosol danger to ozone layer
Independent Inside OD reports the NASA chief saying the US can wait for more data on aerosol impact to the ozone layer. Also noted are reimbursements to Northrop Corp. for party expenses and Sen Proxmire criticizing Navy and Air Force social spending in Las Vegas amid new credit card protection rules.
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