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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1975

Page

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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.

Long Beach Coul Jerald T. King Long Beach Federation of Teachers King Jerald & Jacobs Elizabeth Wallace Poly Community Interracial Council Poly

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.

Long Beach Robert Ray Birdsall St. Mary Medical Center STAR Signal Hill Aroun Orange Avenue 23Rd Street Birdsall Sheriff’s Department Steet-S Wilbur Poston Orange

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.

Paris Madrid Algiers Egypt Israel Algeria Kuwait Jordan Iraq Geneva Mahmoud Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed el-Shaffei Mohamed el-Affifi Hassan el-Nagib Mohammed Khaled Kudlladi Ghallar Guerrilas Ghaffar Sinai Beirut Palestine Liberation Organization

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.

San Jose UPI Continental Airlines Fred Salomon Salomon Police Special Weapons and Tactical Team SWAT Eieen Rosas Frank Wietels San Jose Hospital Wielels

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.

Washington UPI Ford California West Coast Sacramento Ronald Reagan Secret Service New Hampshire Lynette Alice Frame Betty Gklatama

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.

Washington Federal Reserve Board ALBUS Lee

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.

Tom Alt Deborah Joy Kantaeng Nor Walk Superior Court Win Police Robert Boyd Boyd Kantaeng

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.

Long Beach Medical Association Long Beach William Hyman California Medical Association San Francisco Los Angeles County Medical Association Los Angeles County Art Hyman LACMA Los Angeles

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.

Detroit General Motors Corp Ford Motor Co Secont Chrysler American Motors

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.

New York Cartier Wee Inen Illigit

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.

NASA Sen Proxmire Japs Navy Air Force Las Vegas

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