21 Sep 1970
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1970
Page
1
Washington UPI report quotes Mrs Martha Mitchell wife of the attorney general blaming professors and educators for ruining the country. She says the academic society is responsible for all trouble and denies referring to any particular educators.
Orange County Sheriff deputy Frederick Irvine 40 of La Habra held officers at bay for five hours after a predawn burglary near Mission Viejo. Irvine fired five shots into the air and threatened suicide before surrendering at 11 a.m. Also arrested was deputy Arthur Duncan 34 of Huntington Beach after an earlier Mission Viejo arrest as they guards at a club restored. A haul of liquor golf clubs and gear valued under 1000 dollars was recovered.
The service invites readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 between 9am and 1pm or 5pm to 9pm Monday through Friday. Questions chosen show general interest and usefulness and readers are urged to seek answers and rights protection.
A reader asks about the etymology and connotation of chicano. Ramon Macias links it to Chihuahua and chi from home plus cane from Mexicano, while Margaret Chavez notes its derogatory past and later adoption by Mexican American youth to empower themselves, with older generations still wary. Page A-3 continues.
The United States condemned Syria’s reported invasion of northern Jordan, warning Damascus to withdraw. Secretary of State Rogers noted the danger of a broader conflict, while the White House and Moscow were informed to press Syria. Public remarks stopped short of signaling immediate military action but implied possible intervention.
A light earthquake was felt Sunday in West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills registering 2.8 on the Richter scale at Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena. Spokesman John Nordquist said the quake struck at 8 33 am. No damage was reported. it was the fourth tremor in the area since Sept 12.
In Amman Jordan King Hussein's forces push toward control while Fedayeen fighters hold out in the city. Syrian armored brigades have crossed the frontier and meet a lone Jordanian brigade as residents, numbering about half a million, endure cut water gas and electricity with danger outside. An officer notes about 1000 guerrillas surrendered and large caches of ammunition were seized.
President Nixon appeals to about 1000 college presidents and administrators to uphold the rule of reason on campuses. He cites Dr. Sidney Hook’s eight point plan to preserve peace, calls campus violence a cancer, and urges university leaders to take responsibility for order and discipline while defending higher education as a national asset.
Irish papers found no relatives of President Nixon or his wife in DUBLIN and surrounding areas. The Nixons, touring Ireland for three days starting Oct. 3, hope to visit ancestral sites while planning talks with Eamon de Valera and Jack Lynch on international affairs.
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir on television tied the fate of Middle East peace to the withdrawal of Russian missiles from Egypt. She said Israel faces physical threats from missiles placed by Egyptians and Russians and doubted any fair chance for peace without their removal. The comments came on the final day of her five day U S visit.
The MV Gold Coast carrying coal to Panama burned about 200 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica. A Coast Guard air search from Guantanamo Bay and Miami extended to sundown as cutter Morganbeat moved in to aid through the night with dawn plans to resume aerial searches.
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