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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1974
Page
6
Jurors began being questioned as Judge Gesell moved to screen for pretrial publicity in the Chapin case. Chapin, 33, a former United Air Lines market planning director, and associate Segretti face scrutiny over alleged political prank literature tied to the 1972 campaign.
Long Beach and area bus services report a morning surge after the new reduced fare began. Drivers noted about 10 percent of riders were unaware the fare program started. Officials say double information calls and lines running at reduced capacity with extra buses helped prevent overcrowding. Fare reductions drew more workers to shipyards and university routes, while free transfers to Los Angeles buses remain for an extra 10 cents for riders entering LA. Senior fares stay at ten cents all week.
Six members of a Phoenix family died when their car collided with a second vehicle and plunged into a canal after careening 100 feet along U.S. 60 outside the city. The dead were Robert Young 4 Betty 40 Anita 17 Mike 13 Lisa 10 and BJ 17 months. Gary Young new injuries and other occupants injured include Roy Haenfler 44 of Scottsdale Shirley Mae Haenfler 44 Andy Haenfler 24 Nancy Carvalho 4 and Jeff Schuster.
Two major oil companies, Standard Oil of Ohio and BP Oil, announced immediate reductions of 0.3 and 0.4 cents per gallon respectively for diesel and home heating oil. They also said gasoline prices at company stations would rise in April. A separate report from Sydney notes a Lufthansa DC10 overruns the runway on landing at Sydney International Airport, stopping 165 feet from a main road.
Berkeley report on Randolph A Hearst pro gram to feed the poor to aid his kidnapped daughter cites internal theft, lack of coordination, and weak administration. coalition members blamed missteps by People in Need, inadequate ordering, and inflated volunteer counts as the SLA demanded oversight. Hearst vows reforms and a larger future handout if his daughter is released.
President Nixon ordered a crack VA management team headed by Donald Johnson and Roy Ash to audit VA services. He created a White House Domestic Council Committee on Veterans Services chaired by Johnson with four Cabinet members to coordinate policy. Critics called Johnson’s VA leadership inadequate as a congressional ally urged his resignation.
SEC official Stan Sporkin testified in the Mitchell Stans trial that he resisted pressure to suppress Vesco’s 400000 contribution to Nixon’s re election campaign. He described attempts by Vesco associates and SEC leaders to delay or limit disclosure and questioned the source and use of Vesco funds moved from the Bahamas in 1972.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan handed a shopping list to the United States seeking urgent help to reduce Arab superiority in antiaircraft missiles. He arrived for talks with Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger and spoke of weapons parity except in air defense. Dayan noted Soviet arms flow to Egyptians and Syrians and cited foreign troops including North Koreans and a Cuban brigade aiding the Syrians.
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