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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1971
Page
3
Diplomatic sources report Israel will withdraw modestly from the Suez Canal to allow international traffic under safeguards. Israel demands no Egyptian or Russian troops cross during withdrawal and seeks a broader peace settlement with guaranteed guarantees.
Charges dropped against Cpl. Charles Stewart a 19 year old double amputee from Connelsville Pa after a special court martial exonerated him for striking a nurse and other alleged incidents in a Navy hospital. Stewart’s lawyer said the patient had undergone multiple surgeries and suffered delusions while receiving medical and psychiatric care.
A group of 34 women chained to the fence at the Executive Office Building near the White House to protest U S war policy. The demonstrators, some from Women’s Strike for Peace, called for broader, smaller protests and faster withdrawal from Indochina, sending a letter to President Nixon with no reply.
Senate aide reports a Cannikin underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, possibly fall 1969, planned to exceed Milrow in yield. AEC says final decision pending. Gravel opposes if it risks tsunami, radioactivity, or earthquakes. Test tied to Spartan missile development. treaty hopes cited.
Heavy rains flood Amman and southern Jordan causing house to house rescues, hospital alerts, and disrupted transport. Police and army redirect resources to rescue operations while searches for guerrillas are postponed until flooding subsides.
In Detroit area a rising clash between billboard owners and sign-cutting vigilantes prompts use of steel poles on new boards. Joseph Jones of a Lansing advertising firm notes five wooden boards replaced since February and reports 41 billboards sawed down in southeast Michigan over two months amid midnight raids.
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