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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1971
Page
5
South Vietnamese and U.S. forces launched a two pronged assault to relieve Fire Base 6 near the Laos Cambodia border. Paratroopers and infantry pushed toward the besieged base as U S Air Force heavy bombing intensified with 540 tons in a single day.
The White House alert flags wage and price moves across several sectors and warns that large steel wage settlements could erode competitive positions and curb employment. It notes taxi fare disparities between New York and Washington and says freight rate hikes in 1970s inflation trends loom.
Long Beach police say sidewalk riding near business districts schools and churches is being crack down with warnings and tickets. Adults complying with pedestrians face little risk while youths on hikes prompt enforcement and fines up to five dollars.
A Bellflower resident says a brother 18 and friends raise chickens and rabbits, but a neighbor reporting them led to a letter ordering removal. The writer protests the action as meddling and argues the animals are cared for and keep youth out of trouble.
La Tarde reports Cuban Prime Minister Videt Castro will take part in a mammoth May Day rally in Santiago on May 1 honoring President Salvador Allende.
In Nagoya Japan, the U S team ended their world tournament April 7 and prepares to meet Chou En Lai in China. Los Angeles resident Glenn Cowan narrowly avoided a trip ban amid fears for America’s image while veteran officials defend the team as a varied cross section. The group includes George Brathwaite Jack Howard Graham Steenhooven Connie Sweeris Jim Boggan Judy Bochenski and Olga Saltesz.
Five people were rescued by the Coast Guard after leaping from a 40 ft cabin cruiser southeast of Reservation Point in Los Angeles Harbor. The vessel, named the Matamea, was towed to Alborson’s Boat Yard on Terminal Island after pumps were used to keep it afloat. Rescued were Elmer J. Hagerty, James Carlstrom, Sue Redi, Ben Hagerty and Ronald L. Horn. Hagerty reported water flooding the hull at about 2 46 pm.
In Madrid Jorge D Paladino says Perón’s presence in Argentina is vital as former Argentine dictator Juan Perón arrives from Buenos Aires for talks. Perón, 75, has lived in Spain for about a year after being ousted in 1955 and barred from returning in 1984 by Brazilian authorities who sent him back to Spain unless he stopped political activity.
In New York federal jurors acquitted TI Poindexter of helping hide Angela Davis amid a manhunt. Davis faced murder and kidnapping charges in California for a 1972 firefight. The same dispatch notes NBC News appointing Aline Saarinen as Paris bureau chief, first woman to lead overseas TV news."
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