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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
2
Eight crew members were rescued from the Liberian tanker Lacon after a fire engulfed the 575 foot vessel 580 miles east of St. Augustine. The master and two crew remained aboard until late Sunday as a U S Navy submarine and a Venezuelan merchant ship stood by.
Federal investigators say a Pan American 747 with 191 aboard came close to catastrophe when it struck runway lights on a shortened takeoff. The crew, led by Capt. Calvin Dyer, kept the plane aloft for two hours before a dramatic emergency landing.
U S congressman Dellums denounced the Vietnam War as illegal and immoral and criticized Washington mediocrity and lawmakers serving special interests. He urged focus on poverty while receiving the fraternity’s award on behalf of Muhammad Ali, who was absent.
Doctors explain dizziness or vertigo as a symptom or potential disease. Dr. Lowell Ward of Long Beach notes vertigo links to conditions like arteriosclerosis anemia or gastritis and urges timely treatment. A case of a “dying blonde” with frequent vertigo improved with therapy, underscoring vigilance and care. The article lists his office address and phone number.
Prime Minister Eigaku Sato accepted Defense Minister Keikichi Magahara's resignation after a fatal collision last Friday that killed 162 people north of Japan. Gen Yasuhiro Weds also offered to resign, while Naomi Nishimura was named to replace Masuhara. Pilot Yoshimi Ichikawa and instructor Tamotsu Kuma faced professional negligence charges as investigators linked a nose-to-nose crash with a fighter jet on an assigned airliner course.
A 23-year-old Redondo Beach woman, Linda Burlingame, was in very critical condition at County USC Medical Center after dousing herself with gasoline and setting her clothes on fire in Hawthorne. Police say quarrel with her boyfriend preceded the act as she returned from a gas station with a gallon of gasoline and left a note and twenty dollars on the door of Howard Wilson Rice’s apartment, asking him to care for her two children. Witnesses described her pouring gasoline over herself and igniting her clothing at the top of a stairway.
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