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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1970
Page
2
The Los Angeles trial proceeds as Charles Manson challenges jail conditions while prosecutors detail the Tate home killings. Jurors hear testimony on injuries, missing firearms, and the scene including Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and movie crew ties.
In Cincinnati a 41 year old man Fred Clayton after leaving a Lexington Kentucky VA Hospital stabbed a stranger William Goins 35 seven times then killed himself. Goins lay bleeding as Clayton walked to the bar edge and wounded himself fatally. Police found Goins in critical condition.
Caribbean islands Martinique and Dominica report 15 dead with hundreds injured and homeless as storm Dorothy shifts toward Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Early word described a lighter impact but later updates increased fatalities, with Guadalupe later listing 14 deaths.
An affidavit places Angela Davis in San Rafael on Aug 7 three hours before a courtroom shootout that left four dead. She allegedly flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles, with evidence later locating her car at a Black Panther member’s home. authorities do not know her current location.
SACRAMENTO The California Senate defeated by 22 to 13 a proposal to let voters decide if 16 year olds should join 18 year olds at the polls. The move would have lowered the voting age and granted 18 year olds full adult privileges minus the right to drink. Senator Clark Bradley argued 18 year olds lack maturity to vote wisely and be responsible adults.
An express bus overturned on a new Seoul Pusan highway causing multiple fatalities. Police reported at least 14 dead and 30 injured amid fiery wreckage. A separate legislative debate involves age voting thresholds and youth participation in elections with lawmakers citing maturity and campus disruption concerns.
The United States claimed the World Student Team Chess Championship in Haifa Israel for the first time in ten years. The four man team defeated Scotland in the final round to finish ahead of England which fell to West Germany in the closing round by a score of 13 to 9.
A reader restoring a 30 or 40 year old Herrick Refrigerator Co ice box asks for a replacement decal. Gene Buss of Herrick in Waterloo Iowa says a matching blue and gold decal will be mailed once located, noting stock losses from a flood last year.
A Long Beach Rowing Association contact is 575 Marina Drive 438-1322. Members can use facilities and receive training. one-man racing shells are wood or fiberglass about 26 feet long and weigh 35 pounds. Major builder George Pocock of Seattle sells fiberglass shells upwards of $800. Membership dues are $35 yearly.
A reader asks if hard water will clog pipes and whether a water softener is needed. An MPWSC spokesman says hard water may deposit calcium but is unlikely to clog pipes. hotter water increases deposition. He notes softeners remove calcium but can raise corrosion risk in unprotected pipes.
Mexican President Diaz Ordaz and President Nixon announce a boundary treaty agreement to be sent to both Senate for approval. Nixon says State Department will push for a unanimous US vote. The leaders hosted a farewell lunch during Nixon’s 28 hour Mexico visit in a resort village famed for Burton and Taylor.
Egypt rejected American satellite and U2 reconnaissance as a pretext for espionage, sparking Israeli claims Cairo has something to hide. Al Ahram noted the United States should adopt a neutral stance while denying high level Soviet reconnaissance. Egypt saw no need for further flyovers as Soviet personnel already backstop its air and missile forces.
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