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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1972
Page
6
Nixon and Japan premier met in Hawaii with officials indicating American interest in Japan's recent overtures toward China and other regional moves. Nixon emphasized keeping informed on Tokyo's diplomacy and potential shifts in the Pacific balance.
The Catalina invasion is part of a nationwide March of the Reconquest effort by young U.S. citizens of Mexican descent to pressure for equal rights, better jobs and education, and end to police harassment. Leaders cite poverty and discrimination while urging dialogue with Anglo institutions to change attitudes.
Stranded passengers from charter flight DA203 faced a non existent service after arriving at Gatwick. British agencies and hotel groups covered meals and one night stays while Daedalus Travelancy of New York arranged refunds at its New York office. Passengers described frustration with embassies and authorities, some relying on Britons for shelter.
Two inmates J. T. Daniel and Lorenza Abbot fashioned robes from dyed sheets and white cardboard to resemble nuns at Holman Prison on Wednesday. A guard spotted them wearing men’s shoes, preventing further escape. Daniel, 34, is held for assault and robbery. Abbot, 49, is serving life for first degree murder.
Thai police Lt. Somechai Chaiyasuta was arrested and charged with premeditated murder for placing a bomb aboard a Cathay Pacific airliner that exploded over South Vietnam on June 15, killing 81 aboard. Police say he involved his fiancée and forged insurance policies to fund the act.
Reports recount a thwarted Belfast bombing plan tied to a 1972 airport threat. Police linked the plot to sectarian violence, noting a bomb squad review found the device not amateur. Officials described continued gun and bomb incidents across Belfast as sectarian conflict raged.
A Phnom Penh dispatch reports a series of attacks including a Dong Ngan ammunition depot 150 miles south of Hanoi, four supply buildings destroyed and a petroleum depot set ablaze at Cam Pha 40 miles from the China border, and Nghia Nuong coastal artillery station 70 miles north of the DMZ. A 50-mortar barrage struck a market town near Phnom Penh as a high command spokesman warned the aggressors are closing in and cannot be stopped. Smaller strikes hit other hamlets.
In Grangeville Idaho a lightning bolt killed 19 year old Glen Brotney of Celarr water and left Wayne Chadwick in serious condition after he was knocked unconscious near a corral. The incident occurred as the two men were in the area. Brotney died at the hospital.
Los Angeles report says Mark Scott, 40, talent agent operat or, convicted of offering undercover officer $5 000 to kill his former wife. Judge Richard Hayden placed him on three years probation, fined $2,501, added a $625 penalty assessment, and ordered psychiatric treatment after a defense motion to base the case on statements during a preliminary hearing.
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