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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1971
Page
16
Wages five percent higher in Southland with Long Beach Los Angeles area production workers averaging 153.95 dollars per week in September. Average weekly earnings statewide rose to 150.70 dollars, with mean hourly wages up to 3.90 dollars in September and workweeks near 30 hours in Long Beach area.
A seventh grader identified as Lorraine Heesch remained under guard after second and third degree burns from a gas stove fire in Granada Junior High School cooking class. She was treated at Whitker Presbyterian Hospital and later in Sherman Oaks hospital. In London a 28 year old landlady Susan Baker was jailed for hiring a former wrestler to harass tenants in a bid to raise rents. She was ordered to complete a 23 day sentence on appeal.
A Sacramento session features proposals from health, education, and infrastructure to public safety. Measures include five year old and special education reforms, a state public defender, freeway planning notices, and pollution controls with votes pending in Senate and Assembly.
The California Senate passes a bill creating a state ship control agency to direct vessel movements in seven harbors including the Long Beach Los Angeles port complex. Supporters cite fuel spill lessons while harbor authorities warn of conflicts with pilots and federal control. The vote was 27 to 12 despite opposition from Sen. Deukmejian and Sen. Dills. Local ports urge excluding Los Angeles Long Beach from the plan. The Coast Guard currently oversees port movements awaiting federal action.
A parliamentary committee in London recommends raising the queen’s annual allowance to 2.45 million dollars, a 106 percent increase, with similar hikes for royal family members. Polls show most Britons accept the monarchy while many oppose higher public spending amid unemployment and rising royal expenses.
Authorities questioned three King County jail inmates to identify a man who threatened to blow up Northwest Orient flight 7 from Seattle to Tokyo unless the prisoners were released and paid. The plane landed safely in Japan with 135 passengers and 28 crew. no bomb was found. A note demanded release of inmates and promised bomb details upon release.
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