07 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
1
In Painesville Ohio councilwoman Kathleen Cotter resisted a Willawick ordinance restricting sexual displays, blushing at a model law. The case mirrors broader disputes over public decency and local control.
A cold storm blanketed Northern California as snow hail and sleet halted traffic in the Bay Area. Nine cars piled up on a San Francisco freeway during rush hour while temperatures fell below freezing in several locales. Mt Tamalpais and Mt Hamilton saw heavy snowfall and travel warnings urged chains on mountain highways.
Two years after doctors warned he would die Kevin Steen, 12, now in remission, will ride aboard the USS Ticonderoga to greet Apollo 17 astronauts returning from a lunar voyage. He survived cancer after Mayo Clinic surgeries and has since met astronauts, dreaming of becoming an astronaut himself.
Arctic air pooled over the northern United States driving temperatures to 20 below zero in the northern plains and Montana and Minnesota. Minneapolis hit minus 20, a record low. Snow and gusty winds spread inland from the Northwest as heavy snow warnings spread over Southern California mountains and parts of Wyoming and Colorado.
A garbled December 7 1912 Press Telegram faintly notes postage paid Long Beach and delivery details. It mentions a daily and Sunday edition with a 4 20 rate and a brief delivery line. The readable text is limited to scattered postal and issue dates with no cohesive event.
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