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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
3
The fragment describes a private yacht in Svendborg Denmark with oak hull and decks. It notes 8,100 square feet of canyon in 36 sails and a foremast reaching 130 feet, plus a history of two trips using sail and motor.
A reader from Long Beach reports sending $50 to Beta Health Products Inc in Miami for trial items that were not satisfactory and returned as insured. The firm, now Health Activators, supposedly did not receive the package. The Better Business Bureau confirms multiple complaints and postal authorities are investigating possible mail fraud.
A Lakewood reader from W.B. asks for the meaning of kissing cousin. The term, per the Dictionary of American Slang, is a close platonic friend of the opposite sex or a constant companion with no blood relation. Origins tied to blood kin and Southern Civil War era political shared views.
Dr. Merlin K. DuVal, the government’s top medical and health official, has told President Nixon he will resign from HEW to return to the University of Arizona as vice president of health affairs. He helped push a reorganization of health agencies and had served since 1971 as assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs.
Firemen discovered a charred body inside a Ford van burned near Palos Verdes Drive and Silver Spur Road in Roting Hill state. Deputies reported the blaze was reported Thursday night at about 10 45 p m. The fire was extinguished by two county units. Authorities could not determine the victim's gender.
Air Force General David A. Burchinal deputy commander in chief of the U S European Command in West Germany will retire next year at age 57 after 34 years of service.
Washington reports as many as 100 senior State Department officials including several ambassadors plan to retire by January to gain a cost of living pension boost. Morale and pay incentives drive a likely exodus, with names such as Russell Fessen den Jacob Beam Walworth Barbour and Joseph Palmer among those considering early leave.
Nixon will fill 13 ambassadorships abroad, many vacant or to be created, with career diplomats or political appointees. The moves accompany broader mission headings as government expands international roles.
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