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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1971
Page
1
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Actress Barbara Stanwyck, 64, has been released from St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica in excellent condition after surgery on November 19 to remove her left kidney following a rupture of the kidney wall. A spokesman said she is fully recuperated.
Joe Smith, released in 1963 after proving innocence in an $800 robbery case, is to receive 875000 from the Pennsylvania Legislature. The House approved the bill 1879 and sent it to the governor for signing. Smith, a Philadelphia resident, described the payout as a godsend while detailing long-term health and financial hardships from his incarceration.
In Los Angeles a federal judge refused to find a moratorium loophole in the 1971 Selective Service Act delaying involuntary inductions for 90 days after Sept. 24. The ACLU plans to appeal, arguing stay orders by Justice Douglas apply to those with induction orders between Sept. 23 and Dec. 24. About 2,200 men faced the Dec. 1 to 9 stay at the Los Angeles center. inductions are expected to resume in February.
Clyde Roye ran for reelection in Pontotoc County Mississippi a year early after reading a newspaper notice and lost to Neal B. Corder of Algoma. The secretary of state in Jackson intervened noting the incumbent’s term had not expired and the matter was closed with no removal of office. Corder said the situation was news to him.
Tricia Nixon Cox accepted the Salvation Army Attalion of Merit in New York on behalf of President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon. The award praised the President as faithful and a statesman and Mrs. Nixon as a devoted homemaker. She also addressed rumors of her pregnancy.
Sen. Barry Goldwater charged conservative critics of President Nixon threaten the party and the country. Speaking to about 250 at a $125-a-plate fundraiser for Sen. John Tower in San Antonio, Goldwater urged unity and urged supporters to stand with Nixon amid conservative criticism. He said he opposes cozying up to China or Moscow but warned against falling behind.
The United States urged North Vietnam to allow mail for American prisoners of war and proposed timing changes for the Paris talks. U S negotiator Porter pressed for a neutral embassy in Hanoi to handle prisoner mail, while Vietnam and Viet Cong reps branded the move as sabotage. The conference hall was guarded by gendarmes as the talks delayed to later dates.
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The Labor Department sues 14 Wisconsin McDonald’s restaurants claiming 425 young male workers were paid 15 to 40 cents an hour less than women for similar jobs. The suit seeks back pay plus 6 percent interest and a future pay discrimination bar. It also cites seven locations for alleged child labor violations. Earlier, a Chicago pair settled after finding women earned more than men. In a separate note, a Marshall Texas resident reports a cedar Christmas tree stolen from the front lawn.
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