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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1972
Page
9
A Manhattan housewife testified in Civil Court that Abraham & Straus delivered ten beds for a three room apartment after ordering two. Delivery trucks kept bringing more furniture, blocking rooms and causing an injury to her finger. Jury awards $750 in damages.
Folk singer Joan Baez arrived in Vientiane Laos en route to Hanoi today guiding notes for 500 people with her guitar. She said she hopes to get a song across and raise awareness during the journey.
The governor signs AB 69 creating a new state transportation department and AB 1292 redefining private liquor licenses involving Leisure World and University of California Riverside. Other bills extend authority to the Consumer Affairs Department and authorize a training center for prison and youth authority staff. A protest group led by Joan Baez plans to sing for POWs in Hanoi with other antiwar activists, awaiting permission to perform.
Atherton financier 82 is reported dead after swallowing strychnine in his living room. He announced his act to his wife Phoebe before dying at a hospital. Coroners cited no stated motive. He had chaired Dura-Vent and led related firms in Gilroy and New York beer ventures with his son George K. Bissell. Survived by wife and five children.
York officials say the city painted fire engines yellow to boost visibility for pedestrians and motorists. The Home 1:10 reports the city was ordered to repaint the trucks red to meet standard colors.
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