Rent board approves 2.5 percent ceiling on rentals
The rent advisory board, chaired by Thomas Curtis, approved a 2.5 percent ceiling on rent increases after standardizing guidelines from the panel. Officials noted operating costs rose about 4.6 percent annually, while critics warned inflationary gains could follow. The policy allows some adjustments for specific costs and long term price holds, with rules covering various lease types and exemptions for taxes and municipal charges.
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Thomas Curtis
Long Beach landlords weigh Price Commission rent ruling
Landlords in the Long Beach area welcomed a federal ruling allowing rent increases to cover higher operating costs and taxes. Many tenants see the measure as unfair though, while small-property owners view it as a way to meet mortgage payments amid rising assessments. Eugene Zechmeister of the Apartment House Association notes few members face 50 percent tax hikes and names Gerard Specht as liaison to the national group for western states.
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International Revenue Service
Grayson
Commission
Price Commission
Long Beach
Eugene L. Zechmeister
Apartment House Association of
Long Beach- Southern Cities
Zechmeister
Gernard Specht
Association
National Apartment Association
Robert Moss
National Organization
Hard line may clip pay raises in aerospace pacts
A wage policy move targets pay climbs in 1972 contracts, especially in aerospace, with a 5.5 percent annual cap and potential rollbacks for pre Aug 15 1971 commitments. The Pay Board weighs challenges to old deals and whether blanket action can apply to craft contracts. Major union contracts at North American Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, Boeing, LTV, and United Aircraft are cited.
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Bureau of Labour Statistics
Remember Labor-Public Business Board
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
North American
Rockwell Corp
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Boeing Co
LTY Aerospace Corp
United Aircraft Corp
Weather and fatal motorcycle crash in Long Beach area
The Long Beach forecast warned of more rain with winds turning southwest by Thursday and snow levels around 6 000 feet. Airport rainfall reached 2.11 inches for the season while Los Angeles Civic Center measured 161/2 inches. In Westminster a motorcyclist Dale M Wilson 45 of 910 S Fann St died after a collision at Beach and Garden Grove boulevards police said the other driver remained at large
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Civic Center
Stanton
Dale M. Wilson
S. Fann St
Beach
Garden Grove
Wilson
Westminster Commubtity Hospital
Welcome for Bangla Desh regime in Dacca
The new Bangla Desh government led by acting president Syed Nazrul Islam arrived in Dacca to a festive, roaring crowd at the airport. Cabinet members Tajuddin Ahmad and others were introduced as India and Pakistan developments influenced the region, with the crowd lining streets and 100000 spectators amid chaotic but hopeful scenes.
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Dacca
Bangla Desh
Syed Nazrul Islam
Communist Party
DCS
India
Pakistan Army
Awam League
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Islan
Sheik Mujib
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sheik
Awami League
Weather kite history and a legal money question
A reader asks if they can claim the rest of money from a workmen’s compensation award, with guidance to file a widow’s benefit claim if death was caused by the disability. Another reader asks about weather kites. experts say silk box kites waned by 1930s practice, with rare European use, and provide obsolete examples and legends.
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M.C
Cerritos
California Department of Industrial Relations
Fourth St
Long Beach
Action Line
A. R
United States
Action Link
Gerald Kahl
Kahl Scientific Supply
Cajon
Hastings
B.S.F. Bader-Powell
Where to Buy A Human Skull Collectible
Long Beach reader asks about acquiring a human skull for a private collection. Ward's Scientific of California offers three skull grades priced from $4 to $90 with 20 percent shipping. orders go to Ward's in Monterey. Most skulls are reported to come from India.
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Action Line
G.l.eh
Long Beach
Ward
Scientific of
California
Monterey
Calif
India
Is AB RH negative rare blood
A Red Cross spokesman says AB negative is uncommon but not rare. There is a rare donor registry in Los Angeles. Visit the Los Angeles blood bank for tests and to have your name added to the rare donor list. Donors are not paid for their blood.
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J.B
Long Beach
American National Red Cross
Vermont Ave
Los Angeles
Action Line
American naval escort off Pakistan ready for evacuation
The Pentagon reported a U S squadron of 10 vessels including the Enterprise carrier Tripoli helicopter carrier seven destroyers and an oilier has been stationed in the Indian Ocean for a week for potential evacuation of Americans or other foreigners from Pakistan. The task force has cruised off the southern tip of India and stayed about 1 100 miles from Chittagong the East Pakistan port, with questions raised about their southward position.
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Wasilington
UPI
Pentagon
Indian Ocean
Pakistan
Enterprise
Tripoli
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
India
Chittigoing
East Pakistan
Bay of Bengal
Waldheim Named New U.N. Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim, longtime Austrian diplomat and former foreign minister, was chosen by the Security Council to become the next United Nations secretary general. Born in Lower Austria, he has served Austria at every U.N. General Assembly since 1955 and has held posts including ambassador to the U.N. and Canada, with a wartime service in Germany.
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Vienna
Kurt Waldheim
Austria
U.N
Waldheim
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Franz Jonas
All U.N
Wither
Paris
Canada
Foreign Ministry
United Nations
Melas
International Atomic Energy Agency
Lower
Vienna Consular Academy
Vienna University
Elisabeth
Waldheim Approved as U.N. Chief After Council Meeting
Austria's Kurt Waldheim was approved to lead the United Nations. He pledged to work with member states and stressed the UN as an instrument of peace. He noted the UN cannot solve every problem and blamed members, not the organization, for limitations.
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United Nations
Waldheim
Irvine City and Council Vote Clears Incorporation
Voters approve the incorporation of Irvine, placing the University of California at Irvine and seven communities inside a new city. The area includes a major industrial zone, lies west of the Newport Freeway, near Orange County Airport, and extends north toward the Santa Ana Freeway. Boundaries run along MacArthur Boulevard Bonita Canyon Sand Canyon Road and skirt the Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Facility.
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Vine
University of California At Irvine
New City
Newport
Orange County
MacArthur Boulevard
Bonita Canyon
Sand Canyon Road
Santa Ana
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Irvine Ranch
Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Facility
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