02 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1973
Page
1
Alexandros Onassis, 24, fatally injured in a plane crash, will be buried on his father's Skorpios island in the Ionian Sea. A family spokesman announced the plan in Knee, with no date set for the church service.
A postage stamp in memory of Lyndon B. Johnson is set for issue on August 27 to mark his would be 85th birthday. Postmaster General E. T. Klassen announced the plan, with a first day city likely Austin Texas.
The Puerto Rico House of Representatives urged President Nixon to grant immediate pardons to five Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members serving life terms for politically motivated acts against U S leaders. Rep Calos Gallisa led the unanimous motion in San Juan with copies to Nixon, Gov Hernandez Colon and the U N. The plea cites the 1950 52 incidents at Blair House and in the visitors gallery, arguing no similar long sentences exist for such acts.
U S District Judge John J Sirica set surety bonds of 100000 for Liddy and McCord and voiced doubts about witness truthfulness The trial stemmed from the Watergate break in and bugging of the Democratic National Headquarters Officials failed to post bonds and Liddys lawyer requested Danbury minimum security Judge Sirica harshly commented to McCords attorney Gerald Alch about alleged case errors and threatened to refer the matter to the grievance committee Sloan testified he gave 299009 to Liddy but did not know its use Sirica defended questioning Sloan privately and reading the testimony to the jury noting it was the proper action
The London flu epidemic claims 1,027 lives in the latest National Center for Disease Control tally based on 722 cities. The report notes mortality remains below last year’s peak while influenza and pneumonia cases rise across several states including Arkansas Kentucky Mississippi Nevada New Mexico North Dakota and Wyoming.
Washington reports the U S unemployment rate slid to five percent in January, the lowest since July 1970, despite a small drop in the number of employed persons. The December rate stood at five point one percent. Government figures reflect a modest job market improvement amid ongoing labor trends.
Alaska man 51 named Hacks Hofseth cut off his left hand with an ax to save life after snowmobile injury in 30 below weather. He freed himself, hiked three miles with a tourniquet, and was flown to Bethel hospital for treatment where he remained in satisfactory condition today.
Hollywood reports that John Banner, the Austrian born actor who portrayed the bumbling Sgt Schultz on Hogan's Heroes, has died at 63 in Vienna. Naturalized American, Banner found fame as a TV Nazi figure while earlier fleeing Nazism, later returning to Europe with a career spanning film and stage.
In Cuzco province traditional dating battle, 200 young men clash on foot and horseback. Final tally reports two killed and 50 injured. Winners from Langui Layo claim four girls and the body of one killed, returning it to their village.
Gov Reubin Askew told Florida judicial nominating commissioners that women and blacks should have meaningful representation in the judiciary but rejected fixed quotas. He urged a fair number of nominees reflecting broader participation and perspective in criminal justice, without setting hard numeric targets.
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