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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1971
Page
2
The California Senate joined the Assembly in urging President Nixon to send armed Navy ships to protect tuna fishermen from seizure by Ecuador and Peru. The vote was 27 to 1 with Senator Behr opposing, calling it a Tonkin Gull-like measure.
Coast Guard reports 41 Soviet bloc vessels spotted in international waters 61 miles east southeast of New Jersey where fishing is banned this time of year. Vigorous dispatched from New London to inform the flotilla commander of treaty rules and request departure. Fleet includes Soviet Union Poland and East Germany vessels.
Edgartown voters are asked to approve a $1000 appropriation to repair the Chappaquiddick Island bridge. The plan calls for heavy railing installation and replacement of planks and timbers hacked by tourists. The aging bridge now has only a four inch caplog timber along its edge.
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