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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1974
Page
3
Two men in a feud between feuding Jamisons were killed and police said today that about a dozen allies were injured in shootings across Frignano Italy as officers investigated the deaths and scattered groups.
More than 4000 Cuban refugees marched peacefully through downtown Miami protesting any thaw in U S Cuban relations. They waved signs rejecting liberty with dishonor and Cuba as a pawn. The four mile demonstration preceded a Latin American ministers meeting and Kissinger talks in Mexico City.
Jerry Verzi mailed a passport and a $300 airline ticket to his 15 year old son Steve who fled from San Francisco to Warrington England after a school incident. Steve traveled as a stowaway, hitchhiking the rest of the way with only $4. He called his aunt and uncle’s home after arriving seven thousand miles away. He later said he wanted to return home.
An article details reduced child support under new state rules, with examples of payment changes for families. It promotes the Family Service of Long Beach offering temporary homemaker care for hospitalized mothers, funded by United Way and the Junior League, and notes wage rates and application lines. It also reports on updated Broadway speed limits, pavement repainting plans, and city traffic signage procedures.
Lawton Oklahoma report says a discarded mortar shell exploded at a trailer park killing 12 year old Raymond Oliver and critically injuring 20 year old soldier Joel Hayes. Authorities found mortar shells and armor piercing rounds nearby and Ft Sill demolition crews removed them for safe disposal.
John Garand, age 8, famed designer of the N1 rifle, died Saturday in Springfield Mass. His work on the rifle began in 1498, and he never benefited financially since he donated the rights to the government rather than selling them to private industry.
The text cites California Penal Code section 279 making it a misdemeanor to take a child from its mother to conceal the child. It notes penalties of at least $250 fine and 30 days to six months imprisonment, applying even if the man is the natural father with equal custody rights. A person identified as H. from Long Beach California appears in the fragment.
A Torrance reader suggests public parking lots offer bicycle parking at 25 cents with perforated tickets carrying a rider signature and a matching attendant stub. The scheme aims to deter theft by requiring ticket exchange on return and uses signature verification if a stub is lost.
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