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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1970
Page
1
Richard G. MacEachern 34 a Boston policeman and head of the National Police Patrolmen Association escaped with minor injuries by diving behind a parked car when a car with two men fired a shotgun at him. He was off duty leaving a store and shot at the fleeing vehicle but did not confirm a hit.
US envoy Habib halted his prepared remarks and urged a free discussion of war issues with Hanoi during six hours of talks. North Vietnamese leader Nguyen Minh Vy demanded the release of the Chicago Seven and condemned Nixon for prolonging the war, while Le Duc Tho and Ngo Dinh Thi Binh offered only vague remarks. Habib said the Communists avoided meaningful exchange and failed to clarify their proposals.
U S bombers returned to targets in South Vietnam after 48 hours of heavy strikes in Laos. All seven SAC bombers were diverted to Laos as A52 strikes continued against North Vietnamese depots and the Ho Chi Minh trail. Two B52 missions in South Vietnam dropped 300 tons on base camps and troop concentrations near the Cambodian border. The U S Command reported helicopter losses rising to two more with 18 Americans killed or wounded. Allied reports tallied 72 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed across several clashes.
In Raleigh North Carolina Shaw University staged a pie throwing contest not a protest. Students, staff and spectators watched as the president Dr King V Cheek and others took turns with pies. About 150 pies were available and every fifth student got a free ticket. The gag aimed to divert attention from dining service concerns during winter.
London officials warned pilots to avoid flying within ten miles behind the Boeing 747 due to wake turbulence. The Civil Aviation Department issued guidance pending U S studies, advising caution behind the jet and to keep clear within a 60 degree sector and up to ten miles, with U S authorities suggesting up to forty miles behind at same altitude or two thousand feet below.
Sunday only single copy ad fragment lists price and publication details for a Mall Daily and Sunday edition with mixed garbled text and partial numbers. Contains likely pricing and distribution notes but readable specifics are limited.
LOS ANGELES UP I reports the City Council unanimously urged state and federal agencies to halt oil production in the Santa Barbara Channel citing spill risks to the shoreline. City Petroleum Administrator Spaulding backed continuing drilling from a temporary San Pedro Bay rig, deeming spill risk negligible while noting Standard Oil's 9 500 acre city lease and a test well south of the San Pedro lighthouse.
Israeli warplanes raided Egyptian positions on the Suez Canal while Egypt condemned President Nixon's pledge to supply Tel Aviv with more weapons. Israel welcomed the promise as U Thant questioned reviving his peace mission and Jarring prepared to return when a basis for peace exists.
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