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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1972
Page
1
Neil A. Armstrong, first man on the moon and Apollo 11 member, begins teaching as a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He joined three months ago but has kept to himself since a prior news conference, declining questions as he opened his class Monday.
London reports Jackie Onassis and Aristotle Onassis fought at Heathrow in a lounge before she flew to the United States. Onassis called the story nonsense and planned to join her in New York. The Daily Mirror said the dispute involved staff in a lounge kitchen and a flaming row with a door shut. A waiter quoted the argument as heated. Onassis denied the report, accusing lax press sources. Meanwhile Steve Smith’s failed air cannon stunt in Leicester ends with damage and a $260 repair bill.
GE figure Charles Edward Wilson rose from an eight grade start to head GE and serve as wartime mobilization chief. He earned 21 honorary degrees, steered aircraft output to a 1944 peak, and later led defense roles under Truman and Eisenhower before his death in Bronxville at age 8.
Congressman John Dowdy of Texas, convicted last week of perjury conspiracy and bribery, contends federal prosecutors pushed him to trial despite his illness. He cites back surgery pneumonia and other ailments, saying the process was “hounding me to death” and that a bribery probe involving a Washington area home improvement firm was behind the charges.
The FDA announced a three year program to assess safety and effectiveness of hundreds of thousands of over the counter drugs. Panels will set standards for ingredients labeling and use for at least 26 basic classes including antacids laxatives and analgesics.
A 33 year old truck driver Billy Hupene Godwin of Windsor North Carolina remained conscious as a 1 A year old paramedic amputated his remaining leg to free him from a tangled cab after a high speed crash on Interstate 64 near Norview Avenue. The driver suffered multiple injuries including severed legs and arm. Rescue squads from Norfolk and Virginia Beach assisted along with police and fire departments. The operation caused traffic jams and minor collisions along the highway. Godwin was taken to Norfolk General Hospital in critical condition for emergency surgery.
A three judge federal court ordered reapportionment in Alabama after years of litigation. The plan creates 105 single member House districts and 35 Senate districts with each Senate district comprising three House districts. Rep. Wred Gray hailed the move as a breakthrough for black representation and for diverse communities under the 1974 election implementation.
A 20 year sentence was handed to a 4 year old Oklahoma City man for selling marijuana in district court. It marked the first conviction under the 1971 stiff drug code and the defendant James Patrick Wright admitted selling a bag of marijuana to undercover officers at his home on September 4, 1971.
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