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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1970
Page
2
A panel cites rehabilitation as insufficient and calls for harsher penalties for traffickers. It notes an 1981 1966 youth survey showing high repeat arrests for marijuana, with 179 individuals involved 1,229 times, and questions police handling of criminals versus cases.
Dr Todd argues a single health secretary could cut duplication and waste as 33 boards 25 mental health and 20 health care groups are spread across state agencies. A new leadership team would include three assistant secretaries covering health services administration and comprehensive health planning with clear, unified duties. The Citizens Committee urged independent review of drug and marijuana prosecutions, calling for legal and judicial process scrutiny and opposing penalties reduction or legalization.
The column answers reader questions on consumer alerts and service failures. It notes how to obtain a Consumer Alert booklet, explains insurance claim processing and deductibles, outlines how to file complaints with the Public Utilities Commission and Western Union, recalls oldest and lowest NBA team scores, and clarifies bus exit procedures citing Long Beach transit officials.
Cold wave hits the Deep South and New York with heaters boosting sales in Miami as fuses and transformers overload. In New York City 37 residents face heat failures. Penn Central cancels trains, miles of snow hit Michigan and New York. Weather boosts gas and electricity output but slows delivery. Louisiana gas curtails to industry. towns report taps left running to prevent pipes freezing.
A TWA jet diverted to Beirut by Shlomo Belon hijacked the flight claiming to redress the balance for Palestine after Israel’s actions. Nine passengers and most crew returned to Rome, three crew members stayed to repair instruments as Belon forced hostages and menaced the crew.
Panama City Panama. National Guardsmen killed a young Panamanian hijacker aboard a CAT transport en route from David to Bocas del Toro after he seized a passenger as a hostage. The pilot was ordered to Cuba but fuel limits forced a return to David. A guard lieutenant boarded the plane, the hijacker attempted to flee, and a burst of gunfire killed him while lightly wounding the hostage.
Santa Monica reports that former Los Angeles city councilman Thomas D. Shepard received a one to 14 year prison term after being found guilty of accepting an $11,000 bribe tied to a 1964 Chatsworth rezoning. Judge Pearce Young rejected probation, calling reform crucial to deter officials. Shepard’s attorney sought a new trial while securing a stay on execution pending a bond appeal.
A stricken tanker named Connecticut, carrying JP5 jet fuel, drew a large rescue response with a circling C130 not dropping flares and no crew condition details. The Tsuneshima Maru stood by as three merchant ships Oriental Pearl Buckeye Atlantic and Hawaiian Builder moved toward the scene. Coast Guard cutters Rush Cape Hedge Venturous and two San Diego helicopters plus two from Long Beach were dispatched to aid and pump out fuel. Transport Co of New York listed as owner of the tanker.
In Manila area aging Angeles City police chief Democrito Luman Tan, 47, was wounded by a gunman in the fourth shooting this week. Two policemen were killed Monday and no others were shot Tuesday. on Thursday gunmen fired at shops wounding a woman.
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