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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1971
Page
2
President Nixon argues for targeted tax cuts to spur business investment and plant expansion. He notes industries have spent heavily on new plants and machinery in recent months as part of a broader effort to revive the sagging economy and support production growth.
Early today two fire bombs were hurled at the home of industrialist William R. Hewlett, multimillionaire president of Hewlett Packard, in Palo Alto. Hewlett’s partner David Packard, deputy secretary of defense, may link the attack to government contracts. Police reported no suspects yet. investigators focus on connections to Packard’s Washington office. The incident comes as national budget talks unfold and Nixon plans for a large expansion.
ACTION LINE reports a customer’s refund issue with Local Readers Service Inc in Terre Haute and a promise of forthcoming magazines. The piece also covers CompuTransit, a Los Angeles startup offering a computerized car pool matching service with five-name lists for applicants, and details on application access via mail.
Shadow and Substance discusses a dangerous visibility issue at the Bellflower Boulevard and Los Coyotes Diagonal intersection due to overpass shadows. Long Beach traffic engineers, in cooperation with Southern California Edison, are testing lighting to improve daytime visibility and plan a full lighting review if needed.
Mrs C M of Paramount thanks ACTION LINES for assisting with a claim about paying for a damaged freeway pole after a fatal antimobile crash in which her husband died. California Highway officials closed the file, saving her family from deducting the pole cost from her late husband's Social Security money.
US Army delays a five day postponement of mustard gas shell shipments from Okinawa amid 1000 to 3000 helmeted demonstrators threatening force to halt convoys. Shells move seven miles to Ton gan pier for shipment to Johnston Island as protests invade barracks and depot offices.
Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel known as Coco transformed women’s dress with jersey fabric in 1916 and popularized the little black dress. She created iconic perfumes, notably Chanel No. 5 in 1922, and shaped modern fashion with jersey suits, trench coats, and the bobbed hairstyle. Her life included high-profile romances and immense wealth, ending her era as a self-made couture power.
A broken fire main released about 72 gallons of cold water into the basement of the San Diego County Administration Center. Two people were briefly trapped in a flooded elevator while four poll workers were submerged as water filled the building housing county boards and the health and tax offices before firefighters pumped it out.
The U S Embassy filed a protest with the Soviet Foreign Office over harassment of Americans in Moscow. The note cited vandalism to parked cars and other intimidation, delivered by Thompson R Buchanan the embassy political counselor to Konstantin G Fedoseyev. The reaction was restrained and framed as reciprocity amid alleged failures by U S authorities to ensure safety for Soviets in the United States. A separate weekend incident saw vandals threatening a Pan American World Airways official and damaging five cars outside the Metropole Hotel near the Kremlin.
The Supreme Court returned Hoffa case to Chicago district court to determine if overheard conversations tainted convictions. The day’s actions included dismissals in antitrust cases and rulings on English usage for voters, labor disputes, and a newspaper libel suit related to a marital case.
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