L B Businesses Feel Pinch of Living Cost Rise
Local business leaders report a sharp drop in consumer spending as living costs rise. Bank of Long Beach notes fewer auto contracts and weaker retail sales while real estate and hiring pressures mount. National price indexes show inflation persists, with wages lagging and unemployment remaining low.
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Bles
Suzanne Sadowsky
Southern California
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ty Long Beach
Mark Malcolm
Bank of Long Beach
Malcolm
Don Rodgan
Long Beach
Joel Popkin
Labor Statistics
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Popkin
Treatment Offers New Hope for Senile Women
Senile women unable to remember their children or perform simple tasks show improvement after a treatment in Long Beach. Dr. Tart notes they recall names and can make coffee and beds. patients become socially more accepted. VA conducts psychological testing before and after, with daily two hour sessions at two and one half atmospheres five days a week for three weeks.
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Long Beach
Buffalo
Peter M. Winter
Hospital of the Good Samaritan Medical Center
Hart
F. &. Depenbuach
Student burns self to death in Lille protest
In Lille France two high school students died by self immolation at Faldherhe and Biatra schools during protests against wars and the tally of men. Robert Goerevens 18 died on the fields while Regis 17 perished at the same school.
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Lille
France
UPI
Robert Goerevens
Faldherhe School
Secon High School
Ony
Regis
Portest Ihs
Biatra
Nixon to deliver streamlined foreign policy address
President plans a concise speech to Congress focusing on the budget and inflation, outlining direction without details. He will submit a foreign policy report in writing, record portions for radio, with excerpts for TV, and mark the inauguration anniversary with routine duties including a haircut.
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Congress
Calley Trial Control Claims Stir Open Court Debate
Lawyers for Lt. William Calley assert President Nixon ordered the My Lai murder trial. They depict top officials including Melvin Laird and Gen. Westmoreland as driving the prosecution, raising questions about command influence and trial openness at Fort Benning.
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V. Benning
Nixon
William W. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
George Latimer
Melvin Laird
Lt. Galley
Latimer
Calley Laird
Stanley Resor
Army
William Westmoreland
Ft. Benning
Benning
U.S. Supreme Court
Military Trial Court
Reid W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Laird
Resor
Westmoreland
No Contest Plea in Big Theft Case
Long Beach insurance broker Carrall B. Womack pleaded no contest to grand theft and faced sentencing. Prosecutors say the total theft may reach 410000, though he was charged with 310000. Womack allegedly siphoned Bank of America funds using forged policies for premium loans between 1967 and 1969.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Long Beach
Bank of America
Womack
Question on Federal Pension Rates Misstated in Parade
Letter from R C S of Long Beach asks about a pension error after reading Parade. HM J Lowther, Civil Service Commission official, clarifies the correct rule: Congress members retire at 80 percent after 32 years or more. other federal employees require 41 years 11 months to reach 80 percent.
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Parade Magazine
R.C
Long Beach
HM. J. Lowher
Civil Service Commission Bureau of Retirement and
Isurance
Washington, D.C
Lowther
Insurance payout from union aids grieving family
In November the Motion Picture Projectionists Local 180 paid 2400 to the writer's stepmother in a nursing home after a prior error left them uninsured. The stepmother and the writer thank the recipient for their help and praise the support as a godsend.
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Action Link
Motion Picture Projectionists' Union Local 180
Tam
Tewish
County Medics Get Pay Raises
County officials approved a pay raise for interns and resident doctors to July 1, aligning wages with major U.S. areas including New York City. Chair Erneast Debs said the move ends years of low pay that hurt recruiting and noted many interns are married and from distressed homes. Nesvig will review salaries each autumn to keep scales competitive with others.
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Nesvig
United States
New York City
Erneast Debs
Debs
Tiehs
Easy Senate OK Likely on Carswell
Washington expected action on Judge G Harrold Carswell of Florida to win Senate confirmation to the Supreme Court with little opposition. Nixon nominated Carswell to fill the Fortas vacancy. he had already been confirmed to the Fifth Circuit and previously served on the Florida district bench for 11 years.
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Washington
UPI
G. Harrold Carswell
Florida
Senate
Supreme Court
Nixon
Carswell
Abe Fortas
U.S
Girewit
Court of Appeals
Federal District
Bomb Explosion at Beverly Hills Office Blasts Police Scene
Police report a man named Herbert Heyman found a package at his office door that exploded when a key taped to a metal box was turned. The blast shattered windows, started a fire, and caused about $10,000 in damage to the building. Heyman had recently received threats regarding a lawsuit.
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Herbert Heyman
Heyman
Beverly Hills
Heysman
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