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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1971
Page
1
After his inauguration, Governor Milton J. Shapp and his wife plan to live in the Harrisburg mansion only after a double bed is placed in the master bedroom. Mrs. Shapp, with a social work background, focuses on marriage counseling and education.
President Nixon asked T Eugene Coffin of East Whittier Friends Church and famed singer Ethel Waters to participate in the first White House ecumenical church service of the year. Coffin, a Quaker with missionary parents from India, has traveled globally while Waters, 70, has shifted from blues to spirituals and gospel through Billy Graham's crusade. About 240 guests from White House staff, Cabinet, Congress and Nixon friends are invited to attend the service.
Kris Kristofferson, who once emptied ash trays at Columbia Studios, is named Songwriter of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association. His credits include Simday Mornin' Comin' Down For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee. He cried as fellow writers gave a standing ovation then joked about being respected. A four-way tie for second place followed among Tom T Hall Gene MacLellan Raymond Smith and Conway Twitty.
Dr. Arthur Lemmings statement to Macalester College follows a Minneapolis Tribune report claiming he would resign. Wealthy publisher DeWitt Wallace is said to rethink major commitments but not end contributions. Lemmings tenure as Macalester president began in mid 1968 under the Eisenhower era health and education secretary.
UPI reports Cambodians, backed by U.S. air power, press the Pich Nil Pass battle as government forces suffer losses and use napalm after running out of grenades. Saigon and Phnom Penh claim heavy Communist deaths, with three South Vietnamese divisions moved into Cambodia and U.S. planes destroying over a thousand Ho Chi Minh Trail trucks.
A historical newspaper fragment shows the January 2 1991 edition details with volume and issue notes. It references the standard newspaper delivery and a Sunday section. The readable text is fragmented and lacks clear events or names to confirm a specific news item.
Several hundred members of two rival postal unions picketed outside as seven craft unions began contract talks with the new U S Postal Corporation in Washington. They objected to a congressional liaison office set up by Postmaster General Blount, arguing it curtails contacts with Congress and breaches the Lloyd La Follette Act.
Revenues from the Long Beach Tideland oil operation funded college and university construction in California during 1968 69. The state and Long Beach split $39.3 million in revenue. state $20.6 million, city $18.3 million. Funds were allocated to higher education capital outlay, water projects, and transit. The report notes a routine lag and final costs to be determined after project completion. In Hollywood, rodeo star turned actor Ker mit Maynard died at 73 from a heart attack, brother of Ken Maynard.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Barrow Neurological Institute not entitled to $175,000 from miner James Kidd’s will. It sent the case back to Maricopa County, directing funds be awarded to one of four applicants involved in soul research, including the American Society for Psychical Research and Physical Research Foundation, among others.
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