25 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1972
Page
1
A terse telegram style item notes a January 25 scheduled action or call involving Lenn South Call Tuan and UsTI SS Nee, with ATR PRESS as the press conduit. The fragmentary line hints at a scheduled update or routine call set for the date.
Mary Lou Whittaker, 19, a Barry College student, restrained a fleeing shoplifter at a Miami discount store until security arrived, citing a family ethic that law enforcement is everyone's business.
U S military sources report intensified air war against North Vietnamese missile and radar sites. Communist troops move within three miles of Kontum as a major offensive looms in Indochina around Tet. Viet Cong urges South Vietnamese to demand Thieu's removal and troop withdrawal.
AGANA Guam UPI The Japanese Imperial Army officer Yokoiu who occupied Guam in World War II evaded capture for 28 years. A chance dusk encounter with two hunters led to his surrender near Agana as he tended a shrimp trap in the Talofofo River. Yokoi, 54, described surviving on fruit and nuts, wearing bark fiber clothes, and doubting jet planes would return him home.
New York Rep. Sibley Chisholm formally announced her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. She told a Brooklyn Concord Baptist Church crowd she runs as the candidate of the people, not a single demographic. She planned a news conference with three members of the congressional Black Caucus and has drawn early support from NOW and other women’s groups.
The National Peace Action Coalition selects Los Angeles as the West Coast site for an antiwar demonstration on April 22, mirroring a New York City event the same day. The protest aims to keep the movement visible during the 1972 presidential year and cites LA’s proximity to the Western White House, San Diego military regions, a large Chicago community, and local labor sectors as factors.
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