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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1972
Page
4
President Nixon argues six percent unemployment is too high and vows to cut joblessness through expansive fiscal policy linked to tax cuts and a large deficit. The Council of Economic Advisers forecasts 1972 real output growth, slower inflation, and higher employment, though risks from housing and inventories persist.
San Jose reports hundreds of motorists stranded in the Santa Cruz Mountains as California endures its heaviest snow in a decade. A 20 mile stretch between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz was closed for more than 10 hours with over 60 cars trapped. Snowdrifts reached nearly a foot and temperatures dropped to the low 20s before Route 17 reopened to normal traffic by 7 pm.
Readers query license costs and how shops set labor fees. Action Line confirms licenses cost 50 cents when bought through schools or the city license department at 225 W Broadway. A separate reader seeks aid on coal miner’s black lung pension. Social Security notes a denial for simple pneumoconiosis and suggests a fair hearing. Also guidance on finding college scholarships via college aid offices and the California CSLB.
The Artificial Kidney Foundation in Garden Grove California requests Petty Crocker coupons to equip a new limited care kidney center. The group notes General Mills has discontinued life saving equipment redemption but coupons can still be redeemed for beds lab equipment and similar merchandise.
President Nixon announces the resignation of Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans and names Peter G. Peterson as his successor. Stans to work on the re election campaign while remaining out of active partisan politics until after the convention. Peter Flanigan will move into Petersons current post on the President's Council of International Economic Policy.
Gospel icon Mahalia Jackson, whose early life included nursemaid work and floor scrubbing, rose from Chicago church choirs to world fame. She toured for churches 1928 1930 and recorded key hits like Silent Night and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, earning France’s top award for His Can Put My Trust in Jesus.
Gunmen firing from a car killed guard Rodolfo Lencino as he left his home for work. Police say the attackers, possibly Tupamaro guerrillas, fired four bullets near the entrance to the Putt Carreras penitentiary, a facility later freed by a tunnel escape.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong leaders denounce Nixon peace proposals in Paris while pressing their own seven and nine point plans. They accuse Washington of prolonging war and maintaining the Saigon puppet regime, urging a negotiated settlement under international supervision. Thuy and Tien challenge Nixon’s credibility and vow to push for a genuine peace.
U S officials in Paris said Hanoi has not flatly rejected the proposed South Vietnam takeover and that public disclosure of secret talks may bolster domestic support for peace efforts. Rogers argued the published exchanges improve chances for a negotiated end to the Vietnam War and signal divisions within the United States do not favor a Communist victory in South Vietnam.
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