28 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1972
Page
1
Julie Powers, the only waitress on duty at a Fort Lauderdale restaurant, served four women and two men at 5 a.m. The bill was 94 cents, and a 19-year-old tipped her $150 after praising her service. She kept the money, declined to return it, and called police to escort her home.
Thomas P. Stafford 41 earns a brigadier general rank after a call from Vice President Agnew confirming promotion from colonel. Senate confirmation pending. Other promotions include Col. Withel A. Woefly and Col. Hoyt Vainderberg Jr. along with two other astronauts already elevated to general. Stafford, born in Weatherford Oklahoma, served as Apollo 10 crew member with a tumbling incident.
The West Virginia Senate voted 239 to expel Sen Bernard Smith the first expulsion in state legislative history. Smith 41 of Logan a Democrat was ousted after his September conviction on federal vote fraud charges sentencing him to 10 years. He appeals and will not leave his seat.
Attorney William Kunstler denounces a Topeka judge for denying him court access to represent the Gay Liberation Front amid a bid to have the University of Kansas recognize the group. Judge George Templar cites potential disruption as grounds. The encounter sparks broader warnings about First Amendment rights and access to justice.
Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese holdout found in Guam after 27 years, will receive gifts on his return including electric blankets, a lifetime hotel bath pass, and cash donations totaling around 5 million yen. Public generosity also includes a schoolboy 500 yen and a businessman’s 1 million yen as back pay estimates hover near 162 dollars, with further offers of soy sauce, bean paste, stationery, and a bath facility deemed essential for his postwar life. Yokoi is set to return to Tokyo next Wednesday.
California leaders urged a swift settlement of the West Coast longshore strike to protect agricultural and industrial markets. Governor Reagan pressed Sens. and Congress members to back Nixon’s compulsory arbitration plan to reopen ports within 40 days, warning of multi million dollar weekly losses.
United Press International reports Senator George McGovern released a personal financial statement showing total assets of 152,201 and liabilities of 81,600 for 1971. He disclosed 271,600 in net assets and 319,100 in income with major holdings including a Washington home worth 110,100 a Maryland home valued at 65.00 and 52,800 in a checking account. He urged other candidates to disclose finances and promised annual reports if elected.
Sgt. Joseph A. Wambaugh Jr a Los Angeles police detective and author says he will not contribute a dollar to the fund for a bronze bust of Mayor Sam Yorty to be placed in a Yorty room at the Convention Center He says he is financially independent and was the only holdout in the detective division Others were urged but not pressured and the plan awaited four donations from officers with no mandate.
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