Peace terms proposed for Vietnam withdrawal and coalition gov
Madame Binh and Thuy outlined a new plan seeking a rapid U S troop withdrawal from South Vietnam with safe return for prisoners of war. The proposal urged a cease fire after withdrawal talks and called for a neutral South Vietnam pending reunification negotiated by the five Vietnams.
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Binh
Thuy
U.S
United States
Madame Binh
Nguyen van Thien
South Vietnam
Outbreak of Fungus Illness Hits Colleges Across West Coast
Dr Thorson notes fever spiking to 22 at LBSC with symptoms lasting one to two weeks. He cites a 90 percent attack rate and links outbreaks at Chief State College, San Francisco State, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and a 1942 Stanford incident, with Long Beach College most affected last summer in August.
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Thorson
Journal of the American College Health Association
State Department of Public Health
Chief State College
U.S. Center For Disease Control
San Francisco State College
Madera
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Long Beach College
Amendment 26 Extends U S Voting Age to Eighteen
The text notes the ratification by North Carolina and Alabama as the 36th and 37th states, finalizing the change that allows citizens aged 18 and older to vote. It cites federal and state action, with the Supreme Court restricting a 1960s provision to federal elections. Census estimates project 11 million new voters, plus 14 million under 25 may vote in 1972.
Dockers threaten strike over pay and union control
Three thousand Long Beach area dockers authorized a weekday strike demanding regular full-time status for long shoremen and a raise to $300 monthly from $236 for those who have worked 25 years by age 62. The union seeks container loading jurisdiction and said negotiations will resume soon. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old Chaffey College student, Helen Elizabeth Jones, was found dead by a passing motorist near a curb at an intersection in Upland. no injuries were visible.
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Union
Association
San Francisco
Optical magic and water separation on screen
In Paramount Pictures special effects the water barrier for the ex Commandments scene was created with 30 Kirge dump tanks arranged in two rows of 15. When overturned the water met in the center, then filmed and reversed to appear as water splitting. Actors walked between the two water walls, with added footage superimposed to complete the illusion.
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C.C
Long Beach
Paramount Pictures
Federal row over Dr Curtis Springer’s ZZYZX resort
ACTION LINE notes the federal government filed an injunction prohibiting Springer from operating his ZZYZX resort and health food business on federal land. Springer claims the resort remains open and intends to fight the injunction. He has prior convictions in 1989 and 1970 for false and misleading advertising of health products.
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Action Line
Curtis Springer
Baker
Dr Springer
O. B
Long Beach
Springer
Sound Off on Early Schooling and Child Discipline
MM. C. of Lakewood writes to oppose pushing children into school sooner arguing that schools fail to teach respect discipline and morals. They advocate home schooling until ages eight to ten to instill basics of life, love, and discipline before joining safety.
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MM. C
Lakewond
California budget stalemate shakes state spending
California drifts without a budget as Democrats push language tying funds to education and research programs. Governor Reagan argues it infringes his item veto power while Republicans study methods used by a past governor to bypass similar pressure.
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Reagan
Frank Merriam
Long Beach
Conference Committee
California Community Colleges
University of California
State College
Assembly Republicans
Pentagon Papers ruling sparks mixed reactions in Congress
The Supreme Court rejected prior restraint on the Times and Post as the Ellsberg case unfolds. Justice White led a majority finding that government failed to prove the need for censorship. Blacks and Stewarts dissented, warning of potential dangers to national security and diplomacy. Ellsberg's indictment and ongoing grand jury activity were noted, with reactions from Sulzberger Bradlee and lawmakers across parties.
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Pentagon Papers
Supreme Court
John Harlan
Indochina
Byron R. White
White
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
John M. Harlan
Blackmun
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
New York Times
Benjamin Bradlee
the Post
Hisberg
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S. Congress
Sen
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
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