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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1976
Page
1
Los Angeles County sanitation workers strike amid contract dispute over paid cleanup time. Pickets from Local 66 picket the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant as 360 million gallons of sewage are treated daily in a district serving over 70 communities.
The Supreme Court ruled 7 2 that Border Patrol may stop and question motorists at permanent highway checkpoints from Mexico without warrants. The decision allows brief routine stops near San Clemente on Interstate 5, with limited intrusion on motorists. Justice Powell delivered the majority opinion, while Justices Brennan and Marshall dissented.
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 2 from Baikonur at 3:09 p.m. Moscow time with Col. Boris Volynov and engineer Vitali Zholobov to perform joint experiments with the Salyut space station. Tass reports the mission aims to near Earth exploration and marks the first manned flight since Apollo Soyuz. Volynov, a veteran cosmonaut, previously commanded Soyuz 5 and has served as backup commander on other ships.
In a 5 3 decision, the Supreme Court limits free state prisoners on grounds their claims were not fairly presented in state courts. Justice Powell led the majority. Justices Brennan Marshall and White dissented. The ruling affirms excluding illegally seized evidence, reinstating convictions in California and Nebraska.
Morning low clouds or fog in the L.B. area with hazy sun. Highs near 85. In the mountains expect afternoon scattered clouds and fair conditions with a high around 92. Desert areas see afternoon clouds and fair weather with a high near 113 and a low around 118.
A vivid reflection on a nationwide feel good moment after a long malaise. Citizens celebrate amid protests fading, with calls for forgiveness to public figures and a pause in relentless equality battles as joyous crowds fill Boston Pops concerts led by Arthur Fiedler and waving flags.
A memorial note marks the only Israeli commando killed in the Entebbe airport hostage rescue. Other items note Libyan airliner surrender, a $500000 silver cross theft, Carter interview plans, a PG and E threat warning, Annapolis goes coed, Long Beach lifeguard, Cobblestone art spread, LA school boards smoking area caution, and youths tied to drug party deaths.
President Ford hosted 105 new citizens at Monticello on the Fourth of July weekend ceremony. He praised newcomers from many countries for joining the American adventure and urged full participation in national life on Jefferson’s Mountaintop home lawn.
Long Beach police Deputy Chiefs Willis Platt and Robert Hill exchange new charges in a public dispute over an internal probe into Platt a 1974 bar incident and opposition to the appointment of Carl Calkins as assistant chief. Both men deny organized groups while acknowledging department-wide dissatisfaction.
Former Long Beach planning chief Ernest Mayer Jr. faces two bribery counts and will plead not guilty at 9 a.m. in Los Angeles Superior Court before Judge Wilfe Keene. Developer John Feinberg, charged with grand theft forgery and falsification, set for 9 a.m. Thursday before Judge Jack Geertzen. Mayer is free on 25 000 dollar bond. Feinberg released on own recognizance.
A dozen youths from a 27 member Drum and Bell Corps sponsored by a San Bernardino VFW Post were hospitalized with food poisoning after eating at a Santa Monica lace stand on the parade route home from the Bicentennial event in Pacific Palisades. A nurse described severe symptoms and expected most to be released after treatment as weekend crowds flocked to Southland beaches and area highways saw heavy traffic, with eight fatalities in Los Angeles County.
The Sir Rae Court voided Oklahoma’s mandatory death penalty law in six cases, ruling it cruel and unusual punishment. The decision followed last Friday’s ruling upholding death penalties in other states and sent cases back to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for further action. Jesse Thurman Fowler, sentenced for fatal shooting in July 1973, was among the North Carolina cases referenced.
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