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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
5
The top U.S. peace envoy reportedly resigns as Vietnam tensions rise after a Viet Cong blueprint calls for near total U.S. withdrawal and prisoner releases. The White House ties Kissinger’s Saigon Bangkok Paris tour to ongoing negotiations and public stance.
U S officials insist on a Saigon governed by South Vietnamese choice while warning a coalition or neutralist government could curtail elections. Senate leaders condemn rushing to embrace all seven points as dangerous while Kissinger conducts fact finding amid Paris talks as Iraqi and Jordanian tensions flare in the region.
The Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners lowers storage and demurrage charges on strike bound cargo from 4.32 to 3.10 per ton per month in covered areas and from 1.55 to .96 in uncovered areas. With six ships at berth and many diverted to Ensenada and Vancouver, the waterfront is quiet, and talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoremen’s Union have stalled.
Teckon Society operates shelters at 1428 W 17th St and 320 W Redondo Beach Blvd Gardena with hours 10 am to 6 pm Mon-Sat and 1 pm to 2 pm Sundays. Cats are not euthanized except in overcrowded cases. there is no charge to leave a cat, donations welcome.
A Somerville Selective Service office was broken into and Form 102 records for birth years 1940 to 1948 disappeared. The group Mr. Hoover's 1st Coast Conspiracy To Save Lives claimed responsibility, while Army CWO Joseph Cartier said microfilm copies of the data remain available at the state headquarters.
A secret World Bank mission report urged President Yahya to move quickly in East Pakistan to curb chaos and mass exodus. It called for civilian administration, emergency food distribution, clear economic priorities, and restoration of transport networks to revive farms and industry. The report circulated to top executives and presented after a June visit, met with disbelief from Yahya despite estimates of up to 200000 deaths in the civil war.
In Shreveport Louisiana two white police officers were charged with murder for the shooting death of Robert Stanfield 49 who was said to have fired at officers James R Harris 26 and Johnny M Gauthier 32. A .22 caliber derringer was recovered at the scene Stanfield was shot three times on a city bridge. The officers were taken into custody after detectives investigated the incident which involved a car muffler check. The case ties to broader murder indictments and grand jury proceedings with secrecy and ongoing arraignment dates yet to be set.
A Wallan man in critical condition with severe head wounds was at a second campsite. Garbe was in fair condition at Placer General Hospital Auburn. His wife Jean 23 treated and released. Martha Marie Parker 24 Walnut taken to Sacramento Medical Center in critical condition. One dead was John Simmons who lived near Colfax in Placer County. Bodies of 25 slain farm workers were unearthed nearby in May and June.
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