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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1971
Page
2
Princess Grace of Monaco arrived in Chicago to address the fourth international La Leche League convention. The former actress walked through crowded LaSalle Hotel crowds and enjoyed a performance while in town for the weekend.
Striking longshoremen may be eligible for food stamps and welfare if the strike is deemed legitimate by state authorities. More than 100 vessels idled across 24 West Coast ports, with 15,000 workers off the job. Wheat and flour shipments to Pakistan and elsewhere move as union and management offer no talks, while regional leaders urge action to end the walkout.
Mrs Sherry Shoe and her son Barry 11 found a rattlesnake in their Northern California yard and cut it in half with a shovel. Barry was bitten by the head during a dying reflex and, allergic to the usual antivenin, was flown to a Sonoma County hospital for treatment. A reptile curator notes snakes cut after death can still bite for about an hour.
The Official Gazette reports Spain’s future king Prince Juan Carlos will rule if Franco is absent or ill. Franco, aged 79, named Juan Carlos, then 32, his successor with the title of king on July 22, 1969.
The Los Angeles Board of Education tentatively approved a 23 cent increase in the city schools property tax rate raising it to a record 5.07 dollars per thousand. Fifteen cents funds improved retirement benefits and most of the rest expands programs for the mentally retarded and for regional occupation training centers. If Sacramento sends more aid the board may reduce or reallocate portions toward a teacher pay raise.
Camden report states Reverend Carl McIntire signed an out of court settlement relinquishing control of selective functions of the American Council of Christian Churches.
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