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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1970
Page
2
Federal overseers say the Alcatraz Indians hold about 35 guns including shotguns and handguns. They caution it would be too risky to remove the occupiers, as authorities plan to tear down old prison buildings for a national park.
A 30-ship Pacific task force including the Fresno lands 4000 Marines from the 5th MEU at Camp Pendleton to rehearse amphibious operations. The exercise Beagle House tests high speed LSTs and other landing ships with 20 knot capabilities, under Rear Adm. Rosenberg aboard Two Jima, as a proving ground for future tech and tactics.
Representatives of 35 000 Southern Baptist churches revolted against national leadership and ordered recall of a Genesis commentary that doubts biblical infallibility. Officials privately called the action disastrous and a huge step backwards amid tensions between urban academic leaders and rural anti intellectual elements.
The Kennedy Action Corps announced a memorial program marking the second anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy s assassination. Speakers include Rep John Janney Democratic Senate nominee and Myrtle Evers wife of Medgar Evers Democratic nominee in a congressional runoff in a downtown Los Angeles auditorium.
Cesar Chavez Farm Workers Union and two large growers in California and Arizona ratified contracts after a Federal Mediation Service supervised election. Voters approved 295 to 1 in favor of ratification for Bianco Fruit Corp and Bruno Dispote. The UFWOC now covers about two million boxes of fruit.
The State Court of Appeal denied bail for Huey Newton, Black Panther cofounder, in the 1967 Oakland policeman shooting case. Newton has been held since his 1968 conviction. the court overturned the murder verdict, citing improper jury instruction on his claim of being unconscious from a stomach wound. The state plans to appeal and seeks a new trial possibly on manslaughter in Alameda Superior Court.
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