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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1971
Page
4
The Times faces a legal bid to stop publishing a Pentagon study on U S involvement in Vietnam. Officials say the leak and release could harm national defense and breach top secret protections. Names include Mitchell and Times staffers named in the suit.
The New York Times report recounts Johnson's secret decision to move from bombing to ground combat in Vietnam, approved by Defense and State officials. It notes Marine deployment to Da Nang and Westmoreland’s request for 200,000 more troops, amid warnings from Ball and McNamara about the risks of escalation.
Weather records note record lows in 1954 and 1934, and a reader asks Action Line about Sousa band uniforms. Harold B. Stephens recalls black uniforms with gold lettering, while other queries cover personal possessions, jail probation and a list of private adolescent mental health facilities.
The excerpt quotes Barry Goldwater saying he inferred a Johnson administration escalation in Vietnam, that discussing it would require secret information, and that he kept silent to avoid accusations of bomb-happiness, while noting his campaign might have fared better if he had spoken.
Sacramento The Assembly approved AB 543 to bail the State Teachers Retirement Fund from a $5 billion hole by a 66 to 4 vote. The measure requires school districts to contribute a percent of teachers' salaries by 1977-78, with state funds contributing $135 million annually for 20 years.
Long Beach plans reduce expenditures across all departments under the city manager except Parks. The budget hikes total tax-supported operations by 1.02 million due to full-year funding for police and fire pensions and salary gains, with a 51.9 million capital program including harbor, street, and park projects and a new Pacific Terrace exhibit hall.
National Guardsmen faced rock throwing youths in two city parks as demonstrations against police actions escalated. A prior day march involved about 1500 participants of white, Black, and Mexican American communities demanding the release of minors. police brutality charges were raised. Disorder spread to downtown with 25 storefronts smashed, cars overturned, Molotov cocktails hurled. Tear gas and shotgun blasts dispersed crowds at Roosevelt Park and UNM adjacent park. About 200 guardsmen aided 150 police. 36 fires over two days, with $3 million in damages.
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