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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1970
Page
1
Prosecutor Peter Gilchrist questioned a man about a case against his 29 year old son at Mecklenburg District Court. The man described charges including destroying property and staying at his house. The son received 40 days in jail with a work release recommendation.
Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, bumped from Apollo 12 by measles, quietly obtained a marriage license in San Antonio. Bride Elizabeth Dailey, 38, a Hollywood native now living in Edwards, California. Mattingly, 34, on two weeks’ leave from the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, is a Navy lieutenant commander and was among NASA’s 1986 selects. He was exposed to measles by a friend’s child before launch but did not contract the illness.
Nathan Voloshen a 71 year old New York lawyer lobbyist and friend of House Speaker John W McCormack abruptly changed his plea during a New York federal court session admitting conspiracy to peddle influence and three counts of perjury He had pleaded guilty to the charges after a judge accepted his intelligent understanding plea Sentencing was scheduled for September 17 with Voloshen on a $5 000 personal bond Codefendant Martin Swelg McCormack aide maintained innocence during jury selection for the ongoing trial
Steven Shedd, UCLA 1909 baseball alumnus now in Italy, will fly from Milan to join his parents Peggie and the late-class of 1944 Shedds for UCLA commencement in Los Angeles. The trio will then dash to Newport Beach for Bill Shedd’s Newport Harbor High School graduation. Modern City Administrator Phillin J Brown pitches a plan to sell about 440 obsolete parking meters for souvenirs, hoping to net about 66 per yard.
Fremont attorney Louis B. Wies filed a San Francisco suit against the government arguing free mail to elected officials is essential for free speech. He sent letters to President Nixon Governor Reagan and Senator Murphy with free-mail stamps and was charged postage returns. Wies says access to officials without cost is a right to petition the government.
Kenneth A. Gibson won Newark’s runoff with 55,097 votes to Hugh Addonizio’s 49,086 and pledged to reunite the city after a racially charged campaign. Gibson’s victory follows a volatile period since July 1967 violence, with widespread police and press confrontations at Addonizio headquarters and a record turnout for the runoff.
Newark voters rejected incumbent mayor Addonizio amid racial tension as Kenneth Gibson backed by militant black artists and white militants drew anger and threats. Crowds wept and shouted while urging restraint, with Imperiale urging calm and pledging to defend homes if violence began.
Gunfire erupted for a second night in Miami black neighborhoods wounding five police bullets. two White men guarding a business were hit as curfew from dusk to dawn was ordered. Lisbon Morris, 42, critical with neck and body wounds, and Douglas Leach, 57, in fair condition, fired on officers.
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