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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1971
Page
6
Los Angeles report says an F-4 phantom flown in a test flight was on a collision course with a Hughes Air West jetliner. The National Transportation Safety Board notes the trial occurred earlier this week and referenced radar scans.
Longshoremen return to the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex at 8 a.m. as ships in port near record levels prompt briefings on contract talks. 66 vessels are active with 35 in Los Angeles and 4 in Long Beach and more arrivals expected, amid rerouting and a push to avoid a waterfront strike.
The California Supreme Court on its own motion reinstated Medi Cal coverage for a full time bedside attendant for John Herbert Roberts, a 42 year old with a rare myoclonic epilepsy. The court voided the Court of Appeals ruling that denied such benefits and ordered several months of attendant care at state expense pending further review likely in September. Roberts had fought to obtain care after funds dried up and previously paid 500 dollars monthly for a private attendant at Sepulveda Convalescent Hospital. The decision cites Roberts unique condition as requiring constant supervision to sustain life.
Environmentalists warn snaketapping is a profitable fad as amateur hunters capture snakes at night and sell them to pet shops for $2 to $5. The practice boosts local rat populations, risks reptile health, and spurs calls for a state law to outlaw catching snakes outside study or science. Sheriff deputies report 40 snakes seized but no arrests due to lack of a law outside park areas.
Twenty graduating high school students were injured in a three-bus rear-end collision on the Santa Ana Freeway as they traveled from Reseda and Canoga Park to an all-night graduation party at Disneyland. Ten treated at the scene and ten were taken to Rowan Community Hospital. no major injuries. All released.
The government reports more than 21 000 disabled miners widows and dependents receive over 23 million dollars monthly under the black lung program. The DEH E W notes many miners misunderstand rules while 290 000 claims have been filed and 130 000 rejected since the December 1969 law.
Ford Motor Co Los Angeles assembly plant will shut for 11 days starting Monday to retool for 1972 Thunderbirds and stock standard models. About 2100 workers will be affected with a company supplement paying 45 percent of take home pay during the layoff.
In The Hague W and Barmier was named the new Dutch premier after seven weeks of negotiations following the general election. Biesheuvel, a member of the Calvinist Party, leads the new administration as the country moves into a post election period.
The White House officially unveiled the newly refurbished Vermeil Room on the first floor and a $23,000 English crystal chandelier in the grand hallway. The Vermeil silver service, donated to the White House during the Eisenhower era by Margaret Thompson Biddle of Philadelphia, forms the room’s centerpiece as part of the 300-piece collection.
An explosion equivalent to 20 sticks of dynamite blew a car off its wheels in a residential area before dawn Thursday and shattered windows in two homes, injuring two people. The car’s wheels, axle and motor remained, with owner Clifford Frazier, 30, an air conditioner repairman, unaware of the motive. Two women suffered minor cuts from flying glass.
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