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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1973
Page
4
The cease fire phase will free 108 more Americans, with March 28 set as the deadline for the next troop and allied forces withdrawals. U S troop strength totals 6,935 in Vietnam, with foreign volunteers numbering 5,607, as communists have released 209 Americans in three groups.
Downey, a CLA agent, was captured in 1952 when his plane went down on a Seoul to Tokyo flight during a CIA mission. He and Richard Feeteau were convicted of espionage in 1954, with Downey later slated for terms reduced and eventual release amid U.S. diplomacy. Downey’s brother and family faced ongoing concerns as his mother suffered a stroke.
A Southland weather disaster left roads flooded and several fatalities after a day of hail, rain, and lightning. Long Beach and Orange County reported multiple deaths from slick streets and crashes, while power outages affected Downey areas. Snow stacked to over a foot at Snow Valley and Mt. Baldy, with widespread tree and line damage and numerous injuries recorded. Police closed sections of the Ventura Freeway after a multi-vehicle crash spree.
The FTC proposed mandatory corrective advertising for three major drug firms over two years, with surveys under FTC control to prove public awareness. Sterling Drugs, American Home Products, and Bristol Myers pledged to fight the action, while each product would bear specific corrective phrases about effectiveness and side effects.
Federal and Native factions clashed near Wounded Knee as a gunfight erupted after police pulled back. FBI agents pursued a mud smeared van, injuring Agent Curtis Fitzgerald, while Indians claimed U S postal inspectors were briefly detained. Russell Means proclaimed sovereignty over the village.
Sacramento legislative committee grilled plans to relocate the California State University and Colleges headquarters to Long Beach with a 4.3 million facility under a lease purchase. Senators demanded cost details and questioned approvals while Dumke defended the project as a sound investment. critics warned of secrecy and potential waste. Police investigate the shooting death of Edwin Almo, 50, a Teletype Terminal Systems executive, found in his Mandeville Canyon home.
In Geneva the United States and the Soviet Union reopened phase two of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks after a three month recess. Ambassador Alexis Johnson and Vladimir Semenov set the time for the first plenary session this week. The talks, lasting 1 hour 55 minutes, discussed organizational matters only with substantive issues deferred.
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