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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1971
Page
1
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong, already treated for a heart condition, developed a pulmonary infection and underwent a tracheotomy at Bell Israel Hospital in New York. A spokesman said he breathed more comfortably after the Wednesday surgery after entering the hospital March 15 for heart ailment.
The Senate confirmed William J. Casey, a New York tax lawyer, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Only Sen. William Proxmire, D Wis, dissented, questioning Casey’s past suits and business dealings before voting no on the floor display. Casey defended his record as routine business disputes in an active legal career.
Police wrestled control after a second day of fighting in Opa Locka and surrounding Miami suburbs as about 600 youths looted five stores and pelted motorists. Six arrests were made as four buildings burned and a liquor store was destroyed amid tensions sparked by the previous night’s police shooting. A 7 p.m. curfew was briefly imposed. the curfew ended after deputies took charge. The victim, Joseph Lee Scott, 27, was killed by a white officer while seated on a car hood, fueling the unrest.
Seven states had ratified the proposed 26th Amendment by Wednesday night. Arkansas Maine and Michigan approved by their lower houses and sent to the Senate while Texas waited on House action. Forty state legislatures must ratify for constitutional change as other states plan wider consideration.
Fourteen rail cars of a Sea Heart Coastline tram derailed in Marivta Ga sending police and Civil Defense to evacuate nearby areas. One derailed car leaked naptha a straight hydrocarbon gas used in dry cleaning raising fire and explosion risks as plants and businesses nearby were warned.
U N special envoy Gunnar V. Jarring appears poised to leave his post in Moscow as Arab Israeli negotiations sink further. Egyptian Ambassador Mohammed H. el Zayyat met with Jarring and U Thant to review the stalemate before possible revival efforts. Meanwhile riot police and workers clashed at Tokyo’s new international airport site.
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