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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1969
Page
1
James Cagney visits the Massachusetts Legislature to oppose a 164000 dollar airport expansion on Martha's Vineyard claiming it would ruin a peaceful haven. He urges preservation of natural beauty and questions runway plans for Tyers. The article mixes other biographical notes and unrelated items.
Michigan's three heart transplant patients plan a September salmon fishing trip. Donald Kaminski, 38, first to be transplanted last February, invites others while recovering at University of Michigan Hospital. Gerald Rector, 43, and Philip Barnum, 49, have accepted. Kaminski also pursues driving trips, swimming, pool, and horse races as recovery continues. Special Forces Maj. James N. Rowe recalls captivity with Viet Cong, finding relief in prayer and whistling after probing interrogator’s frustration. He was captured in 1963 and escaped in December, reflecting on faith amid hardship.
Gov Ronald Reagan approved a major revision of the state code governing campus auxiliary groups at California State Polytech College after student protests. Trustees adopted staff recommendations in a unanimous roll call, while student leaders urged postponement to May and protested existing restrictions on student activities and fiscal accountability. The board also praised faculty and students for conduct and lauded former trustees Paul Spencer and Louis Heilbron for service. It urged lawmakers to use proceeds from a San Francisco downtown campus sale to fund a new adult education center.
In Quincy dentist M. F. Slasher overcome by a rare allergy to dental dust now works with a plastic helmet and own air supply. He keeps exposures under about 15 minutes per day and communicates through the barrier, testing his voice at the office.
Reagan urged weighing political views in recruiting UC and state college faculty. He warned some officials fear a one sided ideological bias among faculties amounts to a cancer. He later moderated saying beliefs should not determine employment but exposure to all viewpoints is essential. Also noted was a push to balance liberal and left wing teachers with conservatives, which a trustees committee rejected. Queen Elizabeth II completed her sex trials in the English Channel aboard Cunard, and the ship will begin its maiden voyage to the United States on May 2.
Senate sent to President Nixon a measure raising the national debt limit by 12 billion dollars to a record 377 billion. The bill, likely to be signed, would let the administration meet obligations while extending the ceiling to June 30, 1970. Senate 67 18. House 332 92. Kennedy testified debt may exceed 374 billion in March and April 1970. Two killed and seven injured in express train collision near Belgrade.
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