30 Mar 1977
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1977
Page
1
Gilroy High School students react to removing junk food from cafeterias with boycotts and low daily sales. Superintendent Baldwin says nutrition education should align with snack options, while Nadine Sewell reports steady business loss since vending machines were removed.
The House assassinations committee accepted the resignation of embattled chief counsel Richard A. Sprague amid charges of a witch hunt and character assassination. Sprague said he hoped his departure would prompt a vote to extend the panel’s life. others claimed resignation was voluntary as the committee faced possible dissolution at midnight Thursday.
In San Diego death row author Edgar Herbert Smith was beaten in his cell before a kidnapping attempt murder trial. He was taken to University Hospital with a fractured rib and multiple facial injuries. A sheriff's officer quoted Smith saying he fell, while the three inmates in his cell claimed ignorance.
The City Council sent the Hahn Mall agreement to City Manager John Dever for review. Ernest W. Hahn Inc. must submit concept drawings by July 1 and secure firm commitments from three major department stores to anchor the project. The Redevelopment Agency will acquire the site relocate occupants demolish the existing structures and prepare the land for sale.
City council unanimously approved a development agreement for a two story enclosed mall between Third and Sixth streets, Pacific Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard. Construction to start within 10 days of conveyance, with 10 smaller shops and a three story parking garage. Major stores and a market overlap discussed. city manager to review minor changes.
Isabell Lord, a 47 year old Long Beach librarian, died en route to the United States after surviving the Canary Islands runway collision between Pan Am and KLM. An Air Force medevac plane landed at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station with 26 survivors. Medical personnel tended to patients as ambulances stood by. police and guards secured the scene.
U S Soviet talks on a new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty collapsed as the Soviet Union rejected American proposals. Secretary of State Vance said Brezhnev found no new US ideas acceptable. Vance and Gromyko planned May meetings to seek revival amid nonnuclear issue talks.
Daniel Woods and James Huff entered Larry's Liquors at 9:20 p.m. Woods threatened the woman with a knife while Huff pretended a gun. The husband clerk fired twice, Huff was shot and died at St. Mary Medical Center. Woods fled, was captured nearby, and awaits charges.
Tonight in LB area expect a chance of rain with a low of 51 and high near 60. Mountains forecast showers with a wide temperature spread from 25 to 35. Desert areas face rain and windy conditions with temperatures from 8 to 8.
President Carter reportedly selected former Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield to be ambassador to Japan along with George S Vest for Pakistan, Robert Gookshon for India, and Marvin L. Warner for Switzerland. White House confirmation pending, with several appointments expected soon. Mansfield, who retired in January, has long ties to Asia policy and Japan.
The MWD considers a 10 percent consumption cut with a surcharge on customers who don’t reduce use. The note cites other topics on the page including death penalty restoration, a $50 tax rebate discussion, and refugee funding worries in Orange County.
Investigations in Santa Cruz de Tenerife reveal uncleared takeoff for the KLM 747 as it struck a Pan American jumbo. A Dutch official says the Pan American plane was on the runway. death toll rises to 577 with two more survivors dying overnight. Isabell Lord of Kong Beach, California, among the dead.
The House Budget Committee voted 14 to 11 to amend the tentative budget and restore about 230 million dollars for water projects. Majority Leader Jim Wright said the move is a compromise and that the panel retains flexibility to trim funds later as a binding resolution is considered.
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