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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1972
Page
4
Rescue teams battled thick smoke and gas after a fire broke out in shaft Number 10.7 of a coal mine. Ninety one miners escaped, nineteen bodies recovered, with survivors and families awaiting word as air and water were pumped to the trapped men.
The Price Commission ordered Macy’s department stores and Armco Steel Corp to cut prices or refund overcharges. The ruling targets R. N. Macy & Caine of New York and Armco for exceeding profit margins and raising prices without permission on retail machinery and equipment.
The article notes President Thieu dismissed two Viet generals including Giai, a noted youth general whose division underperformed at Quang Tri and saw many troops desert. The firing comes amid broader Indochina developments with renewed U S air raids on North Vietnam and shifting frontline movements toward Saigon.
The Georgia death penalty bill was rejected by a Senate vote after a forced tally. Governor Deukemejian urged momentum for a November ballot initiative while citing Georgia's 799 executions in 40 years and its high homicide rate compared with North Dakota's abolition since 1975.
Arnold H. Christensen, 48, of 316 EB Seventh Street, who claimed to be a counselor for an ex-convict group in Gardena, was arrested at a Long Beach Von’s Market for suspicions of passing a bad check and grand theft. He worked at the Seventh-Step Foundation, a rehabilitation group, and had $400 on him when arrested.
In Ohio a tight race dominated by Humphrey and McGovern stretched into the night as eight districts reported 37 delegates with 38 at large of 75 total pledged. Cuyahoga County voting snafu delayed results while Hamilton County counted slowly amid statewide ballot confusion.
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