Navy Cutback Denied by Long Beach Official
Admiral James in Washington denies any immediate 300 man cutback at Long Beach Naval Shipyard or a 13 percent annual drop in Navy activity. Council members dispute Sharp's report citing March notices of a later 7,000 headcount by July 1, 1870. Work has been rising and is seen extending several months.
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Long Beach
Washington
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Wayne Sharp
Ralph K. James
Sharp
West Long Beach
FE. F. Cruechley
Bert Bond
Russell Rubley
Rubley
Cambodia
Crachley
Navy
Cmdr
William Graves
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Councilman
Bond
Nixon Faces Cambodians Pullback Debate
Press reports describe President Nixon’s Cambodia operation and troop withdrawal plan. Adm. Thomas Moorer is set to replace Wheeler, while Sen. Byrd notes the move is a temporary tactic. Key leaders including McCormack Mansfield Stennis voiced opinions at a breakfast meeting. further sessions with Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs committees followed.
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Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Camboiia
Byrd
House
Senate Armed Services
Senate
John W. McCormack
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Angther
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fourteen Students Expelled Over Drug Violations
Fourteen teens from Grossmont District high schools are expelled for involvement with dangerous drugs, mostly for off campus violations. The action raises the total booted since 1967 to 437, reflecting district policy on student safety.
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Cajon
Grossmont
Long Beach Parking Restrictions Planned for Street Sweeping
Community notes that central Long Beach lacks timely street sweeping due to heavy parking. John Williams says a study is under way and restricted parking sites should appear by early summer. Plans include sweeping on alternating sides daily and police enforcement for illegal parking to ensure clean streets.
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Long Each
Long Beach
John Williams
Theft at Sunnyside and All Souls Cemeteries Reported
A Long Beach reader laments purse thefts from cars at Sunnyside and All Souls Cemeteries where women honor graves. He notes repeated incidents near a flower shop and urges police to increase effort to catch the culprits.
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Sunnyside
All Souls
Mfrs
A.S
Long Beach
Reagan Tax Plan Ad Faces Democratic Roadblock
Reagan’s tax program stalled as six Democrats abstained on key votes. Objections centered on restoring depletion loophole cuts, a one cent sales tax rise, and provisions favoring big business. Democrats also protested omission of increased state aid to public schools, while GOP members pressed for reform and bipartisan backing. The dispute highlighted partisan tactics delaying California tax relief.
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Gov. Reagan
GOP
Jess Unruh
Reagan
Bagley
U S Drive Meets Resistance in Pleiku Opener
U S forces began an air mobile assault in Pleiku with about 3 000 Americans and an equal number of South Vietnamese committed to a new offensive. Heavy ground fire and morning haze halted two battalion airlift, leaving only one battalion landed. American officers warned to blow the town away as civilians fled. In Cambodia’s Parrot Beak area, South Vietnamese troops seized weapons and Supplies, while casualties mounted on both sides.
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Pleiku
Nixon
Fishhok
Cambodia
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Snoul
Arnett
Snool
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Exile State Established by Sihanouk in Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced from Peking the establishment of a royal government of Cambodia led by Premier Penn Nouth. China and North Korea reportedly recognize the government as Cambodia’s sole authority, with Sihanouk pledging to oppose Lon Nol and U.S. forces until victory.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Cambodia
Kyodo News Service
Radio Peking
China
Sihanouk
Kyodo
New China News Agency
Penn Nouth
U.S
North Korea
North Vietnam
Student Describes Killings On Hilltop Riot
The account details guardsmen firing on students after tear gas was fired in a practice field. Students retrieved gas projectiles and hurled them back as cheers rose. Guardsmen pulled back to the hill crest then fired while kneeling.
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National Guard
Taylor Tall
North Vietnam claims 13 U.S. planes shot down
Tass, citing Voice of Vietnam, reported that North Vietnam claimed 13 U.S. aircraft were shot down in its southern provinces during the first four days of May. The dispatch noted Radio Voice of Vietnam said none were shot down Monday. The Pentagon said U.S. air attacks on North Vietnamese ground targets had halted.
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North Vietnam
Tass
Hanoi
Voice of Vietnam
Pentagon
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Quang Bish
Nghe An
Kent State Evacuation and Shootings Spark Campus Crisis
Kent State University is evacuated and sealed off after a violent protest that left several students dead or wounded. National Guard and state patrols controlled entrances as authorities sought to determine which guardsmen fired and why amid rising tensions following President Nixon’s Cambodia speech.
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Keil
Nixon
Justice Department
James A. Rhodes
FBI
Ohio National Guard
Army Rotc
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