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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1974
Page
3
Police hold a flag over the coffin of Michael Lee Edwards during his Cypress funeral service as Penny and Jerline Edwards watch. The 27 year old officer was found shot to death in a burned South Los Angeles apartment in what investigators call an execution slaying. Over 1,000 laymen attended the rites.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived in Damascus to press disengagement talks between Syria and Israel over the Golan Heights. Officials noted the Maalot attack in Israel slowed progress, with Kissinger planning to return to Jerusalem and then Washington, possibly revisiting the area in a few weeks.
The bodies of Herbert and Margie Schaefer, both 57, of Arcadia were found about 40 miles north of San Francisco after a Coast Guard search for their Long Beach based motor yacht. A Coast Guard helicopter recovered remains and debris, including a suitcase and papers, near Pt Reyes. The couple had departed from Long Beach Marina aiming for Alaska when distress signals were received.
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