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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1971
Page
4
The rail walkout collapsed as Nixon signed emergency measures and most railroads planned to resume service within hours. The Postal Service lifted a limited bulk mail embargo, while unions warned of possible new legislation. Stock markets dipped and talks continued on permanent rail labor reform with hearings set for May.
U S ambassadors to Ireland Belgium and The Netherlands privately urged a vote against cutting troops in Europe as the Mansfield amendment neared. President Johnson and Truman backed a cautious pullback arguing it would harm NATO and U S credibility in Europe while others warned against debt and risk to allies.
The proposal received overwhelming approval Tuesday in local option elections across 46 counties including the state’s most populous. State officials said legal sales could begin by June 1 after licenses are issued.
Readers discuss California death row racial breakdown and a plea for eyeglass donations. A Long Beach correspondent asks how many prisoners are on death row, while another letter describes donating old eyeglasses to Direct Relief Foundation via Americas Optometric Association.
A Long Beach shop at 144 La Verne Ave offers a vast selection of billiards and pool supplies, claiming the largest bank of banks and prints in the country. The notice directs readers to general book shops linked to Hegama.
In a Senate speech Sen Frank Church opposes the guarantors and calls the proposal the Big Business Welfare Act of 87. He argued current leadership should be ousted amid years of cost overruns on defense projects. Weidenbaum testified the guarantee is the single most effective step to ease rising unemployment in aerospace.
Williams 21 of Compton reported a counterfeit 20 bill used to pay for a motel room. Adams, the manager, said the bill looked fake, felt brittle, and had offset front and back printing. Police confiscated the money and found nine more counterfeit bills in Evans’ car. Six suspects arrested in LA area raids face charges of possession or manufacture of counterfeit money. 160 arrests in six months. Cap Kennedy reports Delays in Mariners Mars satellite testing postpone final launch activities.
The Army demoted actions against high ranking officers tied to My Lai. General Koster faced charges linked to the cover up while Col Oran Henderson faced remaining court martial proceedings. Army Secretary Stanley Resor cited omissions by Koster and overall adherence to Westmoreland’s disciplinary recommendations.
Seattle report says Les le Bacon 1 year old antiwar activist granted use immunity to testify before a federal grand jury on the March 1 bombing of the national capital. Bacon’s lawyers planned to fight, contending due process issues and arguing immunity should be broader. Bacon held since April 27 as a material witness faces contempt charges if she refuses to answer. The ruling also denied a five day continuance to prepare.
Ephraim Elrom, 39, the Israeli counselor general, wrote his wife Elsa a letter delivered today saying he is OK while held by five gunmen who abducted him Monday in Istanbul. Turkish authorities and Israeli sources described a passing threat and noted the note was left at Elrom’s apartment mailbox.
About 75 000 Okinawans staged a two hour strike in Naha demanding a U S pullout of bases and nuclear weapons when Okinawa reverts to Japan next year. The action halted buses paralysed telephone and telegraph services and shut schools.
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