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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1970
Page
4
De Gaulle died at his Colombey estate after a day of work and a quiet walk. Gen. Boissien cited De Gaulle’s wish to die standing, working on his Memoirs of Hope. Condolences poured in from France and abroad as broadcasts paused and leaders expressed mourning.
At Fort Benning Col Kennedy ruled that secret congressional testimony from witnesses may be admitted in the William L. Calley Jr. murder trial. Prosecution aims to prove Calley led a unit that executed unarmed villagers in My Lai during the March 1968 operation and is charged with premeditated murder.
Tributes poured in from Premier Kosygin and Western leaders as France mourned Charles de Gaulle. Harold Macmillan and Pope Paul VI praised his leadership while Willy Brandt and Winston Churchill’s estate cast him as a symbol of Franco German friendship and resilience. In Africa and the Middle East, presidents and rulers announced mourning and planned attendances, with Egypt declaring a seven day mourning period.
In Marysville police kept watch at Marysville High School to head off more clashes between white and black students. Two youths were arrested as officers broke up fights involving 20 to 25 students with no serious injuries. Cause of trouble not yet determined.
Orange County supervisors voted unanimously to raise their annual salaries from $15,000 to $19,300 as of Jan. 4, despite an overflow crowd of 300 to 400 objecting. A motion to delay action failed for lack of a second after Supervisor William Phillips led the vote with little discussion.
A 40 year old Los Angeles man John L Hoard died at USC Medical Center from a head wound after a gun battle at a dice game in South Central Los Angeles. He had allegedly demanded $20 back after losing at craps. He was shot in a shoe shine parlor on Main Street during the clash that also killed Hezekiah Dotson, 2, of Compton, who died of a head wound. Police said Hoard fired, sending others to a bathroom as cash was taken, then more shots were fired as lights failed and multiple suspects fled. Detectives questioned remaining players who could not identify the shooter.
SINGAPORE An inquest is planned into the death of Morris D. Mc Bride 58 of Long Beach Calif who police say jumped or fell from his ninth floor hotel room Monday Mc Bride had managed Sun Marine Drilling Co Singapore operation for Los Angeles since June associates say he had been ill most of the time His widow Jeanne and three children survive The body will be flown to Denver Colo for burial.
Washington reports union president Dennis rejected White House panel recommendations for a 32.5 to 37 percent three year pay raise for 200000 railroad workers. She warned a strike two weeks before Christmas if no agreement, excluding passenger trains as essential services, with no adequate vacation or job security gains.
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