17 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1972
Page
1
A uniformed state trooper confronted a meter maid at the Erie County Courthouse over overtime parking. He tagged her jeep in retaliation, while she cited his unmarked police car for improper parking, exchanging tickets in a sharp moment of mutual enforcement.
U S ambassador George Bush urged reducing Washington's 31.52 percent UN assessment while boosting Moscow's share, prompting a sharp Soviet rebuttal from Ambassador Vasily S Safronchuk. The exchange followed Congress efforts to lower the U S rate to 3 5 percent as poorer member states push for halving assessments.
In Juneau Alaska two rescue ships kept watch as the Coast Guard cutter Jarvis battered by a 60 mph storm. The vessel flooded its engine room after running aground at Dutch Harbor, drifted nine hours, and was towed by the Japanese freighter Koyo Maru No 3 to Beaver Inlet Sedanka Island. The Balsam and another cutter stood by for temporary hull repairs as two more cutters were sent to the scene.
The American Motors Corp officials said a Republican campaign official asked for a $100,000 contribution, which was refused. William M. Trevorrow said Robert P. Odell Jr. asked in late March and again for $50,000, with the firm standing firm. Odell and Maurice Stans could not be reached for comment.
California Deputy Attorney General Evelle Younger questioned a Norwalk judge's ruling that could set a death sentence for a convicted murderer. The judge ordered a penalty trial allowing life imprisonment or death, amid federal and state rulings against optional capital punishment. Younger argued capital punishment in California should be mandatory for specific crimes such as treason, perjury causing execution, train wrecking resulting in injuries, and murder of a prison guard by a currently imprisoned convict.
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