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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1971
Page
7
Los Angeles planners push a 100 mile rapid transit rail network to be built by 1990 to curb pollution and noise with average speeds around 45 mph. SCRTD opposition and city engineering doubts greet the proposal as city officials seek unified rapid transit planning amid blame for slow progress.
The San Francisco archdiocese students walkout grows as five lay teachers at Mother Butler High School in San Jose join the union affiliate. Gerald Killian of the strikers confirms affiliation and calls for immediate intervention by the union and the San Francisco Central Labor Council. Snow falls in London as winter begins.
Sacramento reporter John McLain, son of a 1952 execution victim, met ex warden Clinton T. Duffy who said capital punishment is wrong. Duffy recalled Duffy’s stance against killing and noted the lingering use of the gas chamber and other methods. The exchange occurred after a speech at Cosumnes River College, where Duffy stated a belief that the state should not premeditate murder.
MONROVIA reports say roving youths used hit and run tactics to set more than a dozen small fires and firebombed Canyon High School and two other buildings during a disturbance in the town. Firemen with police protection stopped the last blaze late Thursday and the area was quiet by Friday. No injuries reported. estimated damage about 17 000 dollars.
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman 53 confirms marriage to Ingrid Von Rosen 41 in a telephone interview. Von Rosen has four children from a prior marriage, Bergman already has eight children.
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