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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1970
Page
1
Maui councilman Josep E. Bulgo proposes a county cleanliness code aimed at transient hippies, insisting some pose a public health issue while denying the measure targets all hippies. He warns the code would force those unwilling to tidy up to leave the county.
Across the nation volunteers aided the less fortunate on Thanksgiving Day. Welfare recipients in Muskogee Ohio received turkeys after a sit in. Chicago pupils collected $50 in food for the needy. Glendale Community College aided 1200 people including migrant workers and elderly. Indiana University students visited nursing homes in four states. A St Louis family received help from five boys collecting bottles and newspapers. Nixon invited hospitalized servicemen to join the White House feast. Georgia Governor Maddox released 559 prisoners early. Green Berets reunited with families at Fort Bragg. Service members in South Vietnam shared a holiday meal. Plymouth Mass prepared a Pilgrim pageant and recreates a colonial village for the 250th anniversary. Indians planned a protest at Plymouth Rock over land.
Kenneth Zahradnik a year old construction worker was buried for several minutes when debris toppled on him during basement excavation in Rochester. Police and coworkers freed him after digging through dirt brick and boards. He suffered a fractured pelvis and is listed in satisfactory condition.
President and Mrs. Nixon welcomed 118 wounded servicemen from three area hospitals to a noon Thanksgiving dinner in the state dining room. The menu included six 20 to 25 pound turkeys and pumpkin pies cooked by presidential chefs. The event also featured 22 Spurvlow performers and a ceremony lighting the White House exterior on South Lawn to symbolize hope and liberty.
A western snowstorm swept into the northern Great Lakes region as heavy snow warnings were issued for parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Travelers faced hazardous conditions. towns including Fly Nevada received 4 inches and Mobridge, South Dakota 2 inches. Temperatures swung from 36 in Cut Bank Montana to 2 above in late progress, while Denver logged a high of 7 below zero in late November. Frost lingered in parts of the Southeast as milder conditions spread eastward.
In Paris the North Vietnamese peace talks delegation said despite American air raids and a prisoner rescue attempt they continue a policy of humanity toward prisoners. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le dismissed U.S. criticisms and asserted prisoners are treated humanely, with some pilots killed and others injured during crashes or landings.
In Livingston Montana Harry Allen Stroup 20 was found guilty of first degree murder in the July 10 death of Great Falls social worker James M Schlosser whose body was decapitated and mutilated in the Yellowstone River. Co-defendant Stanley Dean Baker 23 pleaded guilty and received a life term after admitting he killed Schlosser while under LSD.
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