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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1971
Page
1
Salem Hospital doctors report Kirsten Sheldon, age two, survived a choking incident after her parents rushed her to Dr Charles B Davison home where he removed the object with a razor blade. The child is in good condition.
An unidentified attacker smashed the windshield of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagoko’s car in Amsterdam as they traveled from Rotterdam. The royal convoy continued, and no injuries were confirmed. The assailant escaped, while the emperor faced protests and calls in Parliament for arrest on war crimes charges.
Montreal police say ex convict Vincent Maloche shot to death three Du Pont Canada executives in the firm’s downtown office after losing his job on a rehabilitation program. He turned himself in at a public phone booth after the killings, and police say he was fired as a sales representative a day earlier. The victims were Thomas C. Cawley 4 and George Brian Mathews 61 and Gordon Langlois 52. A North Sea oil field discovery by British Petroleum could produce up to 400 000 barrels daily for Britain.
Chrysler Corp. chairman Lynn Townsend signals a 1972 price rise after Phase I, arguing increased costs cannot be recouped. GM largely avoids comment while Ford’s Henry Ford II remains silent. UAW negotiates 14-cent hourly raises in Nov and Dec. White House says hikes require government approval as industry ponders Phase II. California reports 3,075,000 veterans, the highest state total. Sales rise in 1972 model year amid potential $200 rebates if tax repeal passes.
Mrs. Fania Jordan, 24, sister of Angela Davis, says she joined the U S Communist Party during a news conference in Rome. She campaigns across Europe to drum up support for Davis, charged in a 1970 San Rafael shootout. Jordan notes many black Americans oppose communism but some align with its aims. She highlights ties between Black Panthers and the Communist Party. Jordan, from Birmingham, tours Europe from France to Italy and beyond. Also reports Pakistan claim 79 infiltrators killed at East Pakistan border. government data unconfirmed.
U S officials report slight progress toward an interim peace deal in the Middle East after a lengthy meeting in New York between Secretary of State Rogers and Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad. The officials describe the move as largely an attitude shift. Riad now believes the United States is not pressing its own settlement plan.
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