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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
9
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President Nixon may omit ABA consultation in selecting new Supreme Court nominees. Two ABA committees were reviewing names, with six candidates publicly discussed, including Mildred Lillie and Herschel A Friday. Ziegler indicated more than six names were under consideration and a rapid announcement was possible despite potential delays. Hugo L. Black and John Marshall Harlan II vacancies existed with four other candidates named to the ABA for review.
A unit fire at a nurse home in Texas Township killed fifteen residents, many bedridden, while others were recuperating from operations. The annex housed residents including Mrs Geiger and Mr Harvey Geiger, with details noting the home met state and local fire laws at the time.
Washington AP UPI reports SMU business school dean Dr Jackson Grayson was chosen by President Nixon to lead the Price Commission, part of wage and price controls. Grayson, 48, will take indefinite leave from SMU to serve in Washington for the $40,000 yearly post. The commission and pay board will include seven public members and 15 members from public labor and business, with no Senate confirmation required. Mansfield critics warn on confirmation but support allowing Nixon to appoint.
A district spokesman said pollution levels remained high for hours though peak readings eased. The warning covered Torrance Redondo Beach Manhattan Beach Lennox Palos Verdes and Marine Land while auto exhaust and industry fueled the emissions. Long Beach readings near the airport peaked at 17 ppm carbon monoxide and .49 ppm nitrogen oxides.
UPI wire reports that Daniel Ellsberg’s in law faces court action in Boston as the U S attorney seeks action amid the Pentagon papers case. The same dispatch notes Ellsberg’s connection to MIT and California indictment for unauthorized possession and leak of the secret documents. In Tulsa a burglary at the UPI bureau yields a pool of names linked to suspected drug purveyors.
The Cost of Living Council renews a rule requiring retailers to display a price history for similar goods and services during the 30 days ending August 14 1971. Many merchants show little compliance with a November 1 deadline despite government efforts and ongoing price watch.
Three sheriff's deputies recaptured a Manson associate hiding in a shed behind 1545 N Gardner St near Gardner Street Elementary. He was not armed and did not resist. The escape involved a smuggled blade and a sawed-off bar with soap and cloth bindings, suggesting a one to two day muffling attempt.
The Christian Democrats and the Socialists face fierce opposition as Willy Brandt, in the Bundestag, urges European unity to resolve the global monetary crisis. The U S 10 percent surcharge cripples West German exports to the United States during inflation.
An Ecuadorian Saeta Viscount airliner with 32 aboard was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Quito toward Cuenca and ordered to land for fuel en route to Cuba. Passengers included President Andres F. Cordova, a former reelection candidate in 1968.
France challenged the U.N. backed dual representation proposal and pressed for seating Red China alone by a simple majority. French Ambassador Kosciusko-Morizet argued against delaying entry while pro-Peking delegates urged expulsion of Taiwan and support for the Albanian resolution amid a China debate at the 131-nation assembly.
The Senate Finance Committee backed a 1.07 billion income tax cut for individual taxpayers as part of a larger 15.5 billion tax bill. The panel attached the main provisions to a minor non-controversial bill to speed action, including a 875 personal exemption for 1971 and a higher low income allowance for poverty level families. Chairman Long set next committee meeting for October 27.
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