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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1970
Page
2
Norman Borlaug, the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, cautions that the green revolution can only buy about 20 more years against overpopulation. He urges rapid agricultural expansion while balancing industrial growth and notes his dwarf wheat boosts harvests in hungry nations.
Charles J Hugo, 25, ironworker, faces adding to his three bedroom house after his wife Eileen gave birth to quadruplets all girls at Winchester Hospital in Stoneham Massachusetts. The four babies, 12 weeks premature, weighed about 1 pound 14 1/2 ounces to 2 pounds each and were reported holding their own while Mrs Hugo recovered. Dr Henry J Hunter said no fertility drugs were used.
Evangelist Billy Graham criticized some churches as discotheque haunts and hippie pads, citing Arizona worship with psychedelic lighting and dancing. He urged protests against crime drugs pornography pollution and racism, saying drugs blow minds and racism polarizes society, possibly poisoning humanity through pollution in this decade.
Storm clouds approached the metropolitan area with forecasts of showers, threatening the city and surrounding districts as residents prepared for possible rain.
A cold front yesterday brought about an inch of rain to Long Beach marking the season's first precipitation. Today's revised Weather Bureau forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with variable high cloudiness expected to clear by late afternoon.
In Paris, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegates condemn President Nixon’s five point peace proposal as a ploy to gain votes. They reiterate support for their September 17 peace initiative calling for unconditional U.S. withdrawal by June 30 and removal of South Vietnamese leaders. The U.S. plan is labeled a stopgap cease fire designed to halt killings and gain political advantage.
London reports Princess Margaret wore another midi-length dress at Heathrow before a Yorkshire trip, drawing groans from fashion arbiters. Daily Mirror and Sun fashion writers quip about her appearance, noting comparisons to other royals and prior midis.
Montreal reports quote Pierre Marchand stating a federal official believes kidnapped British diplomat James I. Cross is alive and can be saved as FLQ terrorists think further murders would harm their cause. article notes Cross missing since Oct. 5 and Laporte killed. war emergency invoked. massive manhunt across Quebec.
Saigon reports 40 Americans killed in action last week, six fewer than prior week, with total U S casualties rising to 43,881 killed and 290,746 wounded. Cambodian air strikes target Ho Chi Minh Trail as forces contest areas near Phnom Penh. Battlefield deaths for South Vietnamese total 114,872 killed and 243,866 wounded, with allied losses 677,043 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong since 1961.
In Mount Holly North Carolina a homeowner says he will deduct enough from his monthly Duke Power bill to cover cleanup costs caused by soot from a Duke plant. W F Crist informed Duke President W B McGuire of his plan on Wednesday. Metaire did not comment immediately.
About 1,800 Palestinian guerrillas crossed from Syria into Jordan near Moghyer, backed by 14 tanks from the Palestinian Liberation Army. Jordanian forces, led by Brig. Alia Gasib, established a watch in Moghyer as clashes renewed near Ramtha. Saika group members fled Syria after pressure following Hafez al Assad's seizure of power. Jordanian officers estimate 20,000 Saika guerrillas in Syria seek to cross into Jordan or Lebanon. Two rockets hit Moghyer as Jordanian troops pressed operations, driving fighters toward Shayjara and nearby villages. Residents fear for safety as fighting continues.
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