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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1971
Page
1
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson surprised a Houston crowd of about 600 by praising Texas state Sen. Barbara Jordan as epitome of new Texas politics and urging her run for Congress in the new 18th District with a mid November decision anticipated.
The Commerce Department reports third quarter GNP at a 3 percent annual rate with output up by 16 billion dollars, while inflation eases to 3.3 percent. Auto purchases rise and consumer spending climbs, but steel inventories decline and unemployment is expected to average near 6 percent in 1971.
William Billy Mills aged 77 a popular radio orchestra leader of the 1940s died Thursday in Glendale He directed the band on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show F Cowles Strickland aged 68 a theater professor and director who mentored Katherine Hepburn James Cagney and Montgomery Clift died of cancer Wednesday He was on a year absence from American University in Washington.
Communist terrorists detonated a land mine under a government jeep in Cha Wang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, then sprayed auto fire, killing six Thai police and wounding several others. The attack occurred on a jungle road as officers patrolled.
U S troops abandon Fire Base Pace after 26 days of shelling at the Cambodian frontier. The base is handed to the South Vietnamese garrison, with four big guns left behind for later removal. Five soldiers objected to a night patrol on Oct 9 and a replacement company saw 20 men refuse patrol duties after arrival.
Dense fog over western Quebec contributed to a fatal plane crash near Montreal. A small engine plane struck a yard and a house after takeoff, killing pilot Morris M. Kemple, 52, of Ringwood NJ, and four members of a San Diego family George L. Stryker, 58. Betty Stryker, 54. Gerald Stryker, 32. Kenneth Stryker, 22. No ground injuries reported. Gerald Stryker had been a coach at Clermont High School.
An unclear press telegram fragment mentions Lena Parish and a reference to a chief and a shipment or observation over a distance of 488 feet. Details are incomplete, with names and context not fully legible.
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