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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1973
Page
5
In Santiago the military bombed the presidential palace at Moneda after Allende refused to resign. Troops attacked the palace as strife and strikes crippled the nation. The coup followed days of stoppages by independent truckers and other workers.
Reagan backs SB450 to overturn a 1972 State Supreme Court ruling that deemed the death penalty cruel and unusual. The bill, effective Jan 1, returns state law to pre ruling while aligning with later U S Supreme Court requirements. Juries must first determine guilt and then assess special circumstances for possible death sentences.
President Nixon conferred with John B. Connally about sending him abroad as a personal emissary later this year. The trip would aid the recently converted Republican who hinted he might seek the 1976 GOP nomination. A definite schedule was not set, but Europe and the Middle East were listed as possible destinations.
In Alpena Michigan a wrecking ball from a neighboring demolition project crashes through the roof of ALPENA auto muffler shop owner Smith’s building. No injuries but several mufflers are damaged and the owner faces financial losses from the sudden incident.
Newport Oregon reports three Corvallis fishermen missing since Sunday were rescued Monday night by the Polish fishing boat Humbak. The men James Ferdette 40 Ken Price and Shirley Bush were found adrift in an 18 foot boat about 16 miles off Ya its coast. They were red and gold in color but in good shape.
Mitchell Nixon and William G. Kindley seek postponement to spend time with Mitchell as Vesco case charges and Watergate Senate hearings proceed. Judge Gagliardi to scrutinize jurors after 1500 prospective panels and a trial slated to last about a month. Fidel Castro's Baghdad visit ends as he flies to Hanoi per UPI report.
In a morning session the court debated the need to preserve presidential confidentiality for Watergate advisers as grand jurors hear testimony. Ehrlichman, indicted in a related Los Angeles break in, arrived at the courthouse with his lawyers seeking quash of a subpoena to testify about the 1971 Ellsberg break in and possible further indictments.
Stanford University student David S. Levine aged 20 was stabbed to death on campus near the undergraduate library. Police reported at least 12 wounds and no sign of a struggle. Levine, a physics major and son of a Cornell professor, was found by student Evan Lim during a pre dawn jog. He had been attending a summer session and planned to enroll as a junior in the fall.
A woman’s voice from Skylab briefly tricked NASA mission control during a Monday night broadcast. Astronauts and flight controllers paused as a member of Garriott’s family, Helen, spoke in a simulated link. Officials later explained the voice was recorded prior and used to test the line.
Police chased two armed men after a pistol shot and night stick assault at an airport. Kin sel heard three pops and pursued them before learning Webber had been shot. Officer Hayes radioed for help as Scoggins stopped a suspect vehicle. Marion Battiste, 19, arrested on robbery charges. tied to other Lawndale robberies. Webber owned car dealerships in Hermosa Beach and Lawndale.
The Senate committee debates whether to view summaries related to wiretaps on 14 government officials and four newsmen from 1969 and 1970. Richardson resists full access citing security and reputational risk, while Fulbright proposes a subcommittee review to resolve the impasse as Kissinger faces confirmation. The exchange prompts broader critique of Pax Americana and U S policy amid Vietnam War lessons.
The Pentagon disclosed that the White House gave blanket approval for 3,875 clandestine bombing strikes in Cambodia and planned concealment measures. It also noted four other Southeast Asia operations totaling thousands of air and ground missions, with cover stories to reporters. Senator Hughes criticized the omissions of raw documents.
In Cambodia 12 army officers including lieutenants and captains were executed last Friday for ordering troops to retreat under fire near Balaing village 2 miles north of Kompong Cham. General Sosthene Fernandez ordered the executions after inspecting the area. the move marks the first such punishment in three years of war.
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