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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1973
Page
4
Construction began January 5, 1933 and the 1938 completion opened May 27 for car traffic. The project faced deep water, strong winds, and currents. about 450 million vehicles have since crossed the span. The "Close Call Club" of 19 workers survived falls with a safety net.
A customer in Seal Beach reports paying a $5 deposit for Hillpaper with Best Co. Interiors on June 13, but no order was placed and a refund remains pending. A communications mix-up due to an employee’s illness, per store owner John Figueroa, is cited as the reason. The customer was told a $5 refund has been issued.
French President Georges Pompidou held private talks with Mao Tse-tung after a flag bedecked motorcade tour of Beijing. The discussions with Chinese leaders followed formal talks with Premier Chou En-lai and foreign minister Chi Peng-fei as China readies for potential Soviet aggression. In Los Angeles, auto dealer Gerald Webber and his 10 year old son Corey were wounded in an airport robbery. Webber was in serious condition with a severed spine, risking paralysis.
A 47-year-old Petaskey man received a heart transplant at University Hospitals Madison, the facility’s second such operation led by Dr. Donald Kahn. Recipient Robert Smuts, father of four, had waited since January for a donor. Police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect after a separate incident in a parking structure at the airport involving William Kinsel and his two sons following a Hawaii vacation.
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