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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1974
Page
7
The clemency board will consider cases from those who apply by January 31, 1875, and finish by December 31, 1976. About 15,300 evaders are potentially eligible, with 8,700 convicted, 4,350 under indictment, 8,000 in Canada, and 2,250 under investigation. Deserters total around 12,500 with 1,500 in Canada.
Washington reports two Southern California Republicans criticized President Ford’s amnesty plan for draft evaders and deserters. Critics warn it may not aid government, while Ford defends a mandatory period of alternate service under specific conditions and outlines eligibility, deadlines, and potential clemency with limits.
Congress backs Ford amnesty offering to 2,500 resistors while debating fairness and timing. Key leaders Mansfield Albert Rhodes Griffinill discuss reconciliation on Capitol Hill after Ford’s Sept. 8 move. Dissenters Koch Mitchell Allen argue the plan is too limited and unfair to veterans.
Two embassy hostages are freed after a tense three day siege while a weekend flash flood at Nelson Landing on Lake Mojave leaves seven missing and two dead. Rescue teams search debris fields as officials warn recovery may be futile due to widespread mud and silt filling the lake. Authorities name missing include Mary Modlin and John Dailey, with ongoing investigations and state aid coordinated by Gov. O Callaghan.
Long Beach police chief notes chronic sick calls as about 700 officers in the Long Beach Police Officers Association press for higher pay. The absenteeism pattern began a week ago with several officers calling in sick to protest salaries while shifts were filled by others. The city faces disruption as officers wage a visible show of discontent over proposed raises, with the association seeking around 108 percent pay and cost of living adjustments.
In a small town a hospital once a place of births becomes a home as the Walters host an open house. Mrs. Walter recalls people once died there, urging residents to remember babies born in the hospital while neighbors reflect on the family’s move and the odd sounds heard at night. An old man is quoted about the grant door not paying.
White House physician Dr Walter Tkach says the Nixon pardon did not lift the former president’s spirits and warns of potential danger from physical strain. Nixon, examined at San Clemente, faces a Watergate testimony start date and remains reluctant to hospitalize despite a new blood clot and leg thrombosis.
Huntington Beach AP says talks continued today between negotiators for McDonnell Douglas Corp and two unions after contracts expired at midnight Sunday. The three year pact remains in force unless either side notifies cancellation.
San Diego teachers voted 2016 to 1281 to accept a one year contract from the San Diego Unified School District averting a strike. The pact includes wage increases and would end the dispute over the ranking and proposed terms.
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