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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1971
Page
5
In 1963 city records show Boblkevich reappeared in news after placing a flag at half staff for President Kennedy’s assassination. He later illuminated it with two floodlights, and on December 2 he found the flag had been stolen, prompting city office attention.
In Bakersfield at Kern General Hospital three young men Desi Vexa Martin Castro and Benito Montiel remain in critical condition after eating chili peppers tainted with botulism Vega s brother Juan died from the poisoning The group attended a September 11 dinner where peppers were served.
In Vancouver Washington the state and 12 public utility districts begin presenting their case in a trial over 82.3 million in legal fees paid to Joseph Alioto while he assisted utilities in antitrust settlements totaling 16.2 million during the mid 1960s. They allege he concealed plans to set fees with state Attorney General John J. O Connell and aide George K Faler. In Daly City proposals for an equitable strike settlement are being drafted as 227 teachers and the school board discuss firing them in California’s largest mass dismissal.
Negotiators for shippers and longshoremen met with federal mediator J Curtis Coutts in San Francisco to hasten a settlement of the 15 000 member International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union walkout. The strike has idled 181 ships across 24 ports from San Diego to Seattle since July as talks address wage increases guaranteed weekly pay a $500 monthly pension for 62 year olds and off deck container hauling jurisdiction.
This column discusses how to file a Declaration of Homestead and abandonment steps, with costs and contact details for the Los Angeles County Recorder. It also notes a price freeze impact on a Long Beach beauty shop, IRS complaint options, and travel guidance on fall foliage along California routes including Highway 49 and the Mother Lode region with sights like Lake Folsom.
A brush blaze six miles from San Bernardino killed a firefighter and clogged Crestline to the valley highway for six hours. About 40 structures burned as 300 firefighters from Ventura Los Angeles County and state forestry fought a 0 acre fire near Newbury Park. Flames neared US Highway 101 and the Newbury Park Academy. Another Ventura County fire near Piru burned 75 acres. Arson suspected in the Banning fire and matches believed to cause the Newbury Park blaze with children involved.
Cincinnati report says 44 year old Robert Fuchs was shot by his wife 44 Eulalia Fuchs during an argument over listening to the Bengals Tables game on radio. The coroner’s office notes she retrieved a 21 caliber pistol and fired. he died at General Hospital. She faced murder charges and awaited arraignment in criminal court.
Reports detail bomb threats near New York prison offices and confirm attackers killed nine hostages by gunshot. Medical examiners say none died from slashed throats as officials claimed, while investigations stress prisoner rights and state actions during the crisis.
A collision at a La Crescenta intersection killed 16 year old Tommy K Bergstrom and 17 year old Gregory White who was the driver of the youths car. 18 year old John H Hodgman was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Deputies in the squad car received minor injuries and were treated and released.
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