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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1972
Page
6
Clouston jailed on murder charge with bail set at 500000 after six days on the run. Police described a large Southland manhunt with 125 officers, multiple locations, and hostage fears before the suspect surrendered at a topless bar rear bin.
Armend officers from two counties and state patrols pursued Clouston from Anneheim to the San Fernando Valley in a widening manhunt. In Ames and surrounding communities observers reported sighting him, with conflicting tips of sightings and alleged escapes. Newsrooms and citizens flooded tips, many erroneous, as authorities combed neighborhoods and chased leads.
The county imposes a temporary halt on new construction under county authority while officials study the Supreme Court decision. Deputy County Counsel David Mix says the impact of the ruling on environmental impact statements will determine if the freeze becomes permanent, and suggests a general land use plan as a possible workaround. Supervisors postpone 12 zoning cases for the regional planning commission to assess environmental effects.
Officers Kenneth Jewell Michael Patterson and Thomas Romash cornered Clouston on a dim block near a yard. He crouched among discarded boxes behind a bar and, after a tense moment, raised a firearm prompting three officers to command him to drop it. He complied and was cuffed without resistance.
The Norwegian Nobel committee announced it will not award the peace prize this year marking the 19th omission since prizes began. Past laureates include Willy Brandt Norman Borlaug and Martin Luther King Jr. The prize money will be kept in the Nobel Fund.
The Senate votes to approve a vocational rehabilitation act expansion increasing benefits for the severely handicapped, signaling broader federal support and access to services.
President Nixon called for a congressional majority to pass his health education and welfare reform plan at a $1,000 plate Los Angeles dinner. He predicted about $4.5 million raised by the trip and urged support for diplomatic moves on Soviet Jews and Middle East peace as he spoke in New York and Los Angeles. He pressed for unity to clear Congress for his program and rallied Jewish supporters on policy toward Israel and Soviet emigration.
U S officials offered a medevac plane from Copenhagen to the three freed POWs in Moscow, but the pilots preferred to finish their trip by commercial flight. Dobs urged serious consideration of the medical plane, while North Vietnamese officials observed and promised lodging, as the men sought to return to New York.
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