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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1970
Page
1
Karen Longo of Chicago boarded a Columbus bound plane when a metal detector beeped at her. The FBI asked for a search, she was cleared, but airport officials detained her after she muttered she should hijack the plane. After discussions, she continued the trip.
Johan S Latelli of Williamsport Pa a 42 year old with wife Belly and several children faced eviction and financial strain after a series of bad luck and illnesses. He won a 250000 first prize in the New York state lottery and plans to buy a home clothes for children and perhaps a new car while keeping his job at ABCO’s Lycoming Division.
Milwaukee Circuit Court ordered James C. Williamson to pay at least 20 dollars a month for ten years to cover gambling debts after admitting over-extended loans tied to his insurance policy sales. Once lauded for selling more than 2 million in policies in seven states, the 34-year-old faced a 137500-dollar deficit and a 10-year probation. He said gambling overran his earnings of about 21000 dollars, and prosecutors said he used policy loans to back bookmakers. Williamson admitted loans and said he was helped by sales but overwhelmed by gambling.
A Salt Lake City psychologist testified in Ogden federal court that long hair among youths signals illness. Dr. Harold A. Cutler stated 26 percent of society is sick and that 20 to 25 percent of youths wear long hair, influencing a bid for temporary restraining orders to readmit three students suspended for dress-code violations.
UPI reports the FTC explores consent orders that could force Coca Cola and Standard Oil to stop ads or run a corrective statement for a year. Coca Cola is accused of misrepresenting Hi-C as nutritious and vitamin rich, while Standard Oil challenges Chevron F310 claims of reducing pollution. Both firms deny wrongdoing and plan to fight.
Phnom Penh reports a three day unilateral cease-fire by Cambodian troops to honor a religious holiday. Meanwhile North Vietnamese and Viet Cong occupy two villages near Tang Kan, 52 miles north of Phnom Penh, and seize a three mile stretch of highway toward Kompong Son, the capital’s only land route to its deep water port and oil refinery.
Fragmentary clipping from September 1978 reports scattered notes on events and names, with unreadable lines and missing context. The readable portions reference dates, places, and people, but essential details are obscured, leaving an incomplete news snapshot.
Cairo quiet as leaders arrive for state funeral of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Foreign dignitaries including Kosygin and Arafat view Nasser’s body. burial planned at Manshret el Bakry Mosque after a formal procession through Cairo.
Philadelphia tied suspect Michael Saul Fleisher, 21, to the case and charged him as an accessory after the fact of murder. The FBI did not detail his role. Fleisher, a Brandeis graduate, reportedly connected to the National Strike Information Center, with two Brandeis- linked women still sought. Six people are charged in the Sept. 23 robbery and death of Patrolman Walter A. Schroeder, who was shot during the bank heist that netted about $26,000.
President Nixon issued a three month extension of draft liability for men entering the 1970 draft pool with lottery numbers already reached by local boards. The order applies to those who lose a deferment or exemption and become 1-A during 1970 after their board has called numbers as high as theirs. Top priority will be given to such men for draft calls in early 1971.
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