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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1966
Page
1
A plan to transform Pasadena's downtown into a mixed use center includes shopping offices and a conference facility with paving for a 13 acre area. The proposal emphasizes revitalization and new commercial space to attract tenants and visitors.
Washington United Press international reports FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned on Sunday that the Communist Party USA will intensify efforts to convert Negroes labor leaders and campus youth. He claimed most Negroes reject communism but that the party will become bolder attempting to infiltrate civil rights groups as an ideological threat. Hoover said the party would shift to a more progressive stance to lure non communists.
Mrs. Glen Jolson requests cancellation of an ad offering five toy poodles in the newspaper classifieds. The notice promotes selling dogs quickly, listing contact numbers and exchanges in Monrovia El Monte and Covina areas.
Buenos Aires reports that the government halted all classes in national universities and high schools to head off mounting leftist student protests. The move aims to curb unrest and maintain order across Argentina's education system.
The report says a U S Air Force C47 with eight men aboard vanished over North Vietnam while bombardment continued near the Cambrian border. ICC probes Communist complaints about bombing the buffer zone as ground fighting remains light in South Vietnam.
An item lists telephone exchange changes for the Pasarena area formerly Sycamore, East Valley renamed Zenith, and Los Angeles formerly Murray, with corresponding contact numbers 445 2134 681 4871 4311 681 4871 and notes the new naming scheme and dialing guidance.
Washington reports that 35,000 striking airline mechanics rejected the White House settlement amid a 60 lodge vote of 17,251 against and 5,587 in favor. The walkout, now in its 24th day, has grounded United Eastern National Northwest and Trans World, costing millions in wages and revenue. Eastern Air Lines urged thousands to refrain from reporting Sunday.
AP reports that 1967 is seen as the year labor management warfare heats up with wage contracts due across sectors including aviation trucking rubber and clothing. govt action looms as public payroll strikes by teachers and public workers press for pay and conditions, while private sectors fear escalating demands and broader walkouts.
Monrovia police shoot a suspected kidnap rape suspect after he and a woman were spotted by officers on Nonimhega Drive. Dennis Richard Clayton 23 of Glendara is in satisfactory condition and held on kidnapping and assault charges. He will be questioned by Foothill Division detectives in the strangulation murder case of 17 year old Jane Sorem found July 24 in Granada Hills.
Two teens were killed and two others injured in a Sunday Valley crash when a car overturned after losing control. The incident occurred on Verney Drive near 121 Elmhurst Avenue as responders treated victims at the scene and transport to nearby hospitals. The county medical examiner reported critical injuries at County General Hospital.
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