19 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1963
Page
1
A slight earthquake was felt yesterday across the Tokyo area and central Honshu. The National Meteorological Agency put the epicenter about 70 miles beneath central Tokyo noting tremors in northeast Tokyo and surrounding regions.
Alabama Governor George C Wallace criticizes the planned Washington civil rights march during the Southern Governors Conference. He calls for action against the protest, drawing mixed support from peers like Orval Faubus. Thurmond signals possible hearings on alleged Communist influence in civil rights protests as governors weigh positions ahead of the 1964 elections.
A group including actor Anthony Quinn gathered at the American Church Annexe in Paris and drafted a coupon petition to be carried in newspapers. Baldwin shifted from embassy watch to aiming for individual support through the petition.
Nadine Roy, 18, was treated at a hospital yesterday for arm cuts after a champagne bottle she was handling exploded. The incident occurred in Melon, France, and authorities are investigating the accident.
The Danish government sets aside $15,000 for a sex committee led by sociologist Kirsten Auk en to study infant wedlock rates and sexual habits, following a report she produced on Danes. Other items note tremors near Skopje, Paris liberation ceremonies, Viscount Astor’s forthcoming baby, and European diplomacy moves.
Berlin mayor Willy Brandt urged restraint after rioters clashed near the border barrier. He spoke in a radio address as West Berlin and U S police pulled back riot squads from the Ci point Charlie area. The protests, marking the wall’s second anniversary, saw East Germany also pull back about 2,000 factory workers.
Beverly I Hill of Rosemead a Los Angeles State College student has won a $200 Elementary Teacher Education scholarship from the California Congress of Parents and Teachers for 1963 64 She lives at 9438 E Olney St with her parents Rollin A Hill and his wife.
Torrential rains sweep Kush Island in southern Japan for the sixth day. Eleven dead, 23 injured, three missing. About 1,600 families homeless, 7,000 houses flooded, 70 washed away and 80 destroyed, police report.
An East German officer thanked an Englishman and two West Germans who risked their lives to save two East German guards wounded by antiri refugee mines along the Iron Curtain. The rescuers, Philip Dyer, Werner Roehrig, and Horst Pawlowski, aided the injured after two mines exploded. They transported the guards to safety across the fence with a makeshift stretcher.
Unknown persons stole a U S flag from a grammar school in Salta Argentina and burned it at the door on Saturday leaving letters denouncing the United States as Peronists.
In a fragmented 1963 Pasadena classified page notice the Independent ES announces home delivery options, subscription prices, and mail Sunday service. The ad references two monthly rates, single-copy pricing, and indicates postal handling details for a daily and Sunday edition.
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