08 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
1
A group from Palo Alto including members of the Unitarian Church contributed about 3000 toward the United Nations Emergency Fund. The effort, backed by 14 peninsula residents, aims to support UN relief and humanitarian projects.
Maurice J. Murphy Jr. was appointed to a one year interim term to replace the late Styles Bridges, becoming the youngest U.S. senator at 34 with conservative, anticommunist stances. A Houston contract raised talk of a two man lunar craft. Bob Shelton case goes before the Supreme Court for questioning on free speech rights. Western diplomats in Paris seek a joint Berlin negotiating stance with the Soviet Union. Alliance for Progress and Latin America development loans outlined for living standards. Prime Minister Earl Attlee hospitalized with a heart attack showing slight improvement. Ten-year-old John Ray Carr of Los Angeles awarded 125750 in Superior Court after glass shard injuries from a broken pop bottle.
Mrs. James Witt reports a boy's hand knit sweater sold quickly after advertising in the Independent and Star-News classified gift guide. The notice promotes pick a present seasonal sales and invites readers to place a classified ad by calling local numbers for weekend placement.
A pipe bomb in a cardboard box was found at the front door of the United Nations Association office on Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles. Marjorie Lange removed it before entering, police bomb experts said it could have damaged the office and nearby heater if it exploded.
A morning daily notes Secretary of State Dean Rusk will visit Madrid to confer with Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The report, filed from Pasadena California, mentions potential talks and notes on timing and venue amid uncertainty.
Elizabeth Snyder warned the Los Angeles County demonstration that the Senate reapportionment plan could be unfair. She urged a Colorado style formula to guarantee each region a baseline senator and avoid token gains for Los Angeles County.
A fragment from a historical page contrasts Mrs. Snyder and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce on reforming seats, population basis, and other proposals. It mentions Druggist C. M. Dodgens sending members, and a scene of a head from storms, plus odd notes about Japanese mining during World War I and a newspaper used to wrap gins.
The Pasadena Independent and Star-News are set to receive the Pacific Southwest Award of the Anti-Defamation League for notable editorial and news coverage in 1981. Bernard J. Ridder will be honored with a special tribute at the regional board banquet in Beverly Hills. Local board members include Hy man J. Ault, Rabbi Maurice Galpert and David Goldman.
Esquire lists Eureka California as the safest U S city upwind from all targets in a nuclear scenario. Cork Ireland is Europe’s safest place while other safe spots include the Central Valley of Chile Mendoza Argentina Helo Horizonte Brazil Tanarive Madagascar Melbourne Australia and Christchurch New Zealand. The most dangerous cities cited are New York and Moscow.
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