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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1961
Page
1
The Republican chairman spoke on radio about civil rights, federal hiring, and party conservatism. He expected gains in the South from a platform stressing states rights and a balanced budget, while downplaying new issues in campaigning.
A fragment suggests competing forces in Singapore vie for control as anti Communist groups cite issues from the 1960s era. Remarks reference segregation at a GOP dinner in Atlanta and imply tensions over minority votes and party appeal. The account indicates shifting political alignments in Southeast Asia.
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard seismologist Prof L Don Lect reports evidence to distinguish ground waves from nuclear test blasts and earthquakes. After Project Gnome in New Mexico the waves recorded nine miles from the site show six distinct ground wave types, two new kinds not seen in natural earthquakes.
Recipients of old age assistance may obtain eye examinations and glasses under California medical care program. Optometrist Dr William Lind en, member of the National Optometric Association, offers services at 41352 F. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena SY 66554.
Singapore nears a possible independent status under a pro Communist government granting Britain use of bases. Malayan Prime Minister Abdul Rahman Tamke negotiates Singapore joining a Malaysia Federation with autonomy on education and labor. Debate in Singapore Legislative Assembly sees strong opposition from Barisan Group. a referendum appears likely as talks with Britain ahead of 1963 shape a new constitution and 1964 elections.
Salvador Plasencia, 32, swerved to avoid another car yesterday, his auto struck a fire hydrant, sending water jets toward a 40,000-volt power line. The line shorted, current arced back down, shocking the car as Plasencia fled. His wife and three children were frightened to leave.
Gift a year membership in the Honker Restaurant Dinner Club. One year includes twelve free dinners or luncheons with a guest, monthly except December, at Sunday to Friday times, with restrictions for holidays. Membership fee is 12 dollars. mail by December 20 for Christmas delivery.
An LA narcotics raid seized an estimated 50,000 dollars worth of marijuana and about 250,000 dollars of heroin. Arrested were Peabio Batrazas, 41, and his wife Tsadea, 28, both Los Angeles, and Andree Martinez, a transient.
George Meany, AFL-CIO president, said a balanced federal budget would harm the economy amid rising unemployment. He opposed sanctions on unions that practice discrimination, urging restraint while noting unions helped advance Negro rights and that spending should stimulate growth even if it risks inflation.
Hundreds of jobs await in the Independent and Star-News classified pages with samples such as Shoe Salesman Machinist Florist Clerk-Typist and Sales Engineer. For full opportunities read today's editions.
Exiled King Simeon of Bulgaria announced marriage to Spanish commoner Margarita Gomez Acebo set for January 21 in Lausanne Switzerland. The announcement confirms the wedding as a formal royal union amid Bulgaria's exile.
Fragmentary 1961 Pasadena Independent notice shows legal adversity terms and court references. Reads like official publication with addresses and dates, but many words are garbled or incomplete.
UN troops drive a pincer toward Elisabethville to isolate the Katanga capital as fighting rages. Ethiopian, Indian, Irish, Swedish troops advance on the city center amid shelling of the Leopold II Hotel and surrounding areas.
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