19 Jul 1963
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1963
Page
1
An Alabama house case opened with no compromise pledge as authorities considered charges linked to racial disturbances. The incident involved an ambush and the shooting of Evers, while statewide efforts focused on keeping the peace amid protests. Local agencies and federal officers were coordinating to manage unrest and maintain order.
Roy Cooper, chief editorial writer for The Independent and Star-News, led a two hour final session in a series on written communications for City of Los Angeles supervisory employees and executives yesterday at Los Angeles City Hall. Speakers from communications fields included Copperud, author of Words on Paper, who has long contributed a column for Editor & Publisher.
A long pending case ends with a first conviction in a mental hospital abuse matter. A 19 year old patient was slapped by a defendant, while four others cleared on battery counts. Judge William Christensen weighs penalties amid transit funding debates, with local probation hearings planned and a statewide tax measure under consideration. Tenure of National Guard officer candidates is announced with several locals to be commissioned.
Los Angeles County trims nearly $3 million from 1963 64 budgets to curb the tax rate. Sheriff Pitchess criticizes cuts across departments including jail and hospitals while officials defend reductions by deferring new hires and freezing vacant posts. The $682.5 million budget may force a 10 cent per $100 rate rise despite opposition to a proposed auto tax increase to fund mass transit.
An Miami ad from a local agency invites women to bring their husbands to a showroom for weighing. The firm proposed subtracting 19 cents per pound from the car price, then pleaded buyers take their husbands home, claiming no storage room.
Los Angeles authorities arraigned seventeen defendants on conspiracy to commit bookmaking as part of a probe into a purported $1 billion gambling syndicate. Bail for some defendants was set at $1,000 to $50,000, with Sugar Brown, alleged head of the local operation, released on $50,000 bail and ordered to appear later in July.
CORDELE Ga Mae Alvman 41 author of the satirical Book New Time for Sergeants died Wednesday night of an apparent heart attack. Hyman lived here with his wife and three children and was stricken at home. He died minutes after arrival at Crips County Hospital. Hyman wrote No Time for Sergeants after returning from service as an Air Force lieutenant in World War I. The book became a Broadway play and a motion picture. Actor Andy Griffith starred in both.
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