23 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1965
Page
1
Readers weigh in on toy makers ceasing war toy production. Mothers discuss impact of violence in media and how upbringing shapes children, with many favoring educational or constructive toys over military playthings.
One man dies and about 40 are injured when a gravel truck at a highway crossing is struck by The San Diegan passenger train. Seven cars derail and passengers in multiple hospitals report injuries. drivers and witnesses describe a chaotic scene with cars on their sides and debris strewn about.
Four Corona city council members who backed a federal urban renewal project on December 6 declined to appear on a local radio program to defend their vote. They were questioned individually and did not know the others positions.
A Norco resident, Frank Newsom, famed as a baritone and former city booster, painted a ladder incident ended with paint drenching him in his garage. His wife Ardea Newsom and townsfolk react as Riverside court actions and Corona redevelopment debates unfold on local radio Controversy program.
Washington officials tempered expectations about a Christmas 30 hour cease-fire in Viet Nam amid doubts the Viet Cong would honor the truce. Past lulls, including a Saigon Pleiku attack, linger in memory and officials wary of false peace talks. Pope Paul VI had urged a possible brief truce as a step toward negotiations, but the plan used a longer 30 hour lull without requiring U.S. and South Vietnamese troops to disarm.
The forecast notes cool nights and mornings with daytime highs around the mid fifties. Today's noon temperature reached 54 after an overnight low of 31, and yesterday's high was 57.
Three U S planes were shot down over North Vietnam in raids, including a Navy aircraft from 7th Fleet carriers hit by a Soviet supplied SAM. A Uong Bi power plant supplying Hanoi Haiphong was claimed wiped off the map, as losses rose to eleven planes this week.
In Pittsburgh a Christmas party at East Liberty Presbyterian Church ends in murder when Lloyd Littrell, 75, business manager, is shot. Roland Schmuck, 59, a former city patrolman and church security guard, is wounded and later described as very critical. Schmuck faces possible murder charges with no clear motive.
Charles Evers, a civil rights leader, said the agreement with Natchez officials is off and Negroes threaten to resume mass demonstrations unless two policemen accused of billy clubbing during Wednesday’s racial flareup are fired. The town remains tense along the Mississippi river.
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