12 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1967
Page
1
A 400 strong mob of Black residents attacked two Tampa slums after a police strike on a Black youth. Stores burned, loot spread, and several people were hurt including 10 whites. a deputy sheriff died of a heart attack during the melee. Governor Kirk inspected the scene as authorities restored order.
The Supreme Court barred Virginia from making interracial marriage a crime and struck down New York’s police eavesdropping statute as too broad. It overturned a $500,000 libel verdict against The Associated Press and upheld contempt convictions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and seven other Birmingham desegregation leaders.
Justice John M. Harlan states the Saturday Evening Post ignored elementary precautions in its article about former University of Georgia athletic director Wallace Butts. The court’s main opinion underscores the ruling against Curtis Publishing Co.
Riverside County deputies report a non serious burglary at Norco Junior High over the weekend. Two fire extinguishers and textbooks were stolen. Vice principal James Troxel calls it probable student harassment and notes extinguishers found hidden around campus including one in a tree.
The article reports Israel denying deeper Syrian tank advances after cease fire while planning to retain land won in the 1967 war. It notes Elath harbor salutes a freighter reopening the Gulf of Aqaba, and cites casualty figures, prisoner estimates, and U.N. Security Council actions urging troops to withdraw behind cease-fire lines.
Seven Corona planning commissioners may hear the midnight deadline as they pursue a city staff prepared study agenda. Two public hearings loom on outdoor lighting in parking areas and a zoning change request for Annexation No 8 covering about 360 acres north of Riverside Freeway at the city west edge. The change shifts from agricultural and manufacturing to a new manufacturing zone arrangement. Miscellaneous items include five study matters and one hearing set, including a planned industrial zone, side yard setbacks in R zones, freeway commercial zones, an annexation proceeding and fences bordering cul de sacs. Parking requirements for churches is the hearing item set.
Tel Aviv reports Prime Minister Levi Eshkol addressing the Knesset from Jerusalem promising Israel will shape its future beyond narrow confines. Troop control extends along the Suez Canal and Jordan River banks with forces in Jerusalem and on the Golan heights as crowds outside rally against reoccupying captured areas.
Responses from readers name Switzerland England Peru Australia and more as preferred places to live, citing mountains music surfing and cultural differences across countries. Readers include Bob Conover Donna Yardley Tinker Skaggs Carol Yardley Tod Ryan Margi Tomer and others with varied hometowns.
Hollywood AP reports actor Spencer Tracy held a private funeral with a requiem Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary church. Burial followed privately at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, reflecting the actor’s lifelong preference for seclusion.
Weather briefing notes cloudy skies with light drizzle continuing through Tuesday. Temperature changes minimal with today’s high not specified and an overnight low around 55 degrees. Yesterday reached a high of 68 degrees.
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