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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1964
Page
1
President Johnson orders 200 Marines and eight helicopters to assist in a broad search operation for rights workers in Philadelphia Mississippi. The move ties into federal priorities on civil rights enforcement and protection of activists amid ongoing tensions.
The Corona Unified Hospital District recall attempt to oust three directors appears stalled as the County Elections Department reports about 59 percent of signatures valid with over half checked. Targets are Board President G. J. LaVeinture Board Secretary Edmond O'Brien and Frances Martinez. Lead organizer L C Ted McNutt laments the low validity rate.
The committee rejected a 515 million cut in economic aid to the Johnson foreign aid program and instead approved a 200 million reduction. Rep Otto Passman criticized the move as token but said he would press the issue on the House floor.
McNutt cited low acceptances and late restart leading to about 2000 signatures per petition while three petitions diluted effort. Elections department said many signatures invalid as circulators were not qualified, causing confusion in advice to recall supporters and boosting opposition claims about hospital district funding.
Readers share opinions as fashion headlines spark debate over a controversial dress style. Pauline Hatfield Bay, Lyle Swaney, and M W Carlson voice cautious, skeptical, or tentative support while news mentions a broader civil rights missing persons case and White House developments.
Joanne Furtek of 1709 Garretson Ave won the post of mayor of the mythical city of Muir during the 21st annual California Girls State at the University of California Davis campus. She is a high school senior sponsored by Norco Unit 328 of the American Legion Auxiliary as 557 attendees study government at state, county, and city levels.
The California American Legion executive committee revoked the charter of Signal Hill Post 490 near Los Angeles for circulating anti-Semitic and anti-Negro literature over several years. The decision followed a Los Angeles hearing and can be appealed to the national body amid a 46th annual convention expected to draw up to 20 000 legionnaires and guests.
In Quang Tri Province, an entire Vietnamese civil guards platoon surrendered to Communist guerrillas without firing a shot. The incident occurred as Viet Cong infiltrated the strategic hamlet the guards were guarding, about 400 miles north of Saigon.
The Riverside County Board of Trade highlights three Corona area highway projects at their meeting in Banning. The Corona Freeway segments from the Riverside Freeway to Ontario Street and east to Alderhill are favored, along with the Devore Cutoff linking Highway 395 north of San Bernardino to the Riverside Freeway near Parkridge.
President Johnson nominated Lt. Gen. Harold K Johnson as the Army’s new chief of staff, naming Gen. Creighton Abrams Jr. as deputy. Johnson, 52, will be the youngest Army chief since MacArthur, and rose from 32nd in three star seniority, a veteran of Bataan and wartime imprisonment.
At Edwards Air Force Base the advanced X15 rocket ship piloted by Air Force Maj. Boo Rushworth reached 83 000 feet and 2966 mph on its maiden flight. NASA officials called the powered ascent highly successful and planned to chase world records beyond 5 000 mph and 75 miles high.
A 15 year old boy identified as Walter Felder died at County Hospital after being pulled from beneath a moving Pacific Electric freight train. He lost both arms and legs in the fall while attempting to jump between cars with another youth. Doctors had poured blood into him in a bid to save his life. He died shortly before 7 a.m.
The article notes Corona temperatures reached 91 yesterday with a 57 degree low last night and 86 degrees by noon. It predicts sunny skies and a slight cooldown for Friday, indicating continued hot conditions overall.
Moise Tshombe, exiled Katanga leader, plans return to Leopoldville to pursue general reconciliation. He spoke in Brussels saying he would come at the invitation of Premier Cyrille Adoula’s central government, though officials offered no confirmation. He arrived yesterday in Brussels after Madrid sojourns following Katanga secession collapse in 1963.
Times Mirror Co. acquires Sun Co. of San Bernardino owner of the Sun Telegram and Inland Printing with revenues around 9 million in 1963. Norman Chandler and James A. Guthrie announce the deal and note Sun Co.’s large printing and real estate holdings.
In Los Angeles two white demonstrators, Gerald Farber and Jay Frank, were jailed for blocking fire exits during a sit in at Van de Kamp Restaurant. They refused to leave without their Black companion being freed, while Woodrow Coleman faced 15 days for leading the protest. The men claimed Municipal Judge Schmidt showed prejudice in Coleman’s longer sentence.
Actor Rip Torn whose legal name is Elmore Rual Torn faces a preliminary hearing June 30 in Municipal Court on marijuana charges. He pleaded innocent yesterday and remains free on a $1,060 bond until the hearing.
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