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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
1
About 500 segregationists and civil rights workers clashed in St. Augustine Florida injuring more than twenty and sending 24 to hospitals. Police pushed back a mob while reports noted 15 arrests and a teen girl assaulted amid a citywide wave of violence as Dr. King sought federal help.
Corona Little League notes twelve year old Mike Wagoner pitched 17 strikeouts in an 11 0 Beavers win over the Stars at the Civic Center diamond. Wagoner 2nd start of season and joined Beavers in leading by elimination of hits after a first inning single. Wagoner previously joined top pitchers Howell and Gilroy with a 7 0 record.
A sample of readers share favorite authors and books. Wesley Prescott names Philip Wylie and Tomorrow Triump h as favorites, Monica Arcy loves Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Maureen Ostrom praises Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott, Mrs. William Harter favors Irving Stone and The Agony and Ecstasy, Rev. Clarence Van Heuvelom cites Norman Vincent Peale and a Beacon Lights of History series.
Government forces killed over 200 Communist guerrillas in a daylong battle north of Saigon near Soui Da. The clash involved 1 006 fighters and marked a major defeat for the Red regime. In Saigon three explosions wounded seven and a bomber was killed. a grenade attack and a bus hijacking followed amid security alarms.
The Red Cross annual meeting will be held Tuesday at noon in the Fellowship Hall of the Congregational Church. President Ken Redlin says a recognition ceremony with service pins and stripes will take place. Officers and new board members will be elected during a business session likely with luncheon. Special guests include local Volunteers, a teen group at Good Samaritan Rest Home. Reservations for board members are automatic unless Mrs Leroy Carroll is notified. others should call 737-2042.
White helmeted sailors and FBI agents fanned out across backcountry roads near Philadelphia Mississippi to locate three civil rights workers missing for five days. Teams of five to fifteen men were deployed in a ten mile square area as President Johnson ordered a full search and the sailors arrived wearing combat boots and white hats.
A tractor trailer carrying ammonium nitrate caught fire and exploded on a Stroudsburg area highway in eastern Pennsylvania. Six people died and ten were injured, including three volunteer firemen from Marshalls Creek and a local schoolteacher. A Baltimore woman on her honeymoon and a truck driver were among the dead.
A weather summary reports yesterday’s thermometer peak at 99 degrees with a 80 degree noon reading today and a last night low of 57. Expect mostly sunny skies with high clouds and pleasant Saturday conditions.
An employee of the L. F. Clark Detective Agency in East Los Angeles found the office ransacked on Thursday. A threatening note left by the burglar read, So, solve this one. Signed Ace. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Norco route salesman Robert F. Nelson was honored with the Pasteur Award for awakening Mrs. Ruth Bilgore and her three children during an early morning fire on April 13. He alerted residents and called the fire department, likely saving four lives. Bilgore bought him a savings bond as thanks. Nelson and his wife live in Norco.
The Church Page highlights St Edward's parish noting significant growth, notable achievements, and expanding community outreach within the parish and its surrounding area.
A diesel oil tanker from Hercules Oil Co. rear collided with a Fontana Steel Co. truck on the Redlands Freeway US 99 causing a pre-dawn explosion. No injuries were reported but 40 feet of roadway and shoulder were wrecked. Driver of the tanker was John C. Reaney 28 of Phoenix and the other driver was Howard L Snively 39 of Bloomington.
An official investigation found drunken flying raises thrush deaths on NIH grounds. Scientists traced dead thrushes to fermented crab apples eaten after freezing and thawing, causing tipsy birds to crash into walls and trees.
Police say the case of the suspected prowler is closed with no arrest after a pursuit that lasted two nights. An owl spooked from shrubs ended the search when it flew away, as officers reported the case closed in Perry Mason style.
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