23 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1961
Page
1
Continued fair skies and mild temperatures are forecast for tonight with overnight lows between 38 and 43. Tomorrow's highs are expected to be around 40 with readings showing yesterday's high and today's low near that range.
A garbled OCR weather list presents multiple city forecasts with conditions and temperatures. Several entries show clear skies, clouds, or rain across locations such as Albany Albuquerque Boston Fort Worth New York and Salt Lake City, with temperatures ranging roughly from mid teens to mid forties.
The General Accounting Office reports state and local governments misused Civil Defense funds. Nearly $70,000 funded a training center used for dancing and entertainment. helicopters and equipment were diverted for nonemergency needs. day to day county operations consumed duplicating and counting equipment. The GAO urges tighter controls and safeguards before future federal contributions.
Statewide forecast shows fair skies across Northern and Central California tonight and Sunday with variable winds and low temperatures in the 30s to 40s. Coastal areas face fog and patchy mist early Sunday with gentle to light northeast winds and highs near the upper 60s to low 70s. Inland valleys expect fair conditions with some high clouds and light, variable winds, while mountains remain dry with a potential cooling trend and gusty winds along canyons.
Katanga cabinet refuses to ratify President Tshombe’s unity pact with the Congo government. The memo urges placing ratification before the National Assembly, signaling possible drive toward secession. Adoula vows measures to push the accord, while UN and Soviet officials comment on internal Congo tensions and Katanga’s stance.
The body of Georges Olivet Swiss Red Cross delegate in Katanga was found in a shallow grave near Camp Simonet in Elisabethville. Two assistants, including a Dutch man and a Belgian woman, were also discovered dead.
A San Francisco model, 28, faces a murder charge for killing her newborn baby. Dist. Atty said she stabbed the infant with a knife in the radio jockey’s apartment, wrapped the body, and stored it in a star bag. The jockey, Bob Colvig, did not know of the crime. the baby was said to be six days old.
New York Times reports American Airlines and Eastern Air Lines are studying a merger, but no formal proposal exists. Eastern says no comment. hints suggest high executives and large stockholders may be unaware. A merged carrier would become the largest domestic airline with about 820 million in assets and a broadened route map from East Coast north-south to national reach including Mexico City and Canada.
President Kennedy travels to visit his father Joseph P Kennedy at a hospital after the elder Kennedy suffers a stroke. Medical staff express cautious optimism about recovery though paralysis raises concerns as family members gather for Christmas. Jacqueline Kennedy accompanies the President while siblings and other relatives stay near the hospital.
In a Bermuda meeting, President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan signaled renewed East West diplomacy on Berlin. The United States may announce resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests with Britain, while ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to Moscow and Britain’s Frank Roberts will press for feasible negotiation paths. De Gaulle remained noted in the discussion.
Berlin dispatch reports U S commander Maj Gen Albert Watson canceled a Berlin EastHQ appointment due to a calculated Soviet affront. The piece covers postwar Western reactions to Soviet testing, Kennedy Macmillan talks on atmospheric tests, and potential use of Christmas Island for ex divis. It also notes ongoing death notices and local obituaries from Hayward and surrounding areas with names and dates.
NEW YORK UPI The Military and Medical Supply Agency Friday sought bids on a contract for forty skeletons to be used for draining aids for military medical personnel. REND Ney News agency reports a tone of skepticism over recall efforts.
The Almanac Toay notes Saturday December 28 1961 as the 357th day with 8 to follow, moon near last quarter and Jupiter and Saturn visible. In history events include Washington resigning from the army in 1783, NBC established in 1928, Beria’s liquidation in 1953, and Pope John XXIII’s 1958 Christmas message. A quoted gospel Thought for the Day urges blessing enemies and praying for those who persecute.
The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust injunction against General Electric in federal court. The action targets alleged price fixing and bid rigging involving GE and about 28 other companies, with executives named in the complaint. Officials say GE’s vast assets and profits justify urgent equitable relief to halt further conspiracies and prevent ongoing unlawful conduct.
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