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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1963
Page
1
Weather corner notes fair conditions today and tonight with early fog or low clouds. A late temperature change is expected with gentle winds. Tonight’s low ranges from 40 to 48 degrees. Hayward area temperatures show yesterday’s high and today’s low values.
Statewide weather from United Press International notes fair conditions across the Bay Area Sierra Nevada and Mt Shasta regions with minimal temperature changes. Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys show morning fog slight drizzles and clearing afternoons with mild temperature shifts. Salinas Paso Robles and Monterey Bay areas report fair skies with small temperature changes and gentle winds. Santa Clara Valley mostly fair with early morning fog possible and varied highs.
California faces a clash over tougher gun laws as post Kennedy era mail urges call for restrictions. Gov Brown and Atty Gen Mosk push for mail order sales curbs while opponents warn laws may not curb crime. The Dodd bill draws NRA opposition, while some lawmakers question effectiveness of stricter controls. Local officials note California already regulates pistols, with concealed weapon rules and purchase waiting periods.
Ogdensburg New York AP report states Guy Patterson a 33 year old escapee from St. Lawrence State Hospital surrendered to state police after an hours long standoff near a Redwood hotel. He previously shouted threats against President Kennedy and Governor Rockefeller and said he wanted to go home for Thanksgiving. Patterson has a history of psychiatric commitment and was found typing threatening letters in a Plattsburgh rooming house.
San Francisco AP report on a council of English educators with Aly magazine editor and a Pulitzer prize poet criticizing current teaching methods and textbooks as dull and restrictive. Madeleine L Engle warns against vocabulary limits while Karl Shapiro defends poetry as Americas art. Between 5,000 and 6,000 teachers attended the convention as a car crash, with two survivors, is briefly noted.
In Los Angeles a car plunged from a cliff Friday night, bursting into flames. Pamela Watson 46 and Rosamond Fearnley 17 died. Nina Levine 17 and Monica Beko were seriously injured as occupants were trapped.
Fragmented ad describes subscription rates for a Hayward California publication with pricing for weekday and Sunday editions. It references a March act and includes postal area 94564 and terms for hosting or publishing. The readable portion notes subscription costs and a basic address line.
Washington based polls show Lyndon B. Johnson leading Nixon 53 to 40 percent among GOP contenders with 7 percent undecided, while Johnson leads 55 to 33 with 12 undecided against Goldwater and Rockefeller. Harris notes early private surveys were disrupted by Kennedy's death and emotional national shock.
Almanac entry for Saturday November 30 1963 notes the 384th day of the year and visible planets. Notable births and events include Winston Churchill born 1874 and peace articles ending the American Revolution signed 1782. Other dates cover 1949 Chungking captured by Communists and 1954 South Africa’s prime minister Malan resigning.
President Johnson appoints Chief Justice Earl Warren to head a special presidential commission to investigate the Kennedy assassination and related events. The panel will subpoena witnesses and has no set deadline, with Warren deciding when to begin hearings. Joining Warren are six lawmakers and former officials to study all facts and circumstances surrounding Kennedy’s murder and Oswald’s shooting.
In Sunnyvale California a coalition of lawyers and real estate leaders oppose a move to outlaw discrimination in housing known as the Rumford Act. The Sunnyvale Bar Association civil rights committee urged shelving petitions for next year's ballot while arguing a statewide campaign could boost racism. A separate investor group plans a statewide meeting in Los Angeles as market indexes rose.
Sacramento AP reports Earl Warren, renowned as a steadfast figure in crime investigations, faces a demanding assignment in the wake of ongoing legal and judicial duties as Chief Justice. The piece notes his calm, dignified approach despite mounting pressure.
Placerville police arrested Troy Hess and Louis McClendon at a city roadblock around 10:30 p.m. Friday. The two, held on charges connected to an $8,000 robbery at Pine Lodge near Pollock Pines, were found with two pistols a rifle and cash. Hess, released from Nevada prison last October after an eight and a half year rape sentence, and McClendon released in 1980, reportedly fled east on U.S. 90 after the crime. The investigation tied them to the Pine Lodge heist as a manhunt continued in El Dorado County.
A Palo Alto Times editorial argues that Lee Harvey Oswald, named as Kennedy’s assassin, should be given a regular trial posthumously to uncover all facts. The paper says Oswald must be presumed innocent until proved guilty.
The United Nations General Assembly budget committees approved a $1.19 million appropriation to construct a television radio and film center in the basement of the General Building. The item appears in a terse budgetary action, with no further details on scope or timeline.
New York stocks rebounded sharply from last week’s panic selling and posted a monumental advance in the averages in a single session. Traders cited renewed demand and improved sentiment as key drivers of the broad gains across major components.
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