Floods Sweep Midwest As Rivers Surge Across 7 States
United Press reports new floods raise homeless count to 6000 across seven Midwestern states. Chicago and Milwaukee hit hardest as rivers overflow, forcing boat rescues. Red Cross records 1338 families homeless, 41 dead across Missouri Nebraska Illinois Kansas Michigan South Dakota.
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Pennsylvenia
New Long Beach Bus Line Unveils Silver Mint Scheme
A brief notice describes the Long Beach Motor Bus Co. adopting a new exterior with silver color, mint green trim, and white taps. This is presented as a change in the company’s appearance on the local page. A separate item references a California scientist disputing Russian space superiority.
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Long Beech Motor Bus Co
Toaches
California
Car Clubbers and Parents Convene on Violence Problem
About 100 parents and car club members met at the Lakewood Moose Lodge to address gang violence after 16 year old Neil Mahan of the Dutchmen Car Club was shot in the head. They discussed whether to continue the Dutchmen and to seek dialogue with the rival Lownsmen club while offering to cover medical costs. Police coordinators urged using official channels and noted outlaw clubs sometimes engage in retaliation. Cavale rsema Long Beach plans fundraising to aid Mahan’s medical expenses.
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Lakewood Moose Lodge
E. Artesia St
Neil Mahan
W. L. Williford
Lownsmen Club
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Norwalk
Moose
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Long Beach Police Department
Sgt
Miles
Sheriff's Department
Police Advisory Council
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Letus
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Young Mahan
Census Takers Begin Nationwide Head Count in Hotels
The 1960 census starts with census takers posting in hotel lobbies to count travelers. Door-to-door canvassing will follow over at least two weeks under 10 000 crew readers and 10 000 field reviewers at an estimated cost of 118 million dollars. The last big census counted 151 million in 1980 with a 90 million cost. current population around 180 million.
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Ars
Rumble flareup feared as Long Beach car clubs clash
A task force of six Long Beach detectives hunted five more youths tied to Monday night gang violence that wounded a Paramount teen. Neil Mahan, 16, remained in a coma after a .25 caliber shot to the brain. police fear renewed car club rioting and ordered stings on Vandal Car Club vehicles, while 15 suspects including Eddie Padilla face assault with intent to commit murder charges.
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Georgia Ave
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James A. Thiele
Moose Lodge
Artesia St
Eddie William Padilla
S. Lexington Sr
Pico Rivera
Padilla
San Gabriel River
Fadilla
Edward Brick
E. Carson
St. Brick
Los Angeles
Vagrant apologizes for single job incident court remark
A weather observer overheard a pompous judge taunt a vagrant jailed for vagrancy asking if he ever earned two dollars. The man replied yes, claiming he voted for the judge in the last election, revealing a political jab amid a court scene.
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Weatherman
France Sets Off A-Bomb Nuclear Test At Subaru Desert
The French government detonated its second nuclear test in the Subaru Desert, joining the United States Britain and the Soviet Union in the nuclear club. President Charles de Gaulle pressed ahead despite Khrushchev’s protests and France's absence from Geneva talks. No immediate details on the second device were released as Khrushchev and De Gaulle held final talks at Rambouillet.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Norwalk murder probe links two men to brutal death
Investigators believe the killer or killers tied Mrs. Ethel Imel and searched her Norwalk apartment after a late visit for a trash collection bill. A firm’s customer found her body, with hands bound and lights out, hinting at one assailant restraining the victim while another searched. The victim was a 60 year old divorcing former hospital nurse.
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Burnwell St
Integrated Meal Jails 20 in Dixie
A white Illinois college group and seven Black individuals were arrested in Montgomery Alabama after dining together at an integrated cafe. Professor Nesmith and seven students were jailed. the 2-year-old daughter of the Nesmiths was placed with Juvenile Court. The incident followed two months of civil rights demonstrations across the South over lunch counter desegregation.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. D. Nesmith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Nesmiths
Rscape
The Truth About Traffic Series Begins Monday
The Independent launches The Truth About Traffic a new series challenging beliefs about traffic. It promises dramatic visits to a raffle victim's home a police ride along a traffic engineer admission and revelations about Long Beach’s 20 most dangerous intersections named as crackup corners.
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