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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1964
Page
7
London report notes hundreds of young fans, each paid 1050, gathered at the Scala Theater after a labor dispute delayed a Beatles film. About 380 fans joined as an enthusiastic audience while 100 Film Artistes Association members were refused admission, triggering a stoppage by actors, carpenters, and electricians.
Marine aviator and Medal of Honor recipient Gregory Boyington sought court action Tuesday against his estranged wife actress Dee Tatem. He alleged she concealed his decorations and attempted assaults during their brief marriage. A judge ordered her to show cause by April 14 why she should not produce the decorations and questioned the validity of her prior Mexican divorce.
Joan Merrian Smith, a 27 year old Long Beach Navy wife, landed in Belem Brazil after weather forced an emergency stop on her trans Atlantic circumnavigation attempt. Crowds cheered as she prepared to resume toward Dakar Senegal while Geraldine Mock, age 35, from Ohio, continues in Tripoli Africa.
In Hollywood Mia Farrow will replace Britt Eklund who left a British film to join her husband in London. Eklund flew abroad to pursue the Billy Wilder project Kiss Me Stupid, while Farrow, under 20th Century Fox contract, is set for Guns of Balist and co stars on Peyton Place.
Police in San Francisco report clues found in the fifth murder case in three months. The victim, Donald Corbett, 30, a San Francisco advertising executive, was stabbed, bound, and left face down in Oakland. His sportscar was found nearby. authorities chase a suspect named Nielsen who might be tied to the attack. Corbett was recently divorced, and other linked cases include strangulations and garroting in local apartments. The killer remains at large.
Passengers on the Mons to Brussels morning train rebelled Tuesday as fare increases began. They halted the train multiple times by pulling the communication cord and using coaches hand brakes. The journey, normally 35 minutes, extended to 41 minutes due to delays.
Start times for features at Long Beach theaters are listed with manager notes. The fragmented text mentions Muscle Beach Party and Summer, with unclear titles and mixed names, suggesting a local cinema schedule update with incomplete details.
A DC4 missing since Saturday prompts a large Coast Guard and naval search off the California coast near Monterey and Santa Barbara. Nine aboard include Jerry Cope his wife Alice and children Christopher and Sharon, all formerly of Manhattan Beach. Rain and near one mile visibility slow efforts as aircraft and surface ships sweep a 150 mile wide corridor 900 miles west toward Los Angeles. The Hawthorne owned plane under Defense contract departed Wake Island refueling at Hongstuke.
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