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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1967
Page
24
A noisy cross section of letters discusses California capital punishment politics and Supreme Court references. Contributors urge civic tweaks from senior golf rates to safe freeway behavior and neighborhood youth centers while recalling 1912 policing and everyday kindnesses.
Lakewood marked the Pan American Festival week with opening ceremonies led by Major William J. Burns at Mayfair Park. A Marine color guard Kiwanis Youth Band and Pan American Queen Mary Jo Wagner and court featured. Highlights included a song and dance show by the Lakewood Recreation Department and an aquatic exhibition by the Lakewood Aquatic Club. Today the El Progreso luncheon will be at Lakewood Country Club with guests Col Eugenio F Schettini of Buenos Aires and Juan Lauze ex-president of the Argentina Junior Chamber of Commerce. An exchange of flags is planned at Bancroft Junior High at 2 p.m. with Argentine school representatives.
Victor S. Pankey and Gilbert P. Ferrey, both Orange County natives, recall their 1961 capture after a failed attempt to help Erika escape East Berlin. The pair, then students and a soldier, were held by border guards and questioned after being dragged from a Volkswagen. Ferrey, a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and Pankey are featured in a series about headlines from five years ago.
British astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell told about 300 people at Chapman College that science may soon explain the universe’s origin though not its actual creation. He said tools like radio telescopes open new areas of inquiry beyond the Milky Way and warned that each answer uncovers deeper problems.
Avalon officials inspect the Thompson Reservoir in Middle Ranch Canyon after rain floods. The 1,000 acre foot earth-fill dam holds over 300 million gallons, five times Coralina Island’s prior water supply, with water piped to Avalon via Wrigley and planned 12 mile pipeline to the Isthmus.
Detroit reports the Mobil Economy Run winners with seven cars named led by Till Levy of Anaheim piloting a Mercury Capri to 24.29 mpg in class C. Second place went to a Plymouth Belvedere J cruising 29.30 mpg, with Paula Murphy aboard a Buick Special V6 in third at 21.02 mpg. Mary Sleasner drove a Chevrolet Deluxe to a strong showing and the piece notes a Ford Mustang tied to a final price.
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