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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1963
Page
3
English adventurer Jerry Dunn announced plans to cross the English Channel using a kite rigged with television aerials and wire. He will water-ski between two speedboats, harnessed to the kite, aiming for about 30 miles per hour.
In San Diego a mass medication program reached 12,000 Naval Training Center recruits to prevent a meningitis recurrence. Seven were struck and three fatally in six weeks. Langley died after outbreak, Payne in good condition. A 72 hour quarantine and sulfadiazine pills were required, with commanders ensuring pills were swallowed.
Senate Foreign Relations chair Fulbright urged fast passage of a bill to provide the Philippine government the full 73 million authorized for war damage claims. He said lump sum payment would remove 5 percent fees alleged for lawyer O Donnell and other claimant representatives. He defended last year’s vote, noting patriotic motives to aid a friendly regime. He cited potential fees of 150000 to 300000 for O Donnell as lawyer for claimants.
SAN DIEGO (UP) An Oceanside motel operator was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 3 death of Julia Allen, 35. The jury of six women and six men found William Webb, 46, responsible after placing her body in a closet. Webb was arrested in New York after taking the victim’s daughter Michele, 11, to her father’s home. Webb’s defense claimed self defense during an argument over a zipper. prosecutors said he strangled her to hide forged checks. Sentencing set for May 7.
Drew Pearson reports President Kennedy labeled steel price tactics as salami methods used by industry against inflation. The piece recounts 1962 clashes with U S Steel head Roger Blough, Cabinet and Congress reactions, and party dynamics affecting steel investigations and price policy under the dome.
In San Jose, three farm laborers were shot dead Friday. Deputy sheriffs Howard De Sart and John Semple killed the killer, Jose P. Rosaciz, 58, after he fired on them and others in a farm laborers building kitchen. Two others, Julia Obama and Mariano Mendoza, died at the scene while Mariano Ogbinar died fleeing. Lorenzo Negilio was wounded and escaped.
Theater manager lists starting times for features at Long Beach theater. The notes mention Love and Wares and Son of Simba with various showtimes and venue references, including Roxy and Canyon details.
The North Long Beach YMCA shut a six week old experimental smoking lounge for junior high youths amid PTA protests. Executive secretary Walter Shaw cited a big fuss and aimed to curb teen smoking.
Export-Import Bank hearings run five days a week as Chairman Wright Panuane D-Tex pushes work. President Kennedy may seek improved facilities for handicapped visitors at White House tours and other capital showplaces. Rep Torbert MacDonald’s study cites ramps and wheelchairs shortages at tourist centers including the Supreme Court Linton Memorial and the FBI.
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