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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1960
Page
16
President Eisenhower praised United Nations efforts to restore order in the Congo after rebel forces mutinied. He highlighted the American airlift supplying UN troops and expressed gratification at the U S role in the operation amid reports of violence against civilians.
Vice President Nixon resumes campaign with 34 hour Air Force 707 flight from Denver to Washington. He plans stops in Nevada, California, Hawaii, and Washington state, with rallies at Whittier College and in Honolulu, before returning to Washington for a late Friday arrival. AFL-CIO criticizes Nixon voting record on labor and notes his Quaker background and church attendance in Washington.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon formally accepts networks invitation to televised debates with Sen. John F. Kennedy. He seeks full free exchange without prepared texts or interruptions and proposes some time for individual appearances and journalist panel questioning. Nixon suggests a joint meeting of network reps and candidates to arrange the programs.
A broadside on a freeway near Anaheim killed Aldapa and his wife Fran cine age 62. Rescued from wreckage by police and fire crews, Aldapa was found dead. In the Knight car Joyce Richards age 32 from Los Angeles was injured and treated. Mrs Aldapa, badly hurt with chest injuries and fractures, Mrs Martin with cuts, and Macey with leg fracture were hospitalized. Knight and Miss Richards were released after minor treatment.
An advertisement promotes Campho-Phenique powder as a quick relief for prickly heat. It claims to soothe irritated skin, combat infection, and help healing by inhibiting germs, urging readers to buy the medicated powder.
The California Democratic Central Committee gave Gov. Brown a large ovation and overwhelmingly endorsed his billion-dollar water bond plan. The event occurred as delegates and officers from cities including Sacramento, Merced, Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco debated platform planks and leadership, with tensions over southern representation and chairmanship.
INDIANAPOLIS Two hundred ex sailors held a memorial reunion Sunday for 880 men who lost their lives when the cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese torpedo on July 30 1945. Only 316 survived a four day ordeal before rescuers located them. The group elected Dr Giles McCoy Boonville Missouri as chairman and voted to meet Indianapolis every five years.
The wife of Norman Steed of Dallas blew a kiss to President Eisenhower as he left Buckley Naval Air Station near Denver. Steed, one of about 500 witnesses, had earlier benefited from the President's aid after the couple pleaded for housing at Lowry Air Force Base following his deployment.
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