16 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
1
Miss Scotland Elizabeth Burns, 20, won both costume and speech sections on day one of the 1962 International Beauty Contest. Nurit Neermann of Israel, 19, also shone and faces two years military service after the contest.
NASA head James E Webb said the United States will land men on the Moon before the Soviet Union unless Moscow unveils a Saturn booster soon. He noted a $1 to $2 billion yearly funding boost would only modestly hasten progress.
A head on collision on US 66 near Gallup New Mexico killed a California family of five. Bennee Muller 55 of Altadena Emitha 48 driver Judy 12 and twins Jean and Jery 10 died. Driver Robert Hill 25 of El Monte was hospitalized with chest injuries. Police say the truck was on the wrong side and the steering unit locked.
A 9 year old Cub Scout Jeffery Prothero of 121 Jaymills Ave was pulled from the Will J. Reid Boy Scout Camp pool at 4747 Daisy Ave after diving board area. Lifeguards performed mouth to mouth until ambulance arrived. he died at Memorial Hospital at 422 p.m. Lifeguard Gerald Smith said about 30 youngsters were in the pool when a toy was located at the bottom. The drowning is the first in the pool's 10 year history.
Mrs Addie Hall returned home to find three roast chickens many baked eggs and a bin of baked vegetables in an uncooked state. A lightning bolt struck a nearby tree and somehow cooked the food then chilled it in the undamaged refrigerator keeping it refrigerated.
Government auditors testified that former Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey earned about $8 million in eight years from nickel company stock tied to one sided government stockpile contracts. Nevada Senator Monrad Cannon accused the arrangement of creating conflicts of interest as contracts negotiated during the Truman era were signed just before Humphrey joined Eisenhower’s cabinet.
A Long Beach wife helped investigators search the area south of the capital city for the killer of her husband Thomas Shuttleton, 22, who was shot four times in the abdomen while defending her against a suspected assailant. Mrs Valerie Jean Shuttleton, 21, of 4013 Virginia Rd, readied her uninjured 1 month old daughter Keri and left the hospital for the search as police followed the lead.
The Ea or INDEPENDENT reports stock market indices closed higher Wednesday for the third straight session as volume rose to a one month high. Dodgers fall to Pirates while Angels win in games covered on page C-6 and C-1.
A band of armed hijackers seized 1.5 million in a U S Mail truck near Plymouth Massachusetts, using detour signs to avoid detection. Authorities said the raid resembled the Brink's robbery but yielded few clues as the search spanned the East Coast with seven or eight robbers still at large.
Moscow capped the heroic orbital flights of Maj. Adrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich with a public display of joy. Citizens marched with portraits and placards while a Kremlin message hailed the victory in space exploration.
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