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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1966
Page
5
Los Angeles reports that promoter H. J. Vajener of Palm proposes California legalize jai alai betting and allow seven cities to establish centers for the fast-paced Basque game. He seeks state approval and local permits to run legal wagering venues.
Federal and state authorities pursued Vincent P. Kucinski, an armed escapee from a federal prison, after he fled from a facility in Lompoc and fled toward a Navy base, prompting an all points bulletin across surrounding states.
Theaters in Long Beach list starting times for features. Palace shows Ship of ee at 8:40 and What You end. Roxy schedules Robin and the 7 Hoods at 10:32 with Warrant P56 and Shores of Hell at 12:30. Other entries include mismatched titles and numbers.
Actor Peter Fonda testified in superior court denying involvement with marijuana found at a Tarzana home. He and his wife Susan and his father Henry Fonda supported his denial amid charges against four men living at the Beverly Hills site. The case also referenced officials questioning a related assailant involved with an associate’s use of the residence.
Rome reports indicate Sophia Loren may be expecting a baby, with Ponti’s production team and aides declining comment. A possible corroboration came from sources close to David Wolper in New York, while Loren reportedly paused dubbing on A Likely Story.
Lana Turner confirms her sixth marriage is in trouble as husband Robert Eaton leaves after an argument. They wed June 22, 1965 in Arlington Virginia. Turner has prior marriages to Artie Shaw Stephen Crane Bob Topping Lex Barker and Fred May.
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruled that accepting acknowledgments of purchases of New Hampshire sweepstakes tickets outside the state violates federal law. The decision centers on interstate handling of sweepstakes transactions and the legality of out of state acknowledgments.
Long Beach State College stages concert ensembles in woodwind percussion and brass chamber music at Lille Theater. A lecture on Austria by E Imboff of the Institute of Lifetime Learning follows at Sole Ocean Blvd at 10:30 a.m.
Mrs Lyndon and Jolson invite 600 Washington news women to view a 21 foot Blue Room tree and a manger scene in the East Room. Roosevelt Junior High School and Lakewood symbols join in a Christmas program at the White House cafetorium. Students Howard Pierce and Mark Watkins donate the balsam fir tree. The orchestra and choir perform with Logan Bennett Mary Melisa Johnsons Norma Wiebe among the featured.
In San Francisco a former St Marys chancellor and the Marine Band joined 60 singers from the opera company to present Christmas scenes. A four-foot papier-mhe creche will be displayed Wednesday morning, with a wreath honoring Francis Joseph Meehan, an author and lecturer who died Sunday in Oxnard at age 85.
On the second Sunday in December a busy musical day featured 33 concerts from Santa Ana to San Fernando. The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Christmas concert at Chandler Pavilion and the Long Beach Civic Chorus’ 47th Messianic program under Dale Thompson drew note, with mixed reactions to Dorothy Kris ten’s Wagner excerpts and a Sunday afternoon Messiah by the Civic Chorus at First Congregational Church led by Dale Thompson. The soloists Lynda Sue Marks Olive Charley Dennis Mangers and Wardell Howard contributed, while the concert atmosphere ranged from polished to fatigued, as the reviewer laments the era’s reliance on sentimental pieces and a generally cautious tempo.
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