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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1960
Page
1
A veteran newsboy recalls a Christmas ahead of modern times detailing(route) delivering papers to hundreds, noting shop windows lights and candles, the first Christmas tree seen in a window, and the anticipation that marks the holiday season. The fragment ends with a biblical reference and anticipation of Christmas Day.
President-elect Kennedy chose Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman as secretary of agriculture and AFL-CIO lawyer Arthur Goldberg as secretary of labor. Three more posts remain to be filled including treasury attorney general and postmaster general. Rep. William L. Dawson of Illinois declined the postmaster general slot.
Long Beach Assemblymen Joseph Mennick and William Grant praised Thursday in Los Angeles for a tentative plan to split the 18th Congressional District into two Assembly districts of about 200000 people. The plan, presented before the Assembly Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, seeks to equalize populations across districts while acknowledging the district's east west split and proposing about 266000 per Assembly district.
UPI reports Senator Russell B. Long urged halting Canadian oil imports as long as Canada trades with Cuba. He said Canada would pressure Washington to end the Cuba ties if oil purchases were stopped, citing Cuba receiving replacement parts for industries seized by Castro.
A severe blizzard swept the Great Lakes and Northeast crippling travel and prompting emergency crews to work around the clock. Washington and Philadelphia crews sped digging operations while New York rail service resumed after several days of disruption.
Dale Glider, 17, a Yale student from Cudahy, confides plans to buy a marker and apron for Christmas. He and coworker Ed Beemer, 24, were at a Long Beach Boulevard Christmas-tree lot when darkness fell and tragedy struck as Glider sat back to admire the lights. The night ended with a fatal shot, leaving investigators to piece together the incident and motive.
King Baudouin married Dana Fabiola de Mora y Aragon in a grand civil and religious ceremony at the royal palace. The shy monarch guided the event as Fabiola appeared radiant in a white Balenciaga gown and trained by ten children. The couple planned a short honeymoon abroad after the four hour pomp.
A Jordan High School electronics student Dale, a regular class member since Jarian High School started the course three years ago, will graduate this June. ROTC corps member and stage manager. instructors call him a solid youth and an asset to the school with a bright future in electronics.
Washington UPI reports the Defense Department rewrote the policy on overseas dependents, allowing 6,000 more wives and children to stay abroad and delaying large reductions. The new plan reduces the monthly decrease, with reductions potentially starting in April and May, and permits servicemen with orders to bring families overseas.
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