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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1960
Page
3
At midnight Cameroon's three million people become the world's newest independent nation but terror attacks linked to the Union of Cameroon Peoples cost 30 lives in the past 24 hours. Golda Meir arrived for ceremonies escorted past a shattered airport scene.
The most active year in Southern California history ends with higher employment and more construction. Personal income rose by nearly two billion dollars, retail sales set an all time high, and population grew by about 1,000 daily. Taxes and government figures show strong gains across industries, especially electronics, with forecasts predicting 85,000 new jobs in the Long Beach-Los Angeles metro area in 1960.
Swastikas and Nazi slogans appeared on walls in multiple towns including Bonn and Cologne. Police traced the acts to youths influenced by anger over the Cologne synagogue desecration. Three incidents were linked to neo Nazi copying and carried out in various locations.
Metropolitan Transit Authority schedules special bus service to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl game. Buses will discharge parade passengers on Cordova Street near Colorado, with return trips after the parade. Extra coaches run from 5 to 11 a.m. and after the game, with local and nonstop segments on lines 61 70 73 and Mary Street connections as needed.
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