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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1961
Page
17
An eight year old Puente boy fell into a mine shaft at Yermo twelve miles east of Barstow while playing Saturday. Deputies lowered a volunteer rescuer into the shaft and pulled the boy out tied to a stretcher an hour after the fall. He was hospitalized with a broken left thigh plus cuts and bruises.
Gardena 21 year old driver booked on suspicion of manslaughter after a game of tag led to two deaths in Lawndale. William L Laursen, 23, and his passenger Robert L Gray, 23, both of Gardena, were involved as the Laursen car crashed into a utility pole on Redondo Beach Boulevard near Ainsworth Avenue after a swerve to bluff the other driver Richard L Breneman, 21, of Gardena admitted the maneuver.
An oil-furnace explosion at Easton Baptist Church in Winston-Salem NC blasted chunks of cement into a church nursery. One child suffered minor scratches while seven others in the room were unhurt. The incident occurred Sunday morning.
A proposed medical aid plan targets the aged and those on pensions. State officials say federal funds would cover most costs while administrative needs rise. recipients with social security and private pension plans would face limits. Officials caution on unknown service levels and the aged population's economic status.
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover criticized the United States for a space and military tech bottleneck. He blamed overadministration and bureaucratic interference for wasted time, saying technical officers must not be overruled by higher administrators.
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