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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1964
Page
2
LA C says Americans are unfairly blamed for violence. U.S. News foreign reports show less violence here than in other nations, citing occurrences in France Germany Italy Britain and South America. The piece argues Americans should not bear collective guilt and calls for reducing violence without blaming the nation.
Ford Motor Co chairman Henry Ford warned at a Society of Automotive Engineers meeting that too little technological progress harms U S employment. He said automation and rapid change create jobs when technology expands markets, and urged reforms in education to fit workers for new roles. He highlighted unemployment among teens, Black Americans and unskilled workers as a constant threat.
The senator, recovering from a brain ailment, insists he will run again. He faces party demands for medical proof by January 25 and may must raise funds, organize, and campaign largely on his own. Key aides Dan Kimball and Don Bradley will not return, prompting leadership concerns.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin unanimously upheld Billie Sol Estes eight year prison term for swindling from a November 1962 Tyler trial. He also faces a 15 year federal fraud sentence. appeals proceed, with possible rehearing requests, then Supreme Court review possible, potentially delaying final verdicts for years.
Crown Prince Harald of Norway dedicated the West Coast office of the Scandinavian Travel Commission in Los Angeles on a Wednesday. He attended a luncheon with Hollywoods Scandnavian stars including opera singer Lauritz Melchior actress Sonia Henie ventriloquist Edgar Bergen without his dummy Charlie McCarthy and city and state representatives.
The paternity suit against singer Ray Charles proceeded in Los Angeles as Sandra Betts claims her 3 month old daughter Sheila was fathered by the blues star.
Alfred Gleas Maxwell, 31, listed as unemployed barber, fled bankruptcy proceedings in Los Angeles. He and actress June Allyson, 39, wed last October in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with Maxwell described as owner of two Newport Beach barber shops at the time.
Detectives say two Westminster men Richard V. Niverson 25 and Kenneth V. Martin 24 confessed to more than 150 burglaries in South and Orange counties. Preliminary hearings set for Friday in Downey Municipal Court. They faced four counts of first degree burglary. Martin is on parole from South Dakota for armed robbery.
In Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Wory described talks between Democratic Chairman Eugene Wyman and Lea Clair Engle as an arrogant match. Engle, asked about her and the senator’s plans, said they had not discussed the race recently and she has never seen him back from a fight.
Mrs Blair Engle denied reports she would run for U S Senate if her husband cannot. She stated she has never considered candidacy under any circumstances and dismissed speculation raised by a Washington columnist.
U.S. CIA reports Russians have finished building two major air and naval bases in Cuba. Photographs from last October corroborate the sites at Cabo Lucrecia and Poota De Matas in Oriente Province. The large U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay overlooks the island.
Fragmentary OCR reads like an independent notice from Lore County involving a bursar and office names with dates and amounts. The readable words suggest a tax or court action, a yearly date, and a sum of 2 dollars, but the fragmented text lacks clear facts, names, places, or complete action. The readable bits are insufficient for a precise, factual summary.
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