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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1961
Page
13
In Honolulu a Navy radar Constellation carrying 22 aboard crashed while landing at Midway on Sunday, killing nine sailors and leaving three ground crew missing. Six crewmen survived. the fire struck truck and wreckage, with cause under Navy review.
Berkeley report shows Dr Glenn T Seaborg named AEC chairman tackles a family pet dilemma as he returns from Washington. His children offer playful guidance Take them and rolling skate repairs await awaiting at home while the family humor frames a high profile appointment.
Two Moslems were killed and two injured during nationalist demonstrations at Boufarik southwest of Algiers overnight. Local officials reported the clashes as security forces tried to disperse the crowds amid tense conditions.
Nationwide rail strike triggers emergency talks led by Labor Secretary Goldberg with Gov Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner as embargoes halt freight from Chicago and St Louis to New York and Boston. Passenger service wanes west of Buffalo within 48 hours. In Texas a cargo plane crash near Houston kills two men. A child dies in a house fire in New York. Cold wave blankets east with subzero temps from Virginia to New England and Florida.
Long Beach man Jerry Victor Metzger died from injuries after an October 11 attack at his Paramount bar. Two Paramount men, William Ray and Thomas Rogers, were sentenced to 180 days for assault, with Metzger having died December 28 in Long Beach Veterans Hospital. Deputies linked the assault to Metzger reporting a disturbance at the Brand-Inn Tavern a week earlier.
In Havana Cuba resumes full speed after Fidel Castro’s invasion alert three weeks past The regime adopts a new slogan Work rifles study stressing productivity Castro outlines credits for 80000 Oriente Province farmers and new children farms with meals and schooling to boost farming Cuba signs sugar copper trade deals with China and the Soviet bloc While the effort aims to diversify agriculture and expand scientific study officials seek to bolster biochemistry and related fields through education and training plans
Weatherman predicts cloudy cooler weather while recounting a humorous ride on a horse. He notes the horse and assistant disagreed on direction, ending with the horse flipping the rider as they settled the dispute.
Peggy Dell Erb 22 a Bellflower professional musician known as Peggy Dell McGinnis reported a bass fiddle valued item missing from her apartment on Sunday. The instrument bears a double O branding mark on its bottom, aiding recognition by deputies.
Irish author Stephen Bynne tells the Sunday Independent he dreads the American scene with its conviviality and constant smiling. He fears being pressed against walls and dislikes the social demands of politeness, preferring Ireland where one can be low in spirits, yet plans to leave for Philadelphia at week’s end.
President Kennedy met top foreign policy advisers to review a secret report of Khrushchev's talk with the U.S. ambassador in Moscow. He also named new sub-cabinet officials including Paul Fay Jr, a former WWII PT boat squadron member, and formed a three-man panel to study crises and government contact. A Nobel laureate group at Berkeley plans a sabbatical research shift, while Glaser prepares a new field study in Copenhagen after a brief wedding.
A dense fog swept the Long Beach Los Angeles area halting air travel late Sunday night. Airports in Long Beach and Los Angeles ceased operations about 11 p.m. Flights were diverted to Ontario and Burbank. CHP reported numerous traffic accidents and hazardous driving conditions throughout the region.
A lighthearted note reports a porpoise that can talk and count but swims slowly, while stapes sever-stroke comeback marks Crosby golf tourney winner. Bob Rosburg referenced in sports section on Page C-4.
Tokyo dispatch reports Mao Zedong ordered tougher policies to rebuild agriculture and hinted at a purge on the farm front. A Chinese communique from Peiping, issued after a Central Committee meeting chaired by Mao, pledges stronger peasants communes and intensified socialist campaigns amid Western pressure.
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