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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1961
Page
2
A 4 A diesel express and a bus collided at a southern Formosa crossing near Chiayi killing 48 bus passengers and injuring 28 including the engineer. Police blamed driver negligence. the driver and a girl conductor were among the injured. The accident marked Formosa's worst in its history.
Fidel Castro's prisoner negotiators plan a Washington trip to seek State Department approval for a canvass to ransom their comrades. Ulises Carbo said the delegation was saddened by the Detroit based Tractors for Freedom Committee's decision to return unopened 70 000 letters intended for tractor purchase funds. The committee disbanded accusing Castro of bad faith for demanding 500 heavy duty tractors before freeing nearly 1 200 men captured in the abortive April 17 attack on Cuba.
Torrance police awaited a coroner's report on the death of William W. Baker 23 found in a car after a rear end collision at 180th Street and Hawthorne Avenue. Driver Floyd L. Rust 24 and passenger Jack R. Todd 19 were held as investigators probed drug findings and possible intoxication.
Moab Utah authorities and more than 90 men scoured the Colorado River banks above Moab for Denise Sullivan a 15 year old missing since Tuesday night after a man allegedly kidnapped her following the slaying of her mother and a companion. They believed Abel B Aragon a 35 year old Price coal miner and ex Marine fled after forcing her into his car. Sheriff Stocks directed the hunt focusing on the Dead Horse Point area and the canyon between Moab and Polar Mesa with boats probing the river below for the missing girl’s body.
CHAMONIX France a champion Alpine guide named con Couttet died after slipping and tumbling into a ravine during a family picnic authorities said the incident occurred Sunday in the mountains near the town the guide was renowned in the alpine climbing community for his skill and leadership in mountain expeditions
Mauritania has announced August 20 as the date for its first presidential election since independence. The move marks a transition from colonial rule to a modern electoral process with widespread international attention.
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