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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1964
Page
1
In New York City and Rochester racial violence shocks, with rising Negro populations in northern cities. The piece argues slum conditions and unemployment drive tensions, urges housing investments, tighter welfare, and limits on new arrivals to ease absorption and economic strain.
Washington AP report lists 17 year old Aberly of Oak Park Michigan as the top teen driver, winning a 2000 college scholarship sponsored by Ford Motor and Commerce. Second prize went to 18 year old John Rupprecht of Baltimore with a 1500 scholarship.
A Franklin Virginia boy Sammy Drewry ten years old recounted clinging to his father S B Drewry 32 and Ernie Houghton 26 as their 14 foot aluminum boat overturned in the James River near Newport News. The father gave a life jacket to Houghton and was later rescued. Houghton drowned after guiding others to safety.
Seesai Thrés young boys and friends aged 10 to 12 failed to break the world stationary seesaw sitting record. They had planned 103 hours but the effort stretched to about 60 hours after starting on Tuesday morning and ending Thursday night. Paul Keany, 12, nearly fainted upon learning the result while perched with William O'Brien, 10, and Fred Comstock, 11, since 7:30 am Tuesday.
In San Francisco, UPI reports Attorney General Stanley Mosk ruled that a county coroner may amputate fingers from human remains if necessary for identification. The opinion followed a request from Sacramento County Counsel John R. Heinrich.
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