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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1964
Page
1
A State Assembly committee will investigate operations of senior retirement projects including Leisure World Seal Beach amid high and rising charges for maintenance medical care and drugs. Residents face larger monthly costs, new fees, and questions about capital reserves and promised benefits.
More than 500 items valued for the Duarte fundraiser will be auctioned to aid City of Hope. The event, run by the Keys to Hope Auxiliary, will be held at Orangefair Center Fullerton with sales starting at 4:30 pm each day.
Macio Zacharias, a Mexican bullfighter, executed flawless paso naturales and a sharp veronica to bring a 1,500 pound Hereford to its knees on the roof of Graver Packing Co. He climbed from a slaughterhouse cage to subdue the steer after it escaped onto the roof. A second worker then roped the animal.
Norman P. Michaud, 43, of Fredonia Aziz, was found guilty in Salt Lake City on a charge of threatening the life of President Johnson. The government said he placed a call from Kanab Utah to the White House on January 20 and claimed involvement in Kennedy’s assassination and vowed to kill Johnson.
SUCCUMBS Dr. L Vander Hoof 59 a geologist who taught at UC Berkeley and Stanford died in Santa Barbara after relocating there in 1959 as director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History He resigned last year due to illness. John Updike wins National Books Award for The Centaur in fiction plus other category winners and prizes. Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr says Cassius Clay joins Black Muslim movement is a setback for civil rights. Dr Courtney Werner 68 noted geologist dies in New Orleans.
SAN FRANCISCO California utility customers should receive a $50 million tax cut by July 1, per California Public Utilities Commission president William M. Bennett. He said about 1,300 utilities must pass on federal tax benefits, with reductions ranging roughly 0.5 to 2 percent for large firms and even more for small providers. Edison and PG&E expect multi million cuts. P Telephone trimmed its request by $9 million to align with the tax cut.
U S Steel Corp and five other firms indicted by a federal grand jury for bid rigging and sharing sales money on water pipe projects in California and western states. The schemes allegedly raised prices to government bodies and private buyers. penalties include fines up to 50,000 per person and potential prison terms.
The English service of Novosti in Moscow reports a man at sea whose life jacket, or Mae West, began to deflate. The wording sparked debate on whether the term Mae West is a proper name or a generic phrase in English.
Sacramento reports Auto industry spokesmen told Governor Brown they target 1966 for producing cars and trucks with up to 0 percent smog. Leaders of the Automobile Manufacturers Association said techniques and devices are in engineering stage to meet the goal while complying with the law. Brown called it a giant step forward in the state’s air pollution fight.
Charles Workman known as The Bug, 54, and his wife Catherine were released from New Jersey State Prison in Trenton after serving 23 percent of their sentence for the killing of prohibition figure Dutch Schultz. A sedan with a man believed to be their son sped away as Workman kept a tight lip.
Washington brief notes farm operators earned about 123 billion dollars last year with a decrease in net income across sectors. The report outlines factors influencing income and regional variations among farming communities.
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