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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1961
Page
15
California Republican leaders clashed over a farm labor wage issue at a Sunday meeting. The 500-member GOP committee backed a higher federal minimum wage extended to farm workers and opposed state labor organizing for farm labor. Also criticized Brown administration, urged federal action on narcotics, and attacked Democratic stance on foreign recognition.
A 20 year old Gardena man, John Lee Franklin, editor of a new anti Communist newspaper, says six men beat him in his Los Angeles apartment at 3 15 am. He suffered eye swelling and facial lumps but refused hospital after first aid. no broken bones per X rays. Franklin received threats warning him off the Feb 16 TV appearance and claims a national director and California commander backed the intimidation.
Two sailors stationed on the Ranger were severely injured when the Nu-Pike Cyclone Racer car lost its wheels shortly after starting. Witnesses say the men were trapped for about 20 minutes in the ride’s trough before rescuers freed them and they were rushed to Long Beach Memorial Hospital with serious leg injuries. Ronald Douglas, a passenger, said the wreck was terrifying as cars rolled and sparks flew.
Tornadoes struck Arkansas and Missouri on Sunday harming dozens and killing one. In Missouri a church near West Plains with 30 attendees suffered injuries to 11. in Busch Arkansas 14 were hurt. Woodland Arkansas reported 12 injuries. A Bronx financier, Hanns Ditisheim, died by apparent suicide atop a Fordham Hill building. Other cities saw arrests and a missing boy found shot in Michigan. The federal loan issue to private and parochial schools looms in Congress.
San Francisco waterfront tieup persists for fourth day as Teamsters oppose mechanized cargo handling with no settlement in sight.
Independent anti red Congolese leaders press military political and financial offensive against a Soviet backed rival regime. Champion Floyd Patterson is the 344 to 1 favorite to beat Ingemar Johansson in a heavyweight title fight tonight.
A comic dialogue features a weatherman confessing to an assistant about a forecast mishap. The scene pivots on a nephew asking for marriage warnings and the weatherman reflecting that marriage is a game of chance where both players can lose.
Moses and Perkins narrowly avoided disaster when a Cessna 172 crashed a few yards from their car on a dirt road near Seventh Street. The Long Beach security driver radioed for aid as dust cloud enveloped the aircraft and Perkins fled into the plume, with the incident recounted by Moses. Continued Page A-T, Col. 1.
Secretary Hodges told a TV radio audience that the recession appears to have bottomed and the economy may rise. He urged possible tax action in January, proposed broadening the Commerce advisory council, and pressed for more small business input. He cautioned no official stats yet, citing hopeful signs and improving mood in business circles. A desert search for Long Beach resident Robert Duckworth, missing four days near Barstow, was under way.
Nixon denies being a candidate for California governor in 1962 yet Republicans doubt he has closed the door. Mayor George Christopher and others say his position isn’t final. Nixon says he may aid GOP candidates nationwide and could be available for consultation, with no current preference for Brown’s seat. Continued on A-3.
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