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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1963
Page
1
Havana dispatch reports the Soviet liner Admiral Nafimov sailed Friday night with up to 2,000 houseward bound Soviet troops. Crowds gathered at the waterfront as trucks and bags indicated the departure. The Soviet promise to remove thousands by mid March remained unconfirmed and viewed with skepticism by observers.
Dunsmuir California reports Rudy the Bungling Beagle a much loved pet owned by Francis LeMere Jr. The dog has survived multiple injuries including ducks shot by shotgun blasts two tail breaks and a leg stitched after a fight. He has undergone eye surgery dental and abdominal procedures and two emergency tonsillectomies.
A four engine Bolivian airliner with about 41 aboard vanished Friday near the Chile Bolivia border. Police said the craft left Arica around noon and crossed into sparsely settled terrain. Rescue teams searched the desert area for survivors and the fate of the passengers remained unknown.
Frigid conditions lash the nation with heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada and Utah ranges while dust storms sweep the Southwest. Gusts reach up to 60 mph over Arizona New Mexico and storms threaten higher elevations with foot-deep accumulations. Cleanup looms in five Southeastern states as floodwaters threaten Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama with potential damages around 30 million.
Opera soprano Frances McCann, 41, was found dead in a Rome hotel room after a German-born New York producer Arthur Boxmann, 52, shot her then wounded himself. Police pursued alleged motive of unrequited love as investigators quoted Boxmann and found a letter expressing jealousy. Hotel porter found Boxmann bleeding in a corridor and McCann near her door. Boxmann remained in critical condition.
Altadena and Rome in drama. Frances McCann, 41, a noted soprano, was shot dead in a Rome hotel room by Ernest Paxmann, 54, a talent agency official, who then critically wounded himself. Her husband, J Watter Rodgers Sr, 47, a carpet salesman, recalls a brief, unhappy union of six months after meeting in New York backstage. He mentions possible tensions with Paxmann but says there was no known romantic entanglement.
Frances McCain rose to operatic fame after four concerts at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium on April 27, 1961. She became a leading American soprano, later soloist for Berlin State Opera, with early studies under Gaia Caselcei and strong predictions of international stardom.
In Sacramento UPI reports Superintendent Max Rafferty and the State Board of Education concluded a cordial two day session. Rafferty said he would seek an investigation into alleged imbalances at some colleges and junior colleges. He clarified he did not mean to sever the junior colleges from board control.
In Innsbruck Austria Bishop Paul Rusch, head of Tyrol Vorarlberg, condemned tourist catered Jonse murals as bad examples. He warned such displays depress church attendance and urged abolishing tourist orientated installations in Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
Washington reports detail disputed claims by Rousselot an organizer for a political group at a Long Beach rally. Officials deny disarmament plans, noting UN backed peace force ideas retain national militias. UN posts rotate among blocs with political posts often held by Russians.
Two Sacramento youths 16 and 18 looted a car, stole a CHP patrol car, and wrecked it at a roadblock near Rio Vista after a bungled Lodi holdup. CHP Officer Charles Sorenson, 32, Walnut Grove, died from a neck wound. Deputy Hale Humphrey, Fairfield, died en route to hospital. Price admitted slaying to Solano DA.
Oregon State advances as UCLA falls to Arizona State in regional NCAA basketball action. The page also notes steady demand for oil and blue caps tires, with slight market risk and a reference to stock market figures on Story A-1Q.
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