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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1964
Page
1
LA C says the Los Angeles Olympic prize fight riot was not a Negro or civil rights demonstration. Mexican Americans objected to a Japanese winner and threw bottles, tore seats, and disrupted the event. The piece argues violence is not limited to any race and calls for stronger law enforcement and public support to prevent further unrest.
Los Angeles districts that withdraw Colorado River water from Parker Dam were asked to voluntarily reduce flow by 10 percent through December 31. Federal official West said responses would come soon and the plan could save about 500,000 acre feet. The request aims to ease Hoover Dam power users’ concerns as Lake Powell fills behind Glen Canyon Dam.
Cloudy with chances of showers across Lara Beach Yen area. Minor breaks may occur, with seas moderate and winds steady. Moon phase and tide times noted for local coastal viewing and planning.
The Metropolitan Water District and six Southern California counties face impacts, with irrigation districts in Imperial and Palo Verde regions among those affected. The message notes agricultural agencies in inland California and the Yuma area of Arizona as part of the broader water stress.
President Johnson announced Teodora Moscoso will quit as U S representative on the Inter American Committee of the Alliance for Progress to take a seat on Puerto Rico's commission on the island’s status. Moscoso, key in Kennedy era Aid for Latin America, directed Operation Bootstrap and praised by Johnson as an able, dedicated man.
The Los Angeles City Council voted not to award a resolution for comedian Bob Hope saying he would probably lose it in transit to the bank. The resolution warned Hope might harm himself if proclaimed able to make others laugh and compared congratulating him to carrying grapes to a winemaker.
Elizabeth will not attend the Chelsea centennial celebration planned for July 24. Local resident Mrs Verna Musel says it is fortunate she said no, recalling past invitations tied to a Chelsea town’s coronation. The item sits among a batch of sparse, loosely connected notes from a period.
In Trenton New Jersey a bill to require school children of the Black Muslim sect to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance is expected to reach the State Senate floor next Monday. It would counter a ruling by Education Commissioner Frederick M. Raubinger that Muslim students are exempt from the pledge and honoring the flag.
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