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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1961

Page

8

Council Sidetracks Chamber Proposal for Airport Board

The Camber of Commerce proposal to create an autonomous airport commission drew lukewarm response from the city council Tuesday. Council referred the plan to the committee of the whole for study before a final decision. Chamber President Hemphill urged a commission as a standard admin method for airports and said it could speed policy decisions on fuel, zoning, and land use. He noted prior aviation commission recommendations and that airports will generate multimillion revenue for the city.

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JFK Stand on Press Clarified

Washington officials and newspaper leaders discussed press freedom after President Kennedy spoke to the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Kennedy said no government or voluntary censorship is needed now, while urging self censorship to counter the Communist threat. Felix McKnight summarized the meeting saying the administration will maintain access to news and no new self censorship machinery is planned.

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Bahama hangings of Torrance and cronies shock readers

Two young Americans Alvin Table Jr and Bully Wayne Lees were hanged at Fos Hill prison near Nassau for the murder of Bahamian charter-boat captain Angus Boar Wright. The pair, tied to a shipwreck crime after hijacking the vessel Muriel, were the first Americans executed in the Bahamas.

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Cardinal Spellman Undergoes Eye Surgery in New York

Cardinal Spellman of New York underwent eye surgery Tuesday at a major center to repair a detached retina in the right eye. A small hole was closed and the retina reattached. officials said recovery would take at least a week and condition was reportedly stable.

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