16 May 1961
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1961
Page
1
The Port of Long Beach proposed building a customhouse anywhere in the harbor area and leasing or selling it to the federal government for use as a customs facility.
A federal customhouse in the Long Beach Los Angeles harbor area would cost less to build and operate than a comparable inland facility in Los Angeles Civic Center. Testimony before a House subcommittee by Assistant Customs Commissioner Strubinger and GSA officials argued harbor location would save operating and transportation costs, but a larger federal office building in the Civic Center was favored for reasons of proximity and status.
President Kennedy agreed to a late Monday meeting with Soviet Ambassador Menshikov, signaling possible progress toward a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting next month. The White House announced the session after the president and Mrs. Kennedy returned from Florida en route to Ottawa for a two day Canadian visit. Menshikov may carry a Soviet message as the two leaders contemplate a possible summit on neutral ground such as Stockholm or Vienna.
In New York a federal mistrial was declared in what prosecutors call the nations largest narcotics ring probe involving 19 top operatives in a Canada United States conspiracy. The foreman was injured and only 11 jurors could continue.
Newsweek reports President Kennedy will give a second State of the Union address next week possibly urging wartime price and wage controls and higher draft quotas. In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan two men were killed when their light plane struck electrical wires during landing on the St. Marys River.
Ninety seven U.S. senators proposed a gold medal for British-born Leslie Townes Hope known as Bob Hope for entertaining American troops. The resolution, introduced by Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri, cites humor as a force against hate and conflict.
Washington senators prepared for a debate on federal education aid as backers wrestled with strategy. Some fear linking the 2.55 billion general school aid proposal to the Defense Education Act could lose votes, while proponents hope the tie would win broader support including aid to private schools.
A garbled local item recounts a joke about a weatherman and his assistant after a forecast. They dispute who bought coffee for She’s office, with the assistant boasting of luck, then a pun about two heads on one coin.
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, 71, returned to West Point to receive a one pound gold medal and hero’s honors for highest devotion to country. He stood in rigid attention as 2,300 cadets passed in review, recalling his 46 years since graduating as a shavetail second lieutenant. He mingled with fellow class of ’15 members during the reunion.
Heavily armed South Korean troops seized key points in Seoul and a military junta led by the army chief of staff said it had supplanted Prime Minister John M. Chang. U S forces urged a return to the lawful government as gunfire broke out. Initial reports said several police were killed in clashes.
A headless torso and related body parts found in Ventura County and Garden Grove pieces tied to a single victim. Authorities link the head, torso, and leg to one person amid ongoing autopsy and identifications. Eyraud outlined rapid transit plans for Los Angeles and Long Beach pending legislation and funding prospects.
A government orders a wide secret probe into the American Stock Exchange amid allegations of price rigging and other violations. The report references page A-3. A judge testifies that Adolf Eichmann claimed power to invoke Hitler's name to push forward plans against the Jews, noted on page B-4.
Superior Court Judge Gordon L. Files denied an injunction to stop unification of the California Medical Association and the California Osteopathic Association. The restraining order petition was filed by Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, a small splinter group. The COA convention opens with a vote due Wednesday afternoon.
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