Ouster Move Aims at City Manager Vickers
City Hall reports indicate a move by Long Beach council members to oust Samuel E. Vickers, with some backing planned and a hearing possible under the City Charter's five vote requirement. The plan's timing remains tied to budget discussions and upcoming council meetings, while grievances cited include state relations and council-manager relations.
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Vickers
City Hall
Samuel E. Vickers
Long Beach
Manag
Death threats target Los Angeles judges in letter campaign
Presiding Superior Court Judge Louis H. Burke said numerous county jurists received mailed threats claiming unjust rulings cause divorces and misery. The letter urged self harm and referenced a famous death at a pool linked to attorney S. S. Hahn, asking protection for judges, noting postmarks from Ventura.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Superior Court
Louis H. Burke
S. S. Hahn
Hahn
Newhall
Mary
Burke
Ventura
Lady Nancy Astor Turns 52, Refuses to Age
American-born Lady Nancy Astor marks a birthday noting she is 52 despite jokes about age. She quips she will not admit to being older, even if it implies her sons are illegitimate.
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Losdon
UPI
Lady Nancy Astor
Blackout Hits Large L B Area
A power outage affected about 10 square miles in Long Beach Monday night due to a failure at Cirle Substation. Officials said Southern California Edison equipment caused the outage, which started around 5 p.m. and was restored within minutes. Seal Beach reported a brief blackout in a large portion of the city.
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Southern California Edison
Cirle
Seal Beach
Los Angeles
Board of Education
Atlas Rocket Explodes In Spectacular Test Blowup
Across the Nation New Model Atlas Blows Up at Cape Canaveral during a double missile test. The streamlined Atlas with a new warhead roared to life then exploded in a fiery ball. Earlier, the Navy Polaris missile failed when the second stage did not ignite.
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Defense Department
King Arrives in L A Twisters Hit Midwest
Tornadoes ripped through Kansas and Iowa on Monday night with hurricane force winds, wrecking buildings and uprooting trees. In Corning Iowa population 2100, several structures were destroyed as treets of the town were cut off and the funnel veered away with no injuries reported.
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Ames Press
Kansas
Iowa
Corning
Denton
Powhattan
Kaw
Model Barbara Thomason Aims To Be Rooney Fifth Bride
Barbara Thomason, 22, declared Monday she expects to be Mickey Rooney's fifth wife. Elaine Mahnken Rooney, Rooney's fourth wife, obtained a divorce Monday in Santa Monica. Story on Page B-5.
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Barbara Thomason
Mickey Rooney
Elaine Mahnken Rooney
Santa Monica
Big Four clash over German settlement at Geneva talks
At the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva on Monday, US Secretary of State Christian Herter denounced the Soviet plan for separate peace treaties with East and West Germany as sowing discord. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected Western unification aims and the package approach, calling the Western plan unacceptable but signaling some room to discuss limited points.
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U.S
Christian A. Herter
Germany
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
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West Berlin
East Berlin
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Lakewood Couple Feared Drowned in Colorado River
A Lakewood couple Frank A. Rich 65 and Lillian Rich 64 are missing after their boat flipped in the Green and Colorado rivers near Moab Utah during a 196 mile river cruise. Their son Dr Albert A. Rich 41 saved his wife but could not save his parents. The younger couple hiked to shore after the capsizing and an air search spotted them later. Sheriff's deputies said the Riches were from Dagwood Street in Lakewood and were being treated for shock.
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Moab
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Cedar City
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Dagwood St
Contest for poetry on politics sparks Siberia prize
A newspaper excerpt notes a mock claim that Pravda runs a contest for political poems with the prize described as twenty years in Siberia. The dialogue snippet includes a park bench philosopher and a witty remark about political entitlements.
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Park Bench
Plato
Pravda
Urnat
Siberia
Honeymooners and Two Others Die in Westminster Crash
Four people die in a head on collision on Garden Grove Blvd near Golden West Ave in Westminster. Honeymooners Hyrum Gray and Viola Gray killed, along with driver Lee Hartman. Ford driver Richard Ford also dies. Four injured, including Hartman’s son Jaylene and granddaughter Tina Forbush. Store robbery follows crash. suspects flee with $1,000. Second crash in Huntington Beach sends five to Hoag Hospital.
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Golden West Ave
Westminster
Palm Harbor Hospital
Garden Grove
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Jaylene
Elaine
Grays
Tina Forbush
Clara Forbush
Cedar Ave
Long Beach
iHoag Hospital
Newport Beach
1St St
Ocean Front
Hartington Beach
Larry Bright
Obispo Ave
Gerald Russwick
Orizaba Ave
Edward Hourt
Ostrom Ave
Mike Lenahan
Ocean Bive
Kenneth Coons
Rosemead
Seven year tenure bill for state colleges dies in Sacramento
A seven year tenure bill applying to state colleges died quietly Monday in Sacramento. Readers see related coverage on Page B-3. Separately, San Pedro fishermen lift their blockade of two San Diego tuna clippers in a brief Page B-1 notice.
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Sacramento
San Pedro
San Diego
Tactics Raft Exercise Off Coast On Island Trip
The Coast Guard conducted a Monday practice search. An airplane dropped an empty raft and dye marker to simulate a distress call, triggering a cutter search. The dye marker was found first, then the raft located miles away on a fishing boat bound for Cataling Island. the raft to be returned to the Coast Guard.
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Coast Guard
Cataling Island
Avalon
Truman's Wife Undergoes Breast Tumor Surgery
Mrs Bess Wallace Truman, wife of former President Harry S. Truman, underwent a two hour and forty five minute operation for removal of two tumors from her left breast. A Research Hospital spokesman called her condition very satisfactory and President Truman said the operation was a grand success. Doctors believed the tumor might not be malignant and would determine more in two or three days.
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Bess Wallace Truman
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