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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1963
Page
1
Reader’s Digest notes Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address remains powerful in 1963 as the nation wrestles with tension. The piece highlights the enduring call for equality, devotion, and a government of the people amid civil strife and national reflection.
A Kosher hotel in Surfside, largely serving elderly Jewish guests, burned swiftly. A woman escaped down a hall and through a window to the roof, firefighters saved another woman with pail covers and a ladder. Police feared others remained inside as flames tore through the building. Milton Bauer owned the Surfside and reported his family escaped through a back window as smoke and heat surged.
London reports 76 year old Sir David James plans to donate 1,996,649 dollars to charity this Monday. The total of his gifts reaches about 25 million pounds, funded by milk grain and cinema ventures. He says he has no family and feels the time has come to give rather than let the government take it.
Details describe a program offering free eyeglasses to eligible pensioners through the social services system. An optometrist from Hamed Building, 62113, outlines verification steps and processing by social workers to assess eligibility and coordinate delivery.
Rep Carl Albert of Dekla was elected speaker to serve during the absence of Speaker John McCormack who is away due to his brother Edward J McCormack's death in Boston. McCormack is expected back later this week.
Fragmented OCR notice from Independent Daily Long Beach listing delivery rates and circulation details. Mentions Cavit Ercered a4 second Rlane matter and a $239 charge. unclear dates and names.
California gas customers will receive partly retroactive refunds dating from December 1 and lower rates, projected to save about 1 million dollars for consumers. State officials cited the Natural Gas Pipelines Act, with refunds to be passed through by Pacific Gas & Electric Southern Counties Gas and others to end users immediately.
The House passed legislation to fund military construction including 150 Minute man missiles and Nike-Hercules batteries while California gains 51. The plan allocates 645 million for military family housing and funds for Air Force priorities as well as Navy projects. A separate Van Nuys crash killed 66 year old William Grant after a heart attack struck two parked cars.
veteran U S representative Carl Vinson announced plans to retire at end of his present term next year after decades as a powerful chair on the House Armed Services Committee. nicknamed The Swamp Fox and Uncle Carl, Vinson, first elected in 1914, has long shaped defense policy and commanded respect from colleagues and military leaders.
Anchorage reports two volcanoes Mt Augustine on Augustine Island and Mt Trident in Katmai National Monument erupted after sunset sending ash 35,000 feet high. A fishing village on Kodiak Island was jolted as the eruptions created mushroom clouds described by a plane pilot as resembling a nuclear blast.
An brisk call to action urging readers to dial HE 2-5959 for rapid access to the Ind Press-Telegram Classifieds. The brief note emphasizes fast-paced ad services and immediate contact to place or locate listings.
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