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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1960
Page
19
Seventeen people including four juveniles were arrested after a Saturday riot at the Palais Royal Ballroom in downtown Portland. Police say several hundred were involved. the melee ended after 101 officers and 28 firefighters helped disperse the crowd. One officer received minor facial cuts.
NAACP leaders warned Jacksonville could become “another Little Rock” if racial tensions rise amid protests over Cuba China ties. Rally speakers blasted Castro regime, U S policy, and the OAS while city officials refused to appoint a biracial panel to study racial problems. Riots erupted near a bank and in the city streets as police moved to restore order.
Nine Georgia residents drifted almost a day in a life raft after their chartered fishing boat sank in Apalachee Bay near Carrabelle Florida. A second fishing boat, the Sandy, found them six miles east of Dog Island and brought them in. The sinking skipper, Thomas Vickers 36 of Shell Point Florida, was rescued earlier clinging to a hatch cover. Coast Guard auxiliary Cmdr W S Schley directed the rescue. All were hungry thirsty and mildly exposed but in good spirits.
William Tyler a 73 year old retiree with a heart condition rented a private Pullman car for about 15 000 dollars of a 143 000 Irish Sweepstakes win. His business manager said illness kept him in a hotel room during a two day Chicago visit and he could not talk to anyone. The journey began August 21 in Chicago and will run via Milwaukee road to San Francisco then back to Los Angeles. Tyler and six friends wife accompanied by the party. costs cover porters dining cars and hotel stays.
Three patients fled the State hospital after stabbing a medical aide to death. Arthur Hardesty and Robert Pierce surrendered after a night in a cornfield. Pierce was captured by deputies near a farmhouse. Myron Brown, the 66 year old weather forecaster, died in the incident.
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