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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1966

Page

2

Big Waves Pounding Shoreline Raises Alarms

A series of powerful ocean waves from Hurricane Helga battered Newport Beach Long Beach Seal Beach and Cabrillo Beach causing rescues and beach erosion. Lifeguards reported 10 plus rescues amid dangerous riptides as engineers assess beach loss and sand walls are built. Weather fronts include Francesca adding to surge while Arizona Northwest regions face heavy rains. A separate fatal shooting and drowning case near Laguna Beach is noted with a survivor in hospital.

Newport Beach Alamitos Bay Peninsula Long Beach Seal Beach Cabrillo Beach Helga Baja California Seal Beach Pier Lifeguard Jr Wim Dursey Newport Robert Reed Army Corps of Engineers Long Beach She Ensenada Arizona Colorado River Valley California Francesca Kidwell Laguna Beach Otis Richard Wallis Okla Homa City Thel Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co Lois Betty

U S Sues to Aid Grenada Negroes in Desegregation Case

The Justice Department filed suit in Oxford Mississippi asking federal court to compel Grenada officials to protect Negro children at desegregated schools and to arrest and prosecute white assailants. Separate reports note Stokely Carmichael indicted for riot in Atlanta and violence in Bogalusa Des Moines and Grenada as riots followed school integration efforts.

Justice Department Grenada Miss Atty Nicholas Katzenbach U.S. District Court Oxford Stokely Carmichael Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commmittee Atlanta Bogalusa Lewis Slaton Carmichael Georgia Carl E. Sanders National Guard Jack Thornell Associated Press

Judges Named in Railroad Plea

A three judge panel was named to hear a lawsuit by seven railroads challenging the government approved merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central lines. Judge Richard H. Levet will allow six other railroads to enter the case, including Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio. A separate report notes a $15,000 bridge design prize won by W. James Kirkovich, and other scattered items on civil rights tensions, a bridge contest, and a California gubernatorial visit.

New York Pennsylvania Central Lines Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co Federal Richard H. Levet

Kennedy Rival and Peabody Win in Nomination Race

The article notes Kennedy rival Peabody defeating Boston Mayor John F. Collins for a senatorial nomination, setting up a November clash with Edward W. Brooke. Other primaries highlighted include Vermont governor hopeful Richard A. Snelling, New Jersey candidate Warren W. Wilentz, and Maryland governor contenders Sickles, Mahoney, Finan.

Boston John F. Collins Peabody Edward W. Brooke Brooke GOP U.S. Senate Vermont Richard A. Snelling Shelburne Philip H. Hoff Maryland Carlton R. ‘Sickles George P. Mahoney Thomas B Finan Sickles

First Lady to Dedicate Dam in Utah

Mrs Lyndon B Johnson will visit Page Ariz to dedicate the Glen Canyon Dam on the Utah border during a three day Western trip September 20 to 23 She will also tour Santa Fe New Mexico to promote Indian handicrafts and see her brother Antonio Taylor The itinerary includes a California fashion show by Joseph Magnin of San Francisco and a late event featuring Lariet Motte

Washington UPI Lyndon B. Johnson California Page, Ariz Glen Canyon Utah Santa Fe N.M Antonio Taylor Lacy Joseph Magnin San Francisco Lari Eet Motte

Ex Lawmaker Kidwell arraigned on murder charge

Former state Rep. Thomas M. Kidwell was arraigned in Topeka on a first degree murder charge in the shooting of his wife. He pleaded innocent and was committed to county jail without bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday.

Topeka U Thomas M. Kidwell Kidwell

L.A. Violent Crime Rate Dip Reported by FBI

FBI data show Los Angeles violent crime decreased by 1.5 percent in the first half of the year. Assemblyman George E. Danielson lauded the LAPD for enforcing the law and deterring violence.

Sacramento UPS FBI Ls Angeles George E. Danielson D-r Los Angeles Danielson

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