Death of Riviera Hotel President Jess Goodman at 30
Funeral services for Jess Dee Goodman Riviera Hotel president will be held at Christ Church Episcopal at noon tomorrow with Rev. Tally Jarrett officiating. Interment follows at Paradise Memorial Gardens. Goodman died yesterday at his home 3052 El Camino Ave age 30 was a longtime civic leader and Riviera executive since 1955 twice noted as 50 in sources. He grew the Riviera from 250 to 770 rooms and led hotel policy on courtesy and service. Born December 6 1918 in Galena Kansas he studied accounting at UCLA and law at Southwest University. He served in the US Army 81st Infantry in the Pacific and Japan prior to joining Riviera.
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Tent Collapse Injures Dozens At Lakefront Dance
About 50 people were injured when a 320 by 80 foot lakefront tent collapsed in gusty winds during a Summerfest event in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Officials cited strong wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour and a thunderstorm warning.
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Rockefeller Proposes Four Point City Development Plan
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller outlines a program for private developers with federal and state support to create new cities. The plan calls for financing guarantees, eminent domain land provision, and aid for affordable housing, with towns of 20 000 to 100 000 and regional cities over 250 000.
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Eight Die and Seventy Hurt in Attacks Report
A Brazilian newspaper claimed eight men with submachine guns arrested Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz physician known as the Angel of Death, at Curitiba city offices. Authorities neither confirmed nor denied the report, while the paper cited a local farmer’s identification and said the suspect worked under an assumed name.
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Viet Cong bombs kill eight in Saigon area theaters
Guerrilla attacks in Saigon and Truc Giang killed eight people and wounded 79 as bombs shattered theaters near the presidential palace. An American serviceman was among the dead. 11 wounded were children. A fourth attack killed a war leader and wounded another in Saigon.
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Sid Luft Arrested on Bad Checks in Philadelphia
Sid Luft 52 former husband of Judy Garland was arrested after two June checks for 2000 dollars issued to the Berkeley Cateret Hotel in Asbury Park bounced. He was picked up outside the Warwick Hotel on a fugitive warrant from Asbury Park and arraigned with $300 bail set for a hearing next Friday.
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Today’s Sunny Skies With Scattered Afternoon Clouds
The forecast calls for sunny conditions with some afternoon scattered clouds. High near 110 and low around 80. Noon humidity at 17 percent. Sunrise at 5 40 and sunset at 7 34.
Rather Walk Than Wash, Says Trusty Leon Williams
Leon Williams owes the city 162 days of a six month sentence for vagrancy and loitering. When recaptured he will owe more. He walked away from a two day car wash duty and police are seeking him again after threatening to kill any officer attempting arrest.
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Debates Sought By McCarthy
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy urged Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to hold three televised debates before the Democratic National Convention. A Humphrey spokesman called the idea interesting, with both candidates agreeing in principle to a Vietnam focused debate on prime television time, but no agreement yet.
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Powder Keg Explosion Upsets Civil War Cannon Display
A Civil War cannon shooting event near Somerset Michigan turned to disaster when mortar wadding ignited a powder keg. Seven of 28 injured were critically burned, with 16 treated at the scene. Victims include Carl Lapham and Gary Deffendorf of Clarkston and others from Davisburg Walled Lake and Holly. Jack McCarthy of WJBK Channel 2 was among the injured. All taken to University of Michigan Burn Center in Ann Arbor or nearby Jackson for treatment.
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Nixon trails rival Democrats in Harris poll
With two weeks until the Republican National Convention Nixon trails both McCarthy and Wallace in a three way race. McCarthy holds an 8 point lead over Nixon in a national cross section while Wallace rises, especially in the South where he surveys about 35 percent. Humphrey and Nixon are close, with Humphrey ahead by 2 points mid-July.
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