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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1960
Page
1
Fourteen persons appeared in court charging conspiracy to commit assault in a Paramount incident tied to a car club meet. Deputized officials warned if the teenager dies, all involved could face additional charges. Names listed include Edward Brick and Eadie Reed among attendees of the Long Beach area gathering.
Fragmentary OCR notes claim loud clashes and gunfire at Attica with casualties reported. Witnesses mention rioters and police in a tense standoff as authorities attempt to regain control. The record is incomplete and details are uncertain.
United States officials indicated support for a UN Security Council call to end South Africa racial segregation, but reports suggested Britain would veto the proposal. A veto could trigger an emergency General Assembly session as violence persisted for days, with US delegate Henry Cabot Lodge urging reversal in the interest of peace and justice.
A theft at the Colombe D'Or restaurant in Rivéria led to the loss of paintings valued at $200,000. The works by Picasso, Modrian, and Braque were described as irreplaceable by the owner, who reported the incident today.
Transportation Committee approval followed by a 54 to 17 Assembly vote, backing Gov Brown and Assemblyman Cameron. The bill would require auto exhaust control devices on all new cars within a year and on all used cars within three years, with county supervisor exemptions and testing in prime laboratories. The plan faced expected rural Senate resistance and a reduced initial appropriation.
Scientists from NASA and the Weather Bureau discuss early signals from a satellite camera over Cape Canaveral. They caution that while images may come, the interpretation is ongoing as the Midwest storm today prompts hopes the data will aid weather forecasting and cloud cover analysis.
Snow sleet and hail hit the Middle West as floods drive thousands from homes in Nebraska and Kansas. National Guardsmen civil defense workers and volunteers fight rising rivers while power dams send chunks of ice downstream toward anticipated three foot floods. Weather bureau warns continued high flows along Mississippi Missouri rivers into downstream states.
Paris reports a second nuclear test by France near the Western Sahara, a forceful rebuff to Soviet Premier Khrushchev during talks with Charles de Gaulle outside Paris. Khrushchev heads to Russia Sunday as France challenges Soviet calls for restraint.
Sources say advance notice of an underwater nuclear test caused tensions as De Gaulle pressed equal status for France with the Western Allies while Khrushchev remained opposed to nuclear explosions. The test timing was not tied to a French visit and influenza delayed travel.
Tonight remains clear with continued fair conditions. Saturday will be slightly warmer with sunny skies and mild temperatures across the region.
New York report on an elderly widow known as the Rag Lady found dead in her apartment. Police said the 78 year old had $48 in cash, eight bank books, $46,900 in stocks and a portfolio including American Telephone and Telegraph and Consolidated Edison. Neighbors recall a cheerful, multilingual woman with keen business sense.
An explosion and fire at a union hall in Shackensack New Jersey destroyed the building and damaged three stores and offices. One man killed and six injured as a gas tank in the basement exploded, knocking out walls and sending flames through the interior. Local officials and firemen investigated the incident.
A fire in a two story Lynnhaven house killed two Navy wives and four children. Investigators say the blaze originated in a television set on the first floor. Victims included Janet Bohlander and her daughters Linda and Kim, and Doris Bohlander and her daughters Lisa and Stare. Joseph Bohlander and Daniel Bohlander served aboard Navy ships in Boston and on the destroyer Coney.
A fragmentary report notes the heaviest U.S. artificial satellite in orbit, Discoverer V capsule, and details several other satellites including Vanguard, Explorer, and Pioneer missions still broadcasting orbits and data while older craft drift in space.
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