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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1967
Page
3
Navy reports a blaze on the U S aircraft carrier Boston Monday. Sparks from a welder’s torch near a communications locker caused the fire, with 500 civilians aboard and no serious injuries. Officials say most damage stemmed from water and the incident remains under investigation.
Bakersfield reports Robert Frogge and William Tudor, both 24, were found guilty of kidnapping for purposes of robbery with great bodily harm under the Little Lindbergh statute. The same jury sentenced Frogge to life for kidnapping and guilty on attempted murder, while Tudor's attempted murder charge was dismissed. Frogge’s wife Sylvia, 23, pleaded guilty to a reduced kidnapping count and received life imprisonment.
The State Department said North Vietnamese authorities are using brainwashing techniques on American prisoners of war. Spokesman W Averell Harriman cited Life Magazine photos and newsreels showing prisoners being paraded and subjected to acts described as confessions.
A Life magazine photo story shows Lt Richard A Stratton, a Navy pilot captured in January, on the Syria Israel border. The image depicts him in striped pajamas and reporting reporters, amid a flicker of shooting and prisoner identification.
Ralph Richardson, president of a Los Angeles school, was convicted of driving under the influence after a seven day trial. Judge Feder noted that intoxication is the basis for conviction, but not all under the influence are drunk. Richardson, 48, paid a $178 fine for the offense on the San Diego Freeway.
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