05 Apr 1960
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1960
Page
1
Voters in suburban Hamtramck faced a municipal election delay after a skunk was found in the school heating room near a vent. An officer shot the animal, its lingering odor forced the building to be evacuated and about 900 students were sent home while workers and voters endured the stink.
A new battlecry No fashions for Easter has sparked a boycott campaign led by Dr. Vivian Henderson of Fisk University urging over 500 Negroes in Nashville to skip downtown business firms and even East refinery to protest racial segregation at lunch counters. Reports mention a two week-old effort costing Nashville millions and note arrests of eight Negro students at white-only public libraries in Memphis and a Birmingham sit-in crackdown with fines and jail terms.
White officers hurt as Africans attack a policeman and a Negro is hacked to death in Nyanga near Cape Town. Rioting spreads to Langa and Johannesburg with armored police patrols and gifts of force as nonwhites resist pass laws. Casualties rise and dispatches report widespread intimidation and arrests.
In Barnsboro New Jersey two G R Wood Co buses crashed headon in a rain storm on the Philadelphia Glassboro run. Witnesses said a car sharply cut in front of the northbound bus forcing a swerve into the southbound bus. One bus hit a utility pole, another struck a wooden railing and a tree. Sixteen or more were hurt, with two drivers critically injured including George Duncan 37 of Glassboro and David Stevenson 32 of Barnsboro. The crash occurred about 20 miles southeast of Camden.
A doctor claims a reducible capture invention cures ruptures and offers a 30 day trial with a free $3.50 truss. Readers may participate, keep the truss if satisfied, and return it if not, sending name and address to a Kansas City contact for the offer.
DeSoto markets a car that stays young with a rust resistant body a supple suspension and a durable ram-charge engine. It emphasizes lasting appeal and a built in future for buyers seeking personal value in their vehicle and urges readers to visit a Plymouth DeSoto dealer.
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