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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1960
Page
35
President Eisenhower praised Vice President Nixon at a Republican Women’s National Conference in Washington, boasting Nixon’s record and integrity while slamming Democratic critics of defense policy. About 7,000 people attended as Nixon introduced the president and lauded his administration.
A catalog-style notice lists sections and page locations including Beach Combing on B-1, Hal Boyle on B-7, Bridge on B-7, Classifieds D-1 to D-7, Comics C-6 and C-7, Crossword C-5, Death Notices B-2, Editorial B-6, Financial B-3, Shipping D-1, Sports C-1 to C-4, Theaters C-5, TV D8, Tides Temperatures A-8, Vital Statistics D-L, Wilson B-7, Women B-4 and B-5, Your World A-2.
Two fire bombs were thrown on the Los Angeles High School grounds Monday but no one was harmed. Police investigated the incident as a potential vandalism case and searched the area for clues.
Hollywood reports Ben Hur the 15 million dollar epic collected 11 Oscars Monday night the most ever for a single film. Room at the Top won the screenplay Oscar and Simone Signoret took top actress honors while Charlton Heston did not receive a nomination for best actor. Hugh Griffith is noted.
Milwaukee reports unusually heavy voting as polls opened at 7 am with long lines. Kennedy and Humphrey campaign by phone to mobilize supporters while weather varies, and wards in Wauwatosa Chippewa Falls Madison show surge. Early counts hint at a strong labor vote in Waukesha County. Continued Page A-6.
A Nicaran Airlines passenger plane with 18 passengers and a four member crew crashed on a mountainside after takeoff from Liuna mining center. Three infant passengers and the copilot were killed. Five others were seriously injured, with all remaining aboard incurring minor injuries. A full passenger list has not yet been released.
Night and morning coast fog and low clouds slowly rise through the night into Wednesday. By mid morning Wednesday expect mostly sunny skies. Temperatures trend slightly cooler with clearing conditions and lower humidity.
Mississippi lawmakers move to strengthen a prior bill to curb influence selling by retired officers to defense contractors within two years of retirement. The plan includes court martial options and loss of retirement pay. Rep. Hebert seeks criminal penalties to be restored. Flood reports: Missouri River breaches and Mississippi overflow threaten farms near Clarksville, Augusta, Canton, and Ashburn with levee breaks prompting evacuations and guard patrols.
San Francisco reports Cary Chessman’s latest bid to halt execution was rejected by three judges of the State District Court of Appeals. The condemned man’s attorney, George T. Davis, was unavailable for comment. The plea argued 12 years confinement as cruel and unusual punishment and rights violations from Los Angeles trial instructions. Previous courts and the U.S. Supreme Court had rejected these claims. Davis contended Gov. Edmund Brown’s 60 day reprieve given Feb 18 hours before the scheduled execution strengthened the case.
North Hollywood reports the Ventura Freeway opening providing motorists a direct route from the San Fernando Valley to Cahuenga Pass. At rush hours, traffic congestion persists as before, but the new roadway offers a clear throughway into the downtown area.
The three nation talks on a nuclear test ban were canceled today at the request of the United States and Britain. Western delegates urged Semyon Tsarapkin of Russia for more time to prepare replies to questions about a partial test ban tied to a moratorium. The line of inquiry touched on the Camp David proposals and related traffic signals near Ventura and North Hollywood. The project cost about a million dollars.
Hollywood police report Ed ward Naggo 87 and Georgia Giutini 24 both of Los Angeles killed when their car ran out of control on the Hollywood Freeway. The couple’s vehicle struck the rear of another car near the Hollywood Blvd exit, swerved, sideswiped, hit the center divider and flipped over.
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