11 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1968
Page
1
A British Medical Journal report states two men who underwent sex change operations died of breast cancer. Dr Summers links cancer to hormone disturbances from surgery and calls the cases unprecedentedly tragic. Both individuals changed gender in their twenties and later developed cancer in Britain.
Charles J Mitch Hitch will be inaugurated as the 13th president of the University of California on May 23 at the Los Angeles campus. Speakers include Lord Franks former British ambassador and Worcester College provost Gov Reagan Wallace Sterling and Roger W Heyns. Delegates from 500 colleges expected for the public ceremony. New York premiere of Leda Had a Lovely Swan at Cort Theater canceled with about 100000 investment loss after 14 previews. Producer Claire Niehiern cites unsolvable staging problems and offers no further details.
Actress Emily McLaughlin sues Robert Lansing for divorce in Los Angeles alleging cruelty. They married June 6 1956 in White Plains New York and separated last October. They share a 1 year old son and seek alimony payments. Lansing stars in 12 Oclock High and The Man Who Never Was.
San Marino residents bid farewell to Kathy Fiscus's parents as they move after 30 years in the town. A banquet was held in their honor after heroic rescue attempts decades ago to save Kathy from a deep well.
Nancy Cole also known as Joey Gibson, 22, had a prostitution conviction set aside in Beverly Hills Municipal Court. The August 28 arrest led to 30 days probation, which under the California Penal Code allows expungement after a substantial probation period, effectively clearing the case. Gibson appeared in May 1967 issue of Mayhey Magazine as Playmate of the Month and was arrested the following July at a West Hollywood apartment.
The estate of late industrialist Wemry J Kaiser is offered for sale for 2.9 million. The 308950 square foot property includes a marble-lined main house with sunken billiards room built-in television private garden radio controlled gates interior telephones and an Olympic size pool. Mrs Kaiser remains in New York awaiting relocation. Kaiser died August 24 1967 at age. Also noted is a court report of a man’s sensational claim and a separate violent crime case in Lancaster Pennsylvania involving police chief Marvitt Foltz shot during a bank robbery with bullets traced to Foltz’s pistol.
A new group United Democrats for Humphrey forms with Marty Trman as honorary chair. Mondale announces the effort from Minnesota with Meany Farley Ellington Guy Haggs and other leaders. Humphrey says he will announce plans by April 20 or later while not pursuing primaries. The goal is to persuade him to declare and seek the nomination against Kennedy and McCarthy.
In Nassau, Premier Lyndon Q. Pindling's Progressive Liberal party won a sweeping victory, gaining 28 of 38 seats as the white United Bahamian party collapsed to seven. The election signals a move toward internal self rule with a 140,000 population predominantly Black.
Sacramento weather bulletin from the State Department of Water Resources warns that supply levels will be below normal this year particularly in the San Joaquin Valley. The advisory cites ongoing drought conditions and emphasizes potential impacts on agriculture and municipal usage.
Shirley Thomas a senior psychology major at Georgia State College works as a go go dancer at a local nightclub. She plans to enter the ministry after an automobile accident that shaped her life, and has enrolled in Candler School of Theology at Emory University for the fall quarter.
A garbled press telegraph advertisement fragment appears to list a classified section header and partial contact details for a Long Beach post office or notices. It mentions Long Beach, California, and a date reference around March 2, 1934, with scattered numbers and vague scheduling notes.
A motorist from Paltz died after his convertible hit a truck on Route 42 in Newburgh. The victim, John Cotter, 35, fell from the car and was struck. Police investigators are reviewing the crash details at the scene.
The House approved a civil rights bill 250 to 171 to outlaw discrimination in 80 percent of the nation’s housing by 1970, sending the measure to the White House for Johnson’s signature. He urged broader action on housing and jobs, with a call for expanded social programs and six million low income homes planned within a decade.
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