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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1966
Page
3
Police rush to a Los Angeles scene after a woman reports a rattlesnake in her overnight bag. In a chaotic search, officers spread the bag’s contents on the sidewalk and uncover only a buzzing loom, prompting the quip that the “rattler” was just an electric brush.
Coast Guard officials halted the search for John Lacey a 24 year old Navy diver who fell from the 26 foot vessel Paula Ann off Santa Cruz Island. Owner Richard Samson of Santa Barbara said he reported the incident after the ship drifted into Ventura harbor unable to turn back for recovery.
Tokyo and major lines ground to a halt as a one day nationwide rail strike disrupted trains buses and streetcars. Government railways and private networks cut service. 60 injured and police deployed nationwide as unions demand monthly pay raises while a new walkout loomed for a second day.
Jacques Dupont and Andre Gauci, both from Grenoble, push toward the summit of El Capitan on day two aiming to be the first Europeans to conquer the granite giant. They began at dawn and reached about 1,100 feet by nightfall. The climb grows steeper and more demanding toward the top.
Johnson aide Jack J. Valenti resigns as White House special assistant to become president and chief executive of the Motion Picture Producers Association of America. A former Houston ad man and Harvard MBA, he promises to boost Hollywood’s public service role and film industry promotion.
A San Diego inspector posing as a civilian test engineer boarded a Navy A4B jet at Floyd Bennett Field. He wore flying clothes and asked how to start the plane after being refused a lift, then attempted to steal the $800,000 aircraft. He had never flown a plane and could not get it started before being removed from the jet.
ASSE Belgium ten school children were killed when a bakery delivery truck jumped the sidewalk and mowed them down. Four other children were hospitalized but out of danger. The driver Emile Biebaut 44 father of five was held for justice in Brussels after transfer from Asse. No charges yet. The dead were ages 7 and 8.
Classified notice promotes quick action with an od welter deal and a contact code 2.5959. It urges readers to use the service for easy handling of money concerns and implies a simple transaction path through the ad.
California education piece shows how a classroom reform started at De Anza High School in Richmond. The Richmond Plan teaches practical skills aligned with employer needs and has spread to 13 other schools across the region. May Reader’s Digest note on the program.
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