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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1967
Page
1
Actress Shirley Hele, filmed with singer Vic Damone, won 6726 in damages from National Broadcasting Co and lion owner Ralph Helfer after a 1962 bite on her right shoulder. A Superior Court jury in Los Angeles handed down the verdict Thursday.
Reports from Hong Kong and Peking describe widespread anti Mao turbulence across Manchuria, Kweichow, Wuhan, and Chungking with hospitals filling in Wuhan. Radio accounts claim Red Guards aiding wounded and bands of hooligans clashing with Maoist supporters as chaos grips Kirin and Anhwei provinces.
Veteran Mercury astronaut M Scott Carpenter quits the space program to explore the ocean floor for the Navy ending eight year streak since being among the original seven. His May 24 1962 three orbit mission remains his only space flight.
Hollywood police say Playboy June Playmate of the Month Joey Gibson, 23, faces a prostitution charge with a July 12 arrest in West Hollywood. She gave a false name and claimed Santa Monica secretarial work. Playboy says she was not under contract.
In Sacramento the Assembly backed measures to raise gasoline taxes and auto license fees for rapid transit, but the Senate Transportation Committee rejected both on split votes. Assemblyman Frank Lanterman accused a professional public relations campaign against the bills as they were sent to the Rules Committee for interim study.
Reports from Kivu describe heavy clashes near Bukayu with about 100 Congolese soldiers killed in one engagement and 50 in another. Rebel forces of white mercenaries and Katangan gendarmes reportedly capture armored vehicles while government communiqués cite mercenary casualties and mass journalist expulsion orders from Kinshasa.
Albany New York State Police Superintendent Arthur Cornelius Sr died at Albany Medical Center after major chest surgery earlier in the week. The 50 year old veteran lawman had been appointed superintendent by Gov. Rockefeller in 1961.
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