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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
3
Claire Giannini Hoffman 58 of San Francisco becomes Sears Roebuck board member. She is first woman director at Sears and previously first woman director of Bank of America. Cushman praises her career in national and international finance and support for women in business.
Barry Goldwater urged Republicans to unite and start attacking the Democrats. He dismissed Rockefeller as not personally obnoxious and said he is not a captive of the radical right. Rockefeller declined to back Goldwater without a formal announcement, saying the race is still long.
Weather report notes thunderstorms moved across the Midwest with possible flooding along town streams after night rains. Some towns reported over five inches, including two inches at Limon Colorado, with storms extending into Indiana. Central Iowa saw creeks like Four Mile and Beaver flood alerts as temperatures cooled in the East and sweltered in the Southwest.
J L Johns of San Luis Obispo denies a motorist tale that he was left behind by Southern Pacific No 90 between Santa Barbara and Carpinteria while the train checked the road bed. Johns says the train did stop at Summerland for checks and nothing like missing the train happened. The motorist’s identity remains unknown.
Dana E. Brown and Oleson enter the 3rd District race with Oleson, a Long Beach educator and businessman, announcing his candidacy. Other contenders include W. S. Jepny Grant and Rene Simon. The race follows a citywide board decision and focuses on the upcoming special election for the Reese seat.
Brown accepts the challenge to lead Long Beach’s council bid amid strong backing. Co chairmen Jim Vance and Ralph Taylor pledge intensive campaigning as the effort builds a 1 000 member committee.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower sailed from Portsmouth aboard the British destroyer Ghurka on a sentimental journey to the Normandy beaches scene of his 1944 invasion command. He earlier visited Southwick House, wartime HQ, where the invasion order was issued, as a television film marks the 20th anniversary celebrations.
Prince Philip was injured in Midhurst England when an opponent struck his right elbow with a polo mallet during a match. The incident occurred Monday and the royal was attended to on site.
A well dressed gunman robbed the Pico-Sycamore Bank of America branch in Los Angeles, taking 4604 dollars from teller Florence Gennis after handing a demand note and showing a gun. About 16 customers watched as employees pursued him before he fled.
Dr. E L Tatum and six other U S physicians join the second Pan American Symposium on Pharmacology and Therapeutics opening today in Guadalajara Mexico.
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