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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1962
Page
1
Ireland's Bemadetta Gormley suffered a bloody nose after a fall through a glass panel at an Alpine hat housing computer during a practice jump at the sixth world sport parachuting championships. The accident caused no computer damage and the meet opened with the injury noted. Cloudy winds delayed competitive jumping to Thursday.
Reports describe two Soviet ships possibly 6 to 125 miles apart with observers suggesting near 1000 mile separation. Nikolayev and Popovitch transmit greetings from space while families and officials monitor their safety and wellbeing amid ongoing broadcasts. A Jamestown child survives a fall from a window. San Francisco police hunt thieves tied to a weekend party seeking aspirin and liquor amid a $44,000 warrant search.
President Kennedy’s economic assessment and tax-cut plan drew a mixed but generally favorable reception from business and finance circles while critics questioned its emphasis. Separately, thieves seized liquor shipments in San Francisco, unloading over three hours, as Soviet spaceflight updates described Nikolayev and Popovich in orbit and studying weightlessness aboard their ships.
Kenichi Horie, the Japanese youth who sailed to the United States aboard a motorboat, arrived in San Francisco Bay and was greeted by officials and admirers. Japanese Consul General Toshio Yamanaka said he faces no immediate expulsion and may face a local inquiry or penalties back in Osaka for leaving Japan without a passport. Kenichi, feeling well aside from seasickness, received a symbolic key to the city from Mayor George Christopher and toured the city before dining with a Japanese girls softball team.
Egypt has temporarily dropped plans to widen the Suez Canal to allow two ships abreast, according to Mehmoud Younis, chief of the Suez Canal authority. The UPI report notes the pause in the canal widening project near Bonn.
President Kennedy and administration leaders push for passage of a broad tax reform bill while clamor grows for an immediate cut. Dirksen and Mansfield sponsor cloture, urging swift action as the chamber fills with spectators amid a tense vote. The President defends gradual reform, outlining a top-to-bottom tax cut for 1963 pending Congress approval.
Eight first year cadets at Massachusetts Maritime Academy resigned amid hazing claims. Superintendent Rear Admiral John W. Thompson confirmed the eight departures, ending a four day hunger strike by about 200 students protesting disciplinary actions related to hazing of plebes.
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