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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1960
Page
2
The opening ceremony opened with a delay of five minutes as Pope John XXIII greeted athletes and spectators. Khrushchev sent a Kremlin message praising the games for fostering friendship, mutual understanding, and world peace among participants in 18 sports.
Nine Arab League nations called for volunteers to aid the Algerian provisional government while resisting a demand to sever all ties with France. The Arab League Council decided to push self determination for Algeria in the United Nations and to seek early recognition of the Algerian rebel government through diplomatic efforts with friendly countries. The report also notes a massive 1956-59 athletic event backdrop in Athens with the United States and Soviet Union seen as top risks in track and field and gymnastics.
A small group from the Committee for Nonviolent Action rowed to the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton and was met by two guards. The four pacifists were escorted off the premises with no further action taken. Bradford Lyttle, the group’s national secretary, praised the handling as extremely intelligent.
Cuban foreign minister criticizes U S policy and lauds the Soviet Union while other Latin American ministers condemn foreign meddling in the hemisphere. Speakers urge economic aid, development plans, and a cooperative regional response, with a Bogota conference to draft the program.
The Houston Post on front page today declared Nixon the wisest choice for President due to his statesmanship. The paper notes past support for Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and cites Queen Culp Hobby, former health education and welfare secretary, as editor.
In Cleveland the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen postponed a planned Sunday strike against Santa Fe East and West lines. The delay, ordered at the request of the National Mediation Board, will last while mediation proceeds and is described as indefinite.
John A. Parkhurst 49 was shot and killed by a neighbor after a report of a prowler. Sam Castagna 28 was arrested on suspicion of murder after police investigated the shots fired during a disturbance at a Sun Valley residence. The victim’s wife Roberta Castagna had earlier complained of prowler activity.
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