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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
2
In a U N Security Council session, Soviet and Western delegates clashed over Congo policy. Words from Dag Hammarskjold’s view were cited as too biased to chair, while council presidency rotates monthly by English alphabet, highlighting procedural friction amid the Congo issue.
A Long Beach move to replace the Red Car system with buses drew sharp debate. Board votes split on delaying action until PUC ruling. critics call savings largely paper, noting depreciation limits. The session included disputes over figures and route right-of-way, with staff recommendations tied to Pacific Electric and Compton traffic rights.
The obituary notes author Mark Antony de Wolfe Howe dies in Cambridge amid debates over United Nations policy and Soviet relations. Police were summoned as part of a tense council dispute while Howe had won the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry and biography work. Concordant commentary links his death to broader diplomatic tensions.
An elderly resident, Mary Budd aged 105, died in Potters Bar England after a long life. She enjoyed daily routines and was last noted attending to horses before passing away peacefully.
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