12 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1961
Page
1
London reports a two man postal service delay as Robot George and Robot Charlie discuss dialing changes during a power failure. A three hour stand remained unresolved with officials noting the update to dialing zero for an operator.
Wayne Seymour aged 14 began a nine day jail sentence in Saginaw Michigan after driving his car across five lawns during the weekend causing nearly three thousand dollars in damage.
In bitter cold at Norman Oklahoma a university group plans a clothing drive for foreign students. The University of Oklahoma Dames Club says about 286 international students need warm clothes as ice and snow cap the campus and temperatures plunge below freezing.
In Jacksonville Florida a hunter Thomas Frazer 23 of Neptune Beach was wounded by birdshot after another hunter Laurence Padgett Jacksonville fired at what he thought was a raccoon climbing a tree. Frazer was listed in good condition at a hospital.
National Airlines and Continental Airlines boards approve a merger to form National Continental Airlines Inc. G T Baker of National would chair the combined firm with R F Six of Continental as president. R E Wieland, Baker’s nephew, would be first vice president. Exchange terms set 1 for 1 3/4 National shares for Continental. CAB and shareholders must still approve.
Police guard the UM Chicago headquarters after a visitor dropped a lighted cigarette on the third floor causing a minor fire. Superintendent Orlando Wilcox said extra security will be provided downtown in the central police district.
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