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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1966
Page
1
A parade honored exiled Bulgerian monarch King Simeon I at Wayne, Pennsylvania, where News Academy alumni gathered amid mixed status. The event featured King Simeon praising cadets while some alumni were not part of the royal circle.
A bipartisan push in California favors consolidating tax collection into a single Revenue Department. The Little Hoover Commission also proposed eliminating inheritance tax appraisers and restructuring state agencies to cut costs. Reagan advisers discuss a potential Department of Revenue amid plans to streamline government and trim patronage.
Bangkok reports the United States funds and equips 22 Thai Special Forces units to patrol the northeast, with light helicopters and gear to fight guerrillas. Thai troops will fly the helicopters as combat support grows amid rising insurgent activity. Green Beret advisers have already trained Thai forces in jungle warfare.
The Nation nears a traffic death record. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council cites 4,920 traffic deaths in October 1966, a 3 percent rise from October 1965, and a total of 3,100 for the year thus far. The council notes 774 billion vehicle miles traveled in the first ten months, with the death rate per 100 million vehicle miles rising. Estimated financial losses reach 7.8 billion dollars with about 5 million Americans injured. Los Angeles leads in deaths per thousand registered vehicles. Philadelphia and Houston follow.
Major General Thorson former Fort Gordon commander and former inspector general of the European Command in Germany died of heart ailment Saturday in Washington He was 71 years old and survived by his family colleagues recalled his long service in World War II and the postwar era
A fragmented clipping notes a daily Long Beach publication at Sixth and Pine Avenue with a reference to a diner, a man of Circulation, and an item about delivery by melt in a morning run.
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