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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1960
Page
2
The United States and 19 western nations sign a treaty forming the OECD to harmonize trading policies. It aims for strong growth and living standards, financial stability, and expanded world trade. Members must ratify. operation expected after Sept 30, 1961.
Two U S Navy ships reported near sinking No 2 Kotobuki Maru in the South Pacific 160 miles east of Truk. The crew prepared to abandon ship in rough seas as makeshift rafts drifted toward shore near Caroline Islands.
The report mixes a lavish gala honoring Baudouin with a note on subsidence in the San Jose area as water withdrawal strains underground supplies. It describes a Belgian royal scene in Brussels with King Leopold II and Baudouin's pre wedding events, Fabiola, and foreign dignitaries in a palace room.
Report notes two safes failed to yield as bandits stole 135 dollars worth of whisky from a sheet metal plant locker during a guard escort. Meanwhile a royal ball drew 1,200 guests, with Secretay of State Christian Herter among attendees and NATO ministers plans delaying a Paris meeting. Gifts to the royal couple ranged from a 10,000 dollar diamond necklace to odd items like a fishing trawler and jars of jam. Geological bulletin cites subsidence risks with 9.04 feet observed at San Jose since 1912.
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