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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1960
Page
2
Paris reports that President de Gaulle said France is ready to open peace talks with Algerian rebellion leaders. He stated discussions would begin once the six year conflict ends and would include Algerian political factions and rebels to determine Algeria's self rule.
Memorial rite for Richard E. Prewitt, 30, flight engineer aboard a United Airlines DCS jet, held at Keystone Baptist Church Torrance. He lived at 256 W 266th Place. Prewitt’s widow Millie Arm Prewitt and four children will attend funeral in Taylor Texas.
In Jacksonville Florida vandals climbed a baseball park fence and damaged toys collected for needy children. Police say they caught 17 year old William L Daniels leaving the park. two others escaped. Daniels was fined 25 dollars in municipal court on vandalism charges.
The Board of Education approved a 4.44 percent wage increase for 38 child care center employees, effective January 1, aligned with boosts given to 11 teachers last June. Holiday pay at regular rate for designated holidays applies to 12 month staff as well. Enrollment reached an all time high of 72,208 students as Christmas break began, up from 70,729 last year.
In San Diego a large Weimaraner named Katie sacrificed herself to save her smaller companion Taco, a Pomeranian Chihuahua mix, when strong tides pulled them past a wildlife refuge fence. Ray Robbins watched Katie drag Taco to safety before succumbing to exhaustion. A neighbor and rescuers eventually saved Taco, but Katie died at a veterinarian clinic.
UPI reports Lana Brown an 18 year old recently separated from her husband was beaten to death by Lyle Thomson 27 with a vacuum cleaner part less than an hour after starting a new job. Thomson confessed saying he met her Sunday and helped her get a job as a telephone operator. Audrey Brown 25 the estranged husband then surrendered a gun blaming despair.
A vandal killed one of Santa’s reindeer in a community Christmas display on the courthouse lawn. An autopsy by Dow Chemical Co. found death from infection after a close range wax bullet hit. Wax bullets are used for target practice and deemed nonlethal.
A stocking masked gunman robbed the Progressive Bank of Summit early today, demanding $67,000 from cashier John C. Covington Jr. The thief knocked at the back door, spoke politely to Covington, and warned seven female employees not to move while taking the money.
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