24 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
1
Jeff Simper, 13, of Murray Utah, stopped sneezing after small electric shocks to his fingers timed to expected sneezes. He began Feb 25 with 61 000 to 84 000 sneezes since then and missed weeks of sleep and school. His mother says he is back to his old self and enjoying Christmas.
Theodore Stevens, a 45 year old Anchorage lawyer and former Alaska House Republican leader, was named Monday to fill the Senate vacancy after Senator Bartlett's death. His appointment by Governor Hickel shifts Alaska's balance to 43 Republicans and 57 Democrats and leads to a 1970 special election to complete the term.
GI Jesus H Guevara, who lost sight in both eyes and a hand in Vietnam, became a U S citizen in San Antonio. He married his years of wait and service to earn the oath from U S District Judge Adrian Spears amid Brooke Army Medical Center care.
In Kingstown St. Vincent officials say 57 people are missing and presumed dead after the interisland vessel Federal Queen sank on Saturday while carrying construction workers home for Christmas. Thirty-eight passengers survived as decks swarmed by panicked passengers caused the boat to capsize amid rough seas.
The dispute between Bishop James A. Pike and Bishop Co. Kilmer Myers widens across the Episcopal Diocese of California. Myers, who succeeded Pike, says he never gave permission for Pike to remarry and asks clergy to bar Pike from official duties until further notice. Pike contends Myers lacks authority and calls the letter a personal request only.
NEW ORLEANS UPI Nineteen of 21 convicts who escaped from Orleans Parish prison remain at large. The escapees, convicted of murder rape armed robbery or narcotics offenses with sentences from 15 years to death, had two armed robbers captured by police Monday. Authorities fear the remaining 19 may be armed with weapons stolen from a New Orleans pawn shop.
Janice Marie Hutcherson, 5, who had delicate heart surgery 11 days ago, says she wants a toy oven and cookies for Santa. The Macon Mississippi girl leaves Ochsner Foundation Hospital today, after a Friday the 13th operation that restored pink lips and improved blood oxygen. Funds raised in the Macon area helped cover costs, and Mississippi State University donated blood.
Superior Court Judge William Keene voided the bribery count against former Los Angeles harbor commissioner George D. Watson. A $1,000 fine on a conflict of interest charge stood. Watson barred from future public office. The ruling cited unusual circumstances and called the bribery count the result of a different explanation than the prosecution’s.
Geneva dispatch says Mercy flights to Biafra resumed after a two day government ban by Equatorial Guinea. An International Red Cross spokesman said the airlift will operate up to 10 flights nightly to sustain food supply for about 650,000 refugees, mostly children, in the rebel territory. The service flies from Fernando Poo island and has delivered roughly 6,000 tons of food and supplies.
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