27 Dec 1960
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1960
Page
1
A dapper, gun-toting man in the French Quarter lured apartment hunters with a rental ad, bound first victims, then stole wallets totaling 409 dollars and a wristwatch. Separate items report a New York cabbie’s $3 savings hidden in a shoe after a hold up and a Cincinnati dilemma over dual graduation ceremonies for two sons in the Army and Naval academies.
President Eisenhower held the five member White House Pistol Team as trophies were shown. The team’s average at 300 yards was noted, with the captain Eph Woods and member Chawford credited for the standout score of 1,200.
The report outlines Kennedy administration discussions on ambassadorial postings and overseas representation budgets. Rooney supports appointing career diplomats for key capitals, while cautioning against a broad expansion of representation allowances. Whitton to head federal highway act duties at $20 090 yearly. Salinger notes Whitton’s Missouri Highway Dept. leadership and civil engineering background.
New York City will omit race references from birth certificates for all babies born on New Year’s Day making the city the first in the United States to adopt this policy Health Commissioner Leena Baumgartner announced Monday. The move came after protests that race information could be used to discriminate against minority groups.
Hollywood police reported Sheridan Kinnel a 24 year old freelance writer attempted suicide twice on Monday first by ingesting 50 sleeping pills and later by threatening to jump from a ledge at his apartment building. He was dragged from the ledge by an officer and his stomach was pumped after pills were found in his home. He said he wished to kill himself rather than see his estranged wife and their five year old daughter.
The French test at Reggane involved a plutonium device named Red Jerboa. Scientists studied animals exposed to radioactivity and later transported for research in Paris. Tass accused the blast of defying the U.N. Assembly while African governments warned of fallout risks. The move aims to elevate France in the nuclear club with U.S. and U.K. cooperation potentially shifting nuclears secrets policies.
Dense fog grounds air, car, and sea travel near the coast. Five persons aboard a Castel cruiser and two others aboard a Cabrillo Beach outriggers are rescued as waves crash against rocks. Other vessels in distress receive help from Coast Guardsmen. The fog extends 13 miles inland with forecasts of more fog tonight and sunny days ahead. Khrushchev criticizes UN colonial policy, linking it to Algeria, the Congo, Laos, Cuba, and other struggles for liberation. He argues the Soviet resolution embodies Leninist ideas of freedom and equality.
The stern of the damaged tanker Ping Ridge is moored at a Newport News pier, closing a voyage begun in New York and aimed at Corpus Christi. Chief Engineer John Richart of Wilmington, Delaware, spoke to a crowd aboard the remaining section. The ship’s owners Keystone Shipping Co. of Philadelphia and partners pledged salvage rights. The accident occurred 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras after heavy seas. Twenty-eight crew members were rescued by helicopters from the carrier Valley Forge. seven, including Captain Clark Smylar of Havertown, Pa., are missing and presumed dead.
In Azusa Mary Darlene King 18 fatally shot her father Joseph King 54 a private detective while he sat at the dinner table with his wife and two children. Mary fainted after the shooting and tried to shoot herself but Olivia King 47 wrested the weapon away. Deputies say the girl later fired into her father’s back in his bedroom claiming she did not realize the act. She was placed in her mother’s custody pending a coroner’s inquest.
A brief statement celebrates a decisive success for Asia Africa and Latin America in their struggle against colonialism. It characterizes the result as a victory for peace loving and freedom loving countries and forces across the world.
Phom Penh Cambodia Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia s chief of state, returned from a three month world trip with promises of aid from the Soviet Union and other Communist nations.
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