03 Feb 1961
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1961
Page
1
A Chicago truck crew delivering 14 tons of coal dumped into a round hole by mistake, clogging a sewer and flooding an alley, washrooms, and a cafeteria. The mishap halted presses in a basement printing shop as hot water washed the scene later.
Maurice Baron and Lucy Mitchell, a London couple, cancel their March 26 wedding after a quarrel sparked by an evening at Gilbert and Sullivan. Baron, 38, from Stepney Green, pleads guilty to assault, pays $14 costs. Lucy, 31, bears a black eye and says she still hopes for happiness.
In Los Angeles a Superior Court jury in the third murder trial of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff examined a so called do it yourself murder kit. Prosecutors say a lye and other items found near Barbara Jean Finch’s West Covina home imply a plot to kill the surgeon’s wife. The defense argues the shooting was accidental and the maid Marie Anne Lidholm heard screams and alerted others.
President Kennedy held a 40 minute briefing with U.S. Ambassador Winthrop Brown on Laos crisis. Brown remained noncommittal but expressed optimism for a peaceful political settlement. The meeting capped a busy schedule with Bundy Henderson Shriver Guffer Weisner present.
Viscount Dunrossil dies at 67 in Canberra after a year as governor general of Australia. Born William Shepherd Morrison, he had been a former British House of Commons member and speaker. He had suffered from an intestinal illness.
A fragmented notice cites postal rates and office details at Lone Beach. It mentions monthly carrier charges and annual fees, with references to the Bureau of Circulation and a Sunday publication schedule at Pine Avenue.
A derailed train carrying about 300 passengers to Bowie race track left the rails on a spur three miles from the course. Six people died and about 150 were injured as seven cars slid from the track in snowbound Maryland. An ICC public hearing is set for Feb 14 in Washington as investigation continues.
The Mexican embassy said it seeks to move Mexican nationals from California lettuce areas hit by labor strife but not to evacuate all workers. Ambassadors noted calm and said no sensational developments. California camps on strike include Danny Danenberg camp. braceros face limits on movement under a Labor Department ruling. Striking UFW and AWOC members push for bargaining recognition amid farm labor tensions.
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