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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1961
Page
5
East German authorities report Walter Ulbricht announced a broad amnesty freeing about 16 000 prisoners. The move follows Ulbricht's rise to power and is part of a government effort to liberalize convicts as state policy shifts.
In Oakland, Mrs Sylvia Church contests a will leaving about 260000 to a Catholic nursing home after her conversion from Episcopalian faith. The suit, filed after her December 30 death, claims three prior wills earmarked 500000 for the Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The case centers on a change in beneficiaries before death.
A four car train with crew aboard plowed across a street in Oldham England and struck three houses, reducing them to rubble. A engineer and five residents were injured in the collapse.
President and Mrs. Kennedy entertain the diplomatic corps at a White House reception. About 400 guests will attend with 93 foreign missions represented, including Cabinet members and State Department officials, as champagne and confections are served without a bar.
President Carlos P. Garcia has submitted a record budget to Congress, asserting it will be balanced. Total spending would total about 700 million dollars, roughly 200 million more than the current budget.
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