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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1966
Page
20
Washington reports that federal prisons plan to grant 48 hour furloughs to about 160 minimum security inmates for family visits. The program excludes violent offenders, limits four furloughs per year, and relies on inmate or family payment with no government funding.
Robert Friede, 25, heir to the Annenberg publishing fortune, charged with homicide in the death of Celeste Crenshaw, 18. Autopsy cites narcotic overdose. body found in trunk after patrol stop in Manhattan. Friede's associate Dudley Watson held on narcotics charges. both arraigned before Judge Sherwin with bail set.
In Sylmar near Los Angeles a 3 year old, David Dixon, vanished January 7 and was found three weeks later in the family pool. Police say mud and debris at eight feet could have concealed the body. Autopsy to determine cause of death pending.
Mrs John F Kennedy has returned to the United States after a relaxed ski vacation in Switzerland. She arrived with daughter Caroline and son John, then exited in a Secret Service limousine to their Manhattan apartment.
A federal three judge panel in Montgomery ordered Alabama to start placing women on state court juries. The ruling halted a long standing practice of excluding Negroes from jury rolls in Lowndes County and left guidance on mandatory versus voluntary female service to the 1967 legislative session. Alabama remains among three states allowing women to be excluded from state jury service.
Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, warned of a manpower shortfall even with 40 million registered. He suggested lowering draft requirements and reexamining candidates who fail first. Women could be drafted if the pool stays shallow, though congressional approval seemed unlikely.
Two armed uniformed East German border guards fled over hurried wire barriers into West Berlin on Monday night. Both guards were 21. The total number of East Germans who escaped into West Berlin since August 1961 now stands at 452.
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