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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1961
Page
4
A four year old girl, Googie, vanished from a Manhattan apartment during a Washington Birthday visit with her brother Albin ten and grandmother. Captured details show a frantic search across the city as detectives struggle with few solid clues and widespread public alerts.
Three bombs exploded in Havana damaging the headquarters of the Highway Workers Union. One device caused considerable destruction as authorities investigated who planted the blasts.
Sacramento reports Governor Edmund G Brown states braceros hired in California will be fully protected and safe. A Mexican spokesman in Mexico City says hiring will resume only after 2000 Imperial Valley workers are reassigned, denying an embargo on U S bound Mexican workers.
President Kennedy named Anthony J Drexel Biddle as ambassador to Spain. The 64 year old Pennsylvanian adjutant general lives in Annville, Pennsylvania. Biddle previously served as ambassador to Norway and Poland and later joined the Army, reaching brigadier general. He also acted as special assistant to the Army chief of staff in the early 1950s.
Premier Fidel Castro elevates Che Guevara to head a new Industry Ministry with powers to unify direct and implement industrial plans in Cuba. Raul Castro becomes vice president of a new national planning committee while retaining armed forces portfolio. Two new cabinet posts split the Commerce Ministry into Foreign Commerce led by Alberto Mora and Internal Commerce led by Maximo Bermán.
A winter storm hit the Southwest with about three inches of snow in Crovis New Mexico and two inches in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma. The Weather Bureau warned up to four more inches in Oklahoma before moving east. Winds up to 30 mph created drifting snow and zero visibility in Amarillo while dust and mud mixed with snow in West Texas. In Mississippi, over 5,000 were left homeless as floods rose along the Pearl and other rivers. National Guard patrolled Hattiesburg after looting reports. In Alabama cattle worth about $60,000 wandered into floods near Montgomery, risking loss. Rises continued along rivers in North Carolina and nearby states.
President Kennedy announced a three member commission to study the causes of the airline engineers strike and seek a remedy. Six major airlines began resuming full service with Western maintaining its position. Northwest faced an emergency board as talks continued about union representation and pay issues.
Detriot Chrysler Corp will pause auto assembly for a week beginning Monday affecting about 14,000 workers in four Detroit area plants and additional sites in Los Angeles St Louis and Newark. About 1,000 idled workers will be recalled when the Dodge truck plant resumes production. Ford recalls 16,000 furloughed workers with 2,500 at Lorain Ohio to return. Kennedy also pushes bills on foreign central bank tax exemptions and health program funding for physicians dentists and facilities.
The Transportation Ministry announced 212,314 foreign visitors traveled to Japan last year, a postwar record and 17 percent above 1959. They spent 116 million dollars during their stay, the ministry noted.
Dr. Van R. Potter of the University of Wisconsin described a promising cancer carb drug at a symposium held at the University of Texas M D Anderson Hospital. The drug shows effectiveness against some cancer types and has been tested on over 600 patients with excellent results. The symposium drew more than 500 scientists and runs through Saturday.
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