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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1969
Page
1
San Francisco housewife mayor Claudia Melton set a yawning pace of three to four per minute, later one per minute, and plans to go home soon after an estimated ten thousand yawns. Her doctor cites a minor thyroid condition and notes she can read or watch TV between interruptions.
Paris sources report France formally protested Britain over a published version of De Gaulle's plan to end the European Common Market and NATO links. British envoy Soames was summoned, met with a ministry secretary general, and denied De Gaulle office approval. France plans consults with its six Common Market partners as Nixon heads to London for talks with Wilson.
In Philadelphia a white Episcopal pastor William Shepherd age 39 resigned and wed Dolores Jones 40 the divorced mother of nine who is Black. The ceremony occurred at Fairhill Presbyterian Church since Episcopal law barred their marriage. Shepherd left ministry after citing church rules allowing divorce only under specific conditions and a required waiting period.
Former President Harry S. Truman, 84, is recovering from influenza and will stay at Research Hospital for routine tests. He was hospitalized Thursday night from Independence, Missouri. Doctors report he is in stable condition and awaiting further evaluations.
The notice in the press Telegram references Anpolis Count Decree No. 70812 issued under local authority.Details are partially readable with references to Sixth Pine Ave and a person or entity named Kaluchatea. The fragmentary text suggests an official action or proclamation affecting a local area.
President Nixon proposes a revised framework for the national debt limit and asks Congress to raise the public debt ceiling to 382 billion dollars. He urges inclusion of trust funds in total reckoning and suggests 300 billion would equate to the 352 billion under the old system, with a mid-April deadline noted.
Police said burglars pried open the door of a Russian Hill mansion and fled with as much as $100,000 in valuables. The home of Brooks Walker Sr. was found empty when Walker, president of Shasta Forest Products Co., was vacationing in Mexico. The loot included antique weapons and other treasures.
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