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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1966
Page
2
Floral pageant highlights Long Beach entries with Globe of knowledge motif. Chevrolet division wins with World of Roses. Glendale captures Peacock Throne. British Columbia earns international trophy with Royal Welcome. Montana contest stirs debate over queen seats. Disney leads as grand marshal. Rotary wins national trophy A Closer World Through Rotary.
Thousands of New Year revelers stranded as a citywide bus and subway strike takes effect at dawn after contract talks broke down between two transit unions and the transit authority. Transit workers seek pay hikes, a 32 hour four day week, six weeks vacation after one year, and a $1.3 billion demand over two years. City officials say the city is functioning. Michael J. Quill leads the Transport Workers Union representing about 33,000 workers.
Fullerton man s Sunkist Growers outlined higher costs on demands from the Amalgamated Transit Union, with a $25 million counteroffer rejected. Lindsay urged citizen cooperation as a citywide transit strike disrupted Manhattan travel. schools closed and emergency shelter set up as National Guard armories opened. Dowling named vice president of Sunkist Growers as picket lines began amid a chaotic shift in leadership.
Bangui reports say President David Dacko was ousted Friday night as Col Bokassa seized power. Paratroops shut Bangui radio, ministers arrested, and a new era of equality promised. In Vietnam, Viet Cong attacks near Quang Ngai subsided as government forces held positions after heavy fighting.
West and allied leaders press for a peace settlement in Vietnam as Harriman and Goldberg meet Tito and de Gaulle weighs options. U S Air Force strikes tally over 50 000 sorties, with B52s and tactical missions across North and South Vietnam.
Moscow authorities imposed stricter curfew for youths under 18 with bans on riding bicycles after 9 p.m. and on skating, skiing, or sledding in streets. Public entertainment ends by 8:30 p.m. on school nights. youths 14 and under barred from bikes.
Chiang Kai-shek presided as Formosa marked the founding of the Republic of China with top officials gathered in a city hall to celebrate the anniversary. The ceremony underscored the government's prestige and the nation’s political lineage in Taipai.
In Clearfield Utah sixty boxcars filled with holiday gifts destined for Viet Nam GIs are stalled at a military depot north of Salt Lake City. The National Junior Chamber of Commerce coordinated the donations but the cargo will not ship in time for Christmas. Gifts are now slated to reach Viet Nam in June for the lunar New Year observance.
Vincent Auriol former president of France from 1947 to 1954 died at 81 after a hip fracture from a fall. He starred as a Socialist who opposed German capitulation in WWI and later led France as the first president of the Fourth Republic before Rene Coty and Charles de Gaulle.
President Kennedy urged Bethlehem Steel to meet with the Council of Economic Advisers after Bethlehem announced a 5 per ton increase on structural steel shapes and pilings. The White House and the council called the move inflationary and not in the public interest. Bethlehem said it was not an across the board rise and tied to product improvements.
A car struck a bridge abutment killing Mekelvey instantly. Mary Dianne Hohlier 18 of Gardena survived with injuries after extraction from wreckage by firefighters. Missing details include location Towne Avenue and Harbor College context. Additional victim Salazar died after being struck in a Santa Ana crosswalk when hit by a car driven by George P. Bergland.
London police foiled a 280000 plot to free three Great Train Robbers from Durham prison. Informant tipped 20 armed men disguised as soldiers planned to bluff into the jail to release Gordon Goody Roy the Weasel James and Thomas Wishey, all serving 30 year terms for the 1943 Cheddington mail train robbery. Police smashed the plan. no arrest details were given.
A fisherman with a injured foot was airlifted after an incident at sea near Cape San Lu. The patient, Robyn Mantonya, 20, was discharged from hospital and is progressing well at Cedars of Tehanen, while another man aboard the tuna seiner Antoinnette B was treated at Holy Werely and transported to Cross Hospital. Coast Guard reported the emergency medical transfer occurred Friday as the vessel returned to port.
Indonesia announced it has taken control of foreign owned plantations amid compensation talks. Antara cited minister Fratis Seda saying the estates were non British and negotiations with British firms would follow. Radio Jakarta quoted Seda as saying about 30 foreign companies with 50 plantations handed over properties.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a pet diem and a farrier with unclear names and places. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
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