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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1961
Page
2
The third Finch murder trial in Los Angeles is delayed by illness and may push jury selection into late January. An attorney for Dr R Bernard Finch phoned the court stating the defendant was shot by accident as jurors and alternates have been chosen or completed.
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Fair winds and a welcoming boarding party led to the British liner Arcadia touching a coral reef just outside Honolulu harbor. Captain Letheridge said maneuvers to pick up offshore guests shifted the vessel off position, though no one was hurt. The ship, carrying 1182 passengers and 713 crew, required two hours of tugs and 50 tons of fuel oil to free. Coast Guard officials argued the incident could have been avoided with steadier handling.
Stanford Smith of the American Newspaper Publishers Association cites 1959 daily circulation at 58 million, projecting 81 million in 25 years. He highlights advertising volume rising to 3.546 billion, surpassing television, and credits sustained reader service as the key driver while noting shifts in media over the past decades.
Former Republican national chairman Leonard W. Hall told a Wesleyan University audience that poor public relations and the Nixon Kennedy television debate damaged the GOP in the November election. He argued Democrats portrayed themselves as people centered while Republicans lacked active campaign zeal.
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