22 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
1
A housewife recovered a five thousand dollar diamond ring after a laborious hunt through a city dump. Son architect Louis Huebner Jr confirmed progress, noting experience helps identify items without opening bags. The search traces to a transfer station and a 20 ton trailer as workers continue to recover the rest of the jewelry amid public interest.
Six people died in a foggy head on crash on U.S. 99 south of Bakersfield as six cars piled into the wreckage. Victims include Mr and Mrs Justice Cardillo of Los Angeles their daughter Alipard and son Rudolf 15, and others from Lawndale Hayward San Francisco and Downey. Several occupants were injured with one child taken to Kern General Hospital.
RANFORD, UP I reports a mother lost in heavy fog drove a car into the Coresran Canal near Hanford, killing two girls. Twenty month old Diane Dawson was recovered in the car. four year old Sherri remained missing and presumed drowned. The mother Patsy Dawson 21 and son Ronnie 6 escaped through a broken windshield and sought help. She and her son were treated in a Hanford hospital.
Washington observers attended the re opening of Ford's Theater, restored after a three year NPS project to its original condition. The venue seats 1,700, features a replica chair in the box where Lincoln was shot, and a new museum beneath the theater and across the street.
Coloma celebrated the reopening of the historic mill where gold was found 120 years ago drawing about 20 000 spectators for a parade and dedication at Gold Discovery State Park Lt Gov Finch rode in Reagan era limousine while a vintage 1908 car delivered the parade electricity now powers the mill offsetting water power A federal decision nullified two mining claims by August Ebert and a group of hippies near Nevada City the stuba diver found 1 31 in four hours signaling the government stance to reclaim the claims 30 days to appeal the ruling
Bruce Jobison and Shari Quam, who spent 40 days on the South Seas island of Waseda, described harsh conditions and food scarcity. They built shelter from palm fronds, faced coral cuts, and feared poisonous fish. They signaled for help around Christmas and were treated for swelling and coral wounds. he lost 37 pounds, she 20.
Mrs Mary Lorrine Grant a 27 year old secretary and mother of four died in a sky diving accident in Livermore California. Officials said both parachutes failed to open as she fell about 9500 feet at roughly 120 miles per hour. Grant ham had logged over 60 jumps with Perry Stevens noting the couple were generally safe jumpers. She was not with her husband when the tragedy occurred. Spectators watched as she tumbled from 2500 feet and Stevens said she seemed to be trying to deploy the reserve chute.
Philip Blaiberg, the world’s only surviving heart transplant patient, reaches day 20 with another heart keeping him alive. His wife Eileen notes his appetite is extraordinary as doctors, including Dr. Christiaan Barnard, urge continued research despite Kasperak’s death after 14 days. Barnard plans a European tour. Dr Velya Schrire will stand in at Groote Schuur Hospital.
Fragmentary OCR note references a post office and an address on Pine Avenue near Beach. Mentions a secretarial or court-like number 378572 and two weekend references. Information is highly garbled with missing names and dates.
A bus carrying peasants and workers to Cuernavaca lost its brakes atop a hill and crashed, killing 18 and injuring 45. The vehicle, jammed with 68 people beyond its 30 seat capacity, overturned and struck a wall, with driver Alberta Casac failing to stop. Governor Emilio Riva Palacio visited hospitals and ordered funeral expenses paid while curbing autopsies to spare families further pain.
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