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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1961
Page
2
Nine dramatic appearances at dawn followed a B52 crash near a rural road. A crewman walked to a farmer’s home to notify base authorities he parachuted to safety. three bodies were found in the nose wreckage and two more about two miles away. Officials noted no immediate radiation danger and described safety devices on nuclear components, with guards and fires contained.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower chauffeured a station wagon on a private hunting trip near Albany Georgia with a four man party before stables. He joked about driving since 1940 and posed for photographers as onlookers noted his tan and fit appearance. The outing included Coca Cola executive William Robinson and a private plane transfer with host W Alton Jones.
California Governor Brown vowed no resident would go without food as state relief agencies plan aid distribution by late February or early March. He noted Fontana steel mill closure worsened unemployment but county officials are handling it. No reports of families starving were received, though federal food programs may assist. A storm forecast from Kennedy on inauguration day could bring rain to Northern California with fog in the Bay Area and coast. Highs ranged from 50s to 70s across the state, with Fresno at 66 and Thermal at 77.
Paul Leake of the State Board of Equalization and Woodland Democrat publisher was reported in satisfactory condition today after a gall bladder operation.
A brief ad promotes profits from items via inexpensive classified ads. It urges dialing HE 2-5955 to start placing ads immediately.
The article reports on the State of the Union address timing and reaction from lawmakers. Senators Mansfield Kuchel Goldwater and Knowland discuss expectations, political strategy, and the administration's proposed agenda with emphasis on how Democrats and Republicans view the President's program and spending plans.
Los Angeles Mayor York Poulson urges the city council to back tougher narcotics laws. He said on Monday that the Legislature would reject any proposal to allow probation after a first conviction for selling narcotics.
Pirates led by Capt Henrique Galvao seized the luxury liner Santa Maria in a bold high seas uprising bound from Curacao to Port Everglades. A passenger was killed, crew injured, and conspirators threatened to scuttle the ship as British and American forces tracked the mutiny amid reports of a Portuguese political crisis and exile plans.
U S District Court Judge Irving R Kaufman ordered desegregation of a Negro public grammar school in New Rochelle New York. The order becomes effective by the start of the 1961 62 school year. The Lincoln school was created as an all Negro school by district gerrymandering and transfer of white children to other schools.
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