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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1967
Page
1
Jean Martone insists she still loves carnival worker husband John Bence Jr. after Bigamy pleas reveal claims of six alleged wives. Prosecutors say Bence admitted one more marriage. sentencing set for July 24 with possible five year term. The case centers on alias John Martone and multiple spouses.
In Hong Kong a fourth night of large scale rioting by Chinese Reds prompts a citywide curfew from 30 p.m. to 4 30 a.m. in key districts. At least 10 people are killed as police clash with leftist demonstrators. Mobs torched cars and buildings while Communist squads roam the streets aiming to cripple public transport.
Governor Reagan faces mixed views as the welfare fraud task force proposes 25 recommendations to weed out cheats. protestors from San Francisco challenge the system while officials push for stronger investigations, training, and publicizing fraud convictions.
Nigeria's military government says several white mercenaries were killed in heavy fighting along the border with secessionist Biafra. A government statement puts casualties at six dead and 12 injured, with reports of ten mercenaries killed near Nsukka, a key staging point on the drive toward Enugu.
Oslo reports two Nobel Peace Prize winners plan a private mission to North Vietnam to mediate. Belgian laureate Pater Pire and British laureate Philip Noel-Baker expect to depart late July or early August after meetings in Stockholm and visa assurances. They have backing from Ralph Bunche Lester Pearson Albert Luther King Jr and other supporters, with private funding sought to cover costs.
Senate Armed Services and Appropriations subcommittees will jointly hear the Navy request to relocate the Naval Undersea Warfare Center from Pasadena to Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. Navy witnesses expected Wednesday with public testimony later.
Governor Richard J. Hughes signed a law formalising the abolition of New Jersey poll taxes on Monday. The levy had been little known and few residents believed it could be imposed, ending a long standing wartime and postwar funding hurdle.
Senator Everett Dirksen offers a St Nicholas themed Christmas album with 22 musicians and a 10 member choir. The Illinois minority leader, in Capitol Records study, performs Joy to the World and other favorites, his third release, turning down a Pooh and Peter Rabbit project as he jokes about long ears.
Typhoon Clara hit Formosa's northeast coast between Taipei and Hualien with winds up to 105 mph. Torrential rains battered the capital as it moved northwest toward the Formosa Strait and mainland China.
Major dairy processors and distributors seek a 5 percent increase in the retail price of milk across Los Angeles and surrounding counties. About 400 smaller distributors oppose the move. At a State Board of Milk Stabilization hearing on price setting, wholesale and retail price hikes were requested, potentially adding 14 cents annually for home delivered milk due to higher labor costs under a new three-year Teamsters contract and other unions.
Violent storms with hurricane force winds and tornadoes hit the Ohio Valley Monday night. At least 24 people were injured as tents toppled at the Southern Kentucky Fair in Bowling Green. Flooding affected southern Illinois and Kentucky, with farm buildings damaged and power interruptions reported.
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