16 Jul 1960
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1960
Page
1
United Nations troops rush to shield Congo amid Belgian forces defying the ultimatum and expanding presence. Ghana platoon and Congolese police clash with civilians while the United States ships in food and airlifted personnel to support the UN mission in a volatile capital.
UPI reports a head on collision in Ohio killed five, including four from one Hartford City, Indiana family. Thomas Earl Brannes, 31, Joyce Brannes, 27, and children Sheril Lynn, 6, Debra, 7, died. Arnold Miller, 22, of Tiffin, Ohio, also perished. two Brannes children Larry, 11, and Gary, 10, were critically injured. Police said two drivers died in the crash and two children were hospitalized in critical condition. Local authorities investigated the fatal wreck on a highway.
A compact home edition header announces the newspaper’s six daily editions with the Home Edition label and six editions per day typically used to denote multiple print runs.
Dr Richard Renneker a Mt Sinai psychiatrist dining near Bay Front restaurant helped stop a 24 year old Costa Mesa man Norman H Battey from leaping at the Via Lido Apts tower in Newport Beach. Police halted spotlights as Battey clung to the unfinished shaft then descended hand over hand to the ground. He was taken to Orange County Hospital for psychiatric observation after marital troubles. Renneker later quipped that his dinner was not ruined though it was cold.
Izvestia reports Leonid Brezhnev is removed as secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee to focus on his duties as head of state. Klement Voroshilov, 80, also retires from the Presidium at his own request during the Central Committee wind-up session.
Senator Kennedy accepts Eisenhower briefing, names Robert Kennedy campaign manager, plans meetings with congressional leaders to frame a farm and elder care focused program. He designates Henry M. Jackson as Democratic National Committee chairman and seeks liaison with Stevenson and Bowles on foreign policy. The Kennedy White House bid centers on a space age leadership, splitting religious obstacles for a broader coalition.
In California and Hawaii, about 10 500 IAM workers at Van Nuys Sun Valley Santa Cruz Van Nuys and Holloman and Hawaii bases approved Lockheed Missiles and Space Division agreements by a 3 2 margin ending a month long strike over job reclassification. The pact raises wages with staged increases and COLA adjustments and provides layoff benefits up to 500.
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John P. Marquand, 66, noted American author and humorist, died in his sleep at his Kent's Island home in Newbury Mass. He won a Pulitzer for The Late George Apley in 1937, which became a successful play and film. A WWI veteran, he joked he was not good at soldiering and turned to writing instead.
A Danish chartered plane crashed near Copenhagen airport, killing eight leading soccer players from Denmark’s national team. The pilot survived but severely injured. rescue crews report the plane carried players from Bornholm to Jutland for an Olympic selection match.
Governor Edmund G Brown plans regrouped troops to back Kennedy’s California presidential bid calling the volunteers good soldiers. Delegates at the California caucus gave Kennedy a vote of confidence and leaders from Stevenson and Symington factions expressed willingness to support the ticket. Brown said feelings cooled and there are no hard feelings as the group focuses on shared objectives. Continued on page A-3.
Former German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring died Friday night in a hospital after two heart ailments. He was 74. The Stahlhelm Bund the Steel Helmet federation announced his death. he had been their president. (Continued page A03, col. 5)
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with night and morning fogs. Temperatures show little change, keeping conditions steady across the period.
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