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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1967
Page
2
The 100th birthday celebration of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles will feature Dr. Norman Vincent Peale as speaker at the church on Commonwealth Avenue and Sixth. The event marks the oldest Protestant church in Los Angeles.
Funeral services were held in Rio de Janeiro for former President Humberto Castello Branco who died in a plane collision in northeast Brazil. The 66 year old army marshal would lie in state at the Military Club before burial beside his wife in Sao Joao Batista cemetery. Castello Branco and five others were in a light plane that crashed near Mondubim after colliding with an air force T33 jet trainer flown by a cadet. the jet landed safely.
St Vincent’s in Los Angeles announced a new million hospital to replace its 40 year old building. It will feature single rooms with private showers and a full floor for special care and intensive care units. Architect Arthur E. Manin said the facility will focus on the patient’s well being and atmosphere of peace.
A new flare up between Egypt and Israel over canal control widened today. UN ceasefire head Gen. Odd Bull urged both sides to hold fire and avoid actions that could worsen tensions. He warned of risks around canal patrols and demarcation lines as both nations claim rights to the waterway.
Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall struck parts of Illinois and the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday night. Peoria logged 1.5 inches just before midnight, most falling in an hour. Amarillo recorded 1.84 inches, Lubbock 1.31 inches, with winds up to 50 mph. Denver faced a hailstorm with stones about 4 inches in diameter.
Boston scientists report discovery on Thira near Crete of a 30,000 person city buried under 30 to 50 feet of volcanic ash. Wood preserved by ash may reveal intact two to three story buildings. Researchers call it one of the era’s most important finds.
Walter Schroeder, 89, builder and operator of the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee the largest hotel in Wisconsin, and head of a Wisconsin hotel chain, died Tuesday.
The nationwide railroad strike once the nation’s most damaging ended gradually as workers returned to duties. About 69 railroads resumed passenger and freight service, though some holdouts delayed schedules, especially in the South and Southwest. Courts issued injunctions against picketers blocking major lines including Chesapeake and Ohio at Huntington and New York Central at Cleveland.
Washington reports a brief rail strike stranded 300000 bags of mail in 280 cars. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien said first class mail was lightly affected and that regional directors would halt second, third, and fourth class mail until normal service resumed. Redistribution efforts were under way to patch the backlog.
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