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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1960
Page
2
A unidentified year-old boy at a service station drove a car 11 blocks before stopping in a dead end street. He returned home with police. His mother questioned how he learned to drive as authorities investigated the incident.
Josef Mrot-Mroz, a 39 year old Salem, Illinois native and former Polish freedom fighter, hid in the Washington Monument until closing night. He unfurled a 150 foot black streamer protesting communism. Police recovered tools and a petition about the summit conference in Paris. He was arrested by Officer W. R. Clift after escaping a window lock.
President Mohammed Ayub Khan asserted in London that Soviet aircraft have flown over Pakistan for some time while denying knowledge of any American planes heading toward Russia. He noted the U2 downing near Sverdlovsk and questioned the value of protest to Moscow.
Hereford England. John Pinches Boris Valleris and Alan Chance set a new 24 hours 15 minutes ping pong record after 260 continuous games in front of an audience. They broke the Americans' prior mark by 15 minutes.
In New York City rival Cuban groups clashed during a United Puerto Rican Hispanic Parade. Eggs, fists, and insults flew as about 5,000 protesters marched near the reviewing stand where Mayor Wagner observed. Police arrested several, two officers were injured, and a 12 year old boy reportedly hanged himself in Holbrook Massachusetts amid separate unrest referencing Castro.
Advertisement lists room types and rates at Huntington Hotel on 1290 E Ocean Blvd including breakfast options, maid service, and dine meals. It advertises weekly rates and asks for reservations via phone HE 6 6253.
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