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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1966
Page
4
A widespread Greyhound and Continental Trailways bus strike disrupted service across the West from the continental divide to the Pacific. Union negotiators pressed for pension and wage demands while drivers faced lower pay. Commuters found alternatives by rail, plane, or car pooling as major corridors faced heavy traffic and bridge congestion.
Long Beach transit and airline services face heavy disruption from a strike causing first come, first served crowding. Western Air Lines at Long Beach Airport reports 71 passengers aboard late, with jams at San Francisco and referrals to United and Pacific for Santa Barbara. Aid requests to Red Cross soar while sailors stranded in Fresno extend leaves per Red Cross liaison.
Columnist Pearson says Christopher attempted to ruin him with wrongful interference and libel. He cites past mayoral years and dairyman business ties, pledging to sue officials who lack congressional immunity and urging action against others who libel him.
Raffiello Matarazzo, a noted Italian film director who also worked in Spain, died Sunday after a brief illness. He directed Dora or The Spies in Spain and produced several late silent era titles including A Bull Aniuan Cerasella and My Love, featuring Francesca Bertini.
English authorities admit a mile and a half of secret cable was taken from a U S air base. The loss was found during a monthly test of the emergency power system the cable feeds. No arrests reported as investigators review security lapses and mile long cable route.
A 15 year old high school student was stabbed while defending two girls amid picketing at a park fete in Los Angeles. Detectives say the victim confronted a group of eight youths supporting North American causes as other bystanders intervened. Police described the assailant as part of the confrontation and noted the chaotic scene near City Verrace Parks Aviation.
The article reports Brown criticizing Reagan while addressing the UAW battle amid party divisions. It notes Walter Reuther praising John Johnson’s conduct and weighing hard-line strategies, with the President invited to speak at the convention. Brown highlights nationwide inequality, urging extension of unemployment, social security, and minimum wage to farm workers and calling out living conditions in Watts, Detroit, Harlem, and Chicago. The speech links to 1946 political parallels, McCarthyism, and calls for a more inclusive economic reform.
About 100 members of the International Association of Machinists voted to strike at the American Electric Co. The union seeks a 28 cent hourly raise. A federal conciliator has met with management for two months over casings used for napalm bombs in Vietnam.
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