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Newspaper

Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1961

Page

3

Hijackers planned bombing of Lisbon before leaflets

UPI reports six hijackers who seized a Portuguese airliner originally planned to bomb Lisbon rather than scatter leaflets, a plan abandoned for humanitarian reasons. A refugee leader in Sao Paulo says many armed commandos in Portugal threaten Salazar, while Moroccan press says they likely will not get political asylum and may be asked to depart.

RABAT Moroces UPI Lisbon A. Toga Machado Portugal Antonio) Salazar Morocco Portugues Magareb Arab Ilegally

Angola Air Crash Kills Top General

Lisbon dispatch reports a Portuguese air force plane crashed in the Juila district of Angola killing 18 people including Gen. Carlo Silva Freire commander in chief of the Portuguese armed forces in Angola. The wing struck a tree at Chitado Airstrip 58 miles south of Luanda near the southwest Africa border. Victims include Brigadier Jose Correia air force executive officer in Angola, six airmen seven army men and three civilians. One civilian was the secretary to the governor of Huila Province and four officers were lieutenant colonels.

Lisbon Portugal APL Carlo Silva Freire Angola Jad Juila Armed Forces Information Sérvice Chitado Luanda Africa Jose Correia Air Force Haila Province Information Service

U N Talks on Congo A Threat

United Nations debates Congo crisis amid nuclear weapon concerns with no resolutions yet. Security Council chair Valeti an A Zaorin planned Monday session as opponents push for more time to discuss amendments from Colombia and Jal. Nehru urged immediate disarmament while Nebrao called nuclear testing a great misfortune.

United Nations WU. N Congo Security Council General Assembly Ltwo Valetian A. Zaorin Colombia Jal Assembly Jawaharlal Nehru Nebrao

No Delay on Chimp Orbit Despite Atlas Missile Blast

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Atlas missile explosion that killed a small monkey will not delay efforts to launch a chimpanzee into orbit next week Officials report The 144 pound squirrel monkey named Goliath died in the blast along with the rocket It is hoped to learn how stress from space travel affects a chimpanzee on a 450 mile high 5900 mile dawn range flight Goliath is the 29th rocket borne animal in US and Soviet tests to die in space research

Cape Canaveral Fla Priday Goliath Suren' Lists

Meany Seeks Law to End Racialism in Jobs

New York United Press International reports President George Meany urging a national employment practices law to end labor and employer racial discrimination. He said government partnership is needed to achieve full economic equality for all workers in a tape message to a union meeting.

Meany New York UPI AFL CIG George Meany Tabor Linian

Judge Reviews Cohen Tax Evasion Appeal

A federal judge is studying Mickey Cohen’s appeal from conviction on income tax evasion charges. The appeal, taken under submission Friday, argues the prosecution had no right to mention Cohen’s religion and that he was not properly informed of the charges.

Los Angeles Mickey Cohen Cohen

Printing $1,000,000 counterfeit ring leader admits guilt

Minneap olis based case centered on Dale Graf a 29 year old from St Paul who owned a printing shop used to produce counterfeit ten dollar bills totaling one million dollars Graf confessed voluntarily after US Attorney Miles Lord said the strain of discrimination and exclusion pressures led him to surrender The filing also names Donald Graf Leroy Knotts and Terry Taylor as co defendants in the broader ring with ties to other criminal acts and housing discrimination debates involving labor leaders and public figures.

Minneapolis Minn UPD Miles Lord Lord Dale Graf St. Paul Graf Meany Cohen Kennedy Donald Leroy Knotts Terry Taylor Alf| Hoar Alcatraz

Baltimore Sit-in Plans Scrapped as Protests Move City

More than 200 white and Black students canceled sit-in plans on U S Route 40 and shifted to Baltimore streets to protest segregation in public places after a Cornerstone Baptist Church meeting. CORE leaders urged groups to seek instruction in city basements, while segregationists demonstrated outside Baltimore with NAACP lawyers and pledged bonds for potential legal action. Participants hailed from Howard and Catholic universities in Washington and Morgan State and Goucher in Baltimore, with others from Pennsylvania and New York.

Baltimore U.S U. S CORE U.S. 40 Maryland Petition Committee Kearse National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Howard Catholic Washington Morgan State Goucher Pennsylvania New York

Probe Begun of Airline Before Crash

Washington observes the start of a three-pronged probe by the Civil Aeronautics Board into Imperial Air Lines and other nonscheduled carriers. The investigation follows a fatal Richmond crash killing 77 aboard an Imperial Constellation. Board teams examine safety, finances, and practices while some firms resist CAB authority.

Washington J Clyff Aeronautics Board Hius Imperial Airlines Richmond Imperial CAB Supplemental Airlines President Airlines Ireland Europe Blatz Los Angeles

SAC Craft in Extended Alert Tests

The Defense Department said SAC strategic air command bombers are flying over the Atlantic area and refueled by jet tankers in long missions. Tankers may be based in overseas bases such as Spain and Britain, with operations extending into polar regions and across the Atlantic beyond usual routes.

Washington Defense Department Strategic Air Comand Atlantic Pentagon Spain Britain Labrador Western Hemisphere New York Times SAC United States

Balubans threaten Europeans near Albertville in Congo turmoil

Reported violence by Baluba tribesmen around Albertville as Tongeolese troops advance on Lake Tanganyika city. Refugees say central government soldiers reached the port and that Baluba opposed Tshombe’s regime. European men, women, and children fled or were left behind amid unclear troop control.

Elisabethville UPT Albertville Katanga Moise Tshombe Tshombe Usumbura Lake Tanganyika

Boom Town Welcomes 20 Men and a Dog to Mine Cleanup

Twenty men led by Thomas Stevenson arrive in Searchlight Nevada after a 2100 mile cross country trek from Chicago. The group plans to begin cleanup Monday at the old Duplex mine above US 95, boosting the desert town population by about twenty percent as they pursue gold recovery.

Searchlight Ney Chicago Las Vegas California Thomas Stevenson Merrionette Park, Ii Duplex US S. 95

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