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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1963
Page
5
The article reports damage to General Telephone property with nine cabies slashed and 4000 phones dead. Representatives offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrests. R. Parker Sullivan, company rep, said 2,421 hourly employees returned to work despite a strike.
A chaotic report lists multiple riser cables damaged around Tehachapi Drive to Arbor Road, cutting hundreds of phones. In Lakewood and nearby areas crews say as many as 1,500 lines were severed, with bolt cutters blamed for the sabotage. A separate maritime collision near Boston sends crew to hospital as smokey scene unfolds.
In Little Rock and Long Beach reports, California leaders discuss appointing a commissioner general to oversee the $400 million California World's Fair project set for 1987. Edmund G Brown is expected to name a candidate, while ministry officials weigh plans amid political tensions in Iraq and ongoing expo negotiations in Paris.
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