25 Nov 1961
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1961
Page
1
Khrushchev and Finnish leaders agreed to postpone consultations after talks in a Novosibirsk forest cabin. The Soviet leader warned of rising tensions as Finland seeks to maintain friendship, while Finland contemplates Ikekkonen’s presidential term extension and NATO behavior.
Dutch commissioner in Southern New Guinea leads the search for Rockefeller with a large force across 150 miles of coastline. Gov. Rockefeller, joined by Piet Plateel, oversees operations as planes ships and thousands participate, while U S Navy aid is politely refused.
In Madras a cobra bit a man and he bit it back, driven by the belief that biting back cures snake bite. The act was reported by a local newspaper, noting the unusual antidote.
Oren Gamble Jr. and his 15-year-old son Gene were trapped inside a Kansas City home after a heated argument with Gamble's wife Hazel Gamble. She threatened to shoot if police intervened, then urged her son to surrender. she later persuaded him to come out. Police found multiple firearms in the residence and detained Hazel Gamble for investigation.
Drastic measures followed Duarte Balaguer move as U S ships patrolled Caribbean waters. Rafael L Trujillo Jr and family arrived in exile aboard a luxury yacht while Arturo Morales Carrion arrived unannounced in Washington. Armed forces took control of Trujillo assets amid looting and street clashes.
Mrs. Virginia Pauly of Detroit, 51, backed from her home garage, hit a wire fence, shifted into forward gear, and rammed through the right side of her garage, then into the neighbor’s garage and finally stopped against William P. Franke’s house after panicking. Police described the sequence and damage from the Wednesday incident.
Fragments of bone and 37 teeth, possibly Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, were found on Saipan and shipped to San Francisco for anthropological examination. Fred Goerner, a KCBS newsman, identified the remains and said they will be inspected by Professor Theodore McCown at the University of California to confirm the fliers’ identities.
A taxi strike in San Juan entered its second week as mediation failed to reach an agreement. About 1,200 independent drivers protested a plan allowing Metro Texicab Co to service city luxury hotels, while drivers in Ponce threatened to strike next Monday if no deal is reached.
A garbled notice from Long Beach California references carrier delivery by mail and a daily publication schedule excluding Sundays. It mentions the By Mail service, a member and bureau of circulation, and a figure "398" within the context of the postal and newspaper operation.
In Harmony North Carolina American Legion Post 113 canceled gun use but carried on with a rabbit hunt. About 75 hunters gathered in a wooded area and used dogs to drive rabbits to be killed with clubs or stones. The private Union Grove Community Hunt group organized the event despite objections from activists.
Edward Berger and his wife Lena Berger were found dead in their Hawthorne home Friday. Police say Edward, 68, apparently shot Lena and then killed himself during a quarrel over who would inherit the house money and property if either died.
Deputy Johnny Cacci tore was dispatched to investigate a report of a man riding a wheelchair along State Route 60 centerline. He found an elderly Tampa resident riding in the westbound lane saying he needed exercise and stayed on the center line to watch cats on both sides.
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