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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1962
Page
5
The Defense Department authorized a temporary increase to 980000 soldiers and a six month draft rise adding 20000 to the ranks by June 39 to offset losses from Berlin crisis veterans. Monthly quotas rise to 8000 at most, with 4000 for this month and 6000 for December.
Paris police accuse 2nd Lt. Jean Paul Gras and Marc Thibault of plotting to kill President Charles de Gaulle during a July parade. Gras confessed intent but abandoned plan after learning only two hand grenades were available. He linked to the Secret Army Organization and its successor, the Committee for National Resistance, opposing Algerian independence. De Gaulle ready to form a new government with Pompidou as Prime Minister after attending ex-president Coty's funeral. Strong security lined the Le Havre journey to ensure no repeat attempt.
Gov Brown leads state hearing in Los Angeles on criminal insanity with Arthur H. Sherry of UC Berkeley chairing a panel. Proposals include dropping separate insanity trials, integrating mental attitude testimony into guilt phases, and placing acquitted defendants under compulsory mental health treatment pending disposition.
Geneva dispatch reports Soviet opposition to on site inspection and any binding timetable for a global test ban. Tsarapkin offered minor concessions on unrelated points while rejecting international on site checks, signaling little appetite for a ban before Christmas. Western observers see Moscow as negotiating only on its own terms and delaying progress.
Tyler Texas UP1 bank rupt Billie Sol Estes, convicted of swindling and sentenced to eight years, can file for a new trial by January 15, 1963. Dist. Judge Otis T. Dunagan granted the extension after Estes defense said a detailed motion awaits the trial transcript, which will be ready around December 15.
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