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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1966
Page
33
Hurricane Inez roared across the Gulf toward the Yucatan Peninsula with 140 mile per hour winds possibly striking Merida and Cuba. The storm damaged tobacco crops and sugar fields in Cuba as two people were electrocuted and another drowned.
A tank truck carrying liquid oxygen exploded at a New Orleans ship yard, triggering powerful blasts and a massive riverfront fire. No fatalities or injuries were reported as three fire trucks were damaged while firefighters battled the blaze near the Westwerp wharf on the river's west bank.
Paragraph notes Charles Percy ending his seclusion after his daughter’s murder and resuming his campaign for the U.S. Senate. The snippet references page locations for related stories and sections in the newspaper.
Sonya Rene Metts, born underweight with no esophagus, received five operations linking part of the large intestine to her neck. After a six-hour neck opening and a stomach tube, she finally tasted chocolate ice cream and water, delighting her parents from Little Mountain, South Carolina.
In Austin Texas defense counsel expect Ruby to be granted bail and seek a second murder trial outside Dallas County The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Ruby's murder conviction saying the trial was unfair and ordered a new trial The prosecution will push for life in prison if found guilty and plans a rehearing motion by October 20 to keep the death penalty as the option The case stems from the slaying of President Kennedy and Ruby's remarks to a Dallas police sergeant after the shooting
A massive fire destroyed a surplus storage yard in Willowbrook, with flames leaping from an iron warehouse at Airmotive Equipment Co of California on Alameda Street. The blaze caused over 100000 dollars in damage, with Alameda blocked off and 11 engine companies plus two snorkels aiding containment by 10:27. No injuries were reported.
A reader identified as Robert Bark of 5362 Verner St La Palma says he rented his three bedroom home quickly and seeks tenants or a place to stay. He urges placing an economical classified want ad via two area hotlines HE 25959 and JE 79120 to solve the housing need.
Washington dispatches report President Johnson will tour six nations in October for a 17 day trip to New Zealand Australia the Philippines Thailand Malaysia and Korea. The trip aims to review progress in South Vietnam democracy economic steps inflation and possible peace talks. No plan to add South Vietnam to the itinerary has been decided.
Tonight and Friday forecast shows some clouds in the morning with increasing afternoon sun. Highs reach 71 in the Le area, 81 mountains with scattered afternoon thundershowers, and deserts around 88 with variable cloudiness and scattered after noon activity.
A Belmont Heights man faced a costly repair after a Long Beach dealer claimed a burned turntable motor and many parts were needed. He refused the work and took the radio to another shop. The incident underscores how Senate Bill 1292 aimed to curb repair fraud among electronics dealers in California.
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