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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1963
Page
1
The fragmentary Long Beach edition from October 16 1963 shows page details and price hints. It lists volume and issue numbers along with desk telephones and odd OCR remnants.
A 63-year-old Bellflower woman Elizabeth Bulls died after being stabbed 23 times with a five inch knife in her Oak Street home. Suspect William Earl Cotter 23 surrendered later and confessed to the murder during the police inquiry.
Four star General Harkins and aides survived a crash landing at a remote airstrip near Di Linh in South Vietnam. The U S transport plane struck the ground when the landing gear failed to deploy, leaving the aircraft badly damaged with no serious injuries reported among those aboard.
A minor earthquake rattled homes across Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Residents reported tremors felt from Boston to Cape Cod as buildings shook and dishes rattled. No injuries were reported though police and fire units handled frantic calls.
In Baltimore, 26 year old heavyweight Ernie Knox died at Provident Hospital after a ninth round knockout by Warne Bethea of New York. Doctors cited brain injury and confirmed fatal skull fracture and collapsed condition. Knox had left the ring visibly concussed and never regained full consciousness.
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle seriously considers a state visit to the United States to meet with President. The potential trip signals a shift toward improved Franco American relations amid tensions and ongoing Cold War diplomacy.
In the Sa Desert campaign Algeria announces mass mobilization with 40 000 volunteers and 2 500 reserves drafted into the army. Authorities order medical personnel to be mobilized across seven southern and western departments and dispatch ambulances as the crisis expands amid ongoing fighting.
The notice outlines sectioned locations within Hearst's New York Mirror including moves across pages such as Beach Combing-Pipe B-1 and Bridge-Page BAS, with Classifieds on EIN and crosswords on C2. It lists various departments and page designations and notes temperatures and vital statistics pages for navigation.
Former Assemblyman William S. Grant defeated Dana E. Brown by 102 votes in the special district city council election. After 46 precincts reported, Grant led Brown 2519 to Brown’s 2417 as officials certified the canvass. Grant can be sworn in after filing election expense statements with the city clerk.
Saigon dispatch reports an Army sergeant, to be named later, becoming the 125th American to die in Vietnam. He was killed by a hand grenade near the Trin Lang dining center northeast of Saigon while teaching three Vietnamese soldiers how to use a Cane pistol. The Viet Cong ambushed the group.
A U S B58 jet bomber sped from Japan to England nonstop covering 8 0281 miles at an average speed of 8 miles an hour. It landed at a Berkshire village after a fuel stop, amid congratulatory messages from Washington Okinawa and others. The mission demonstrated rapid global reach of U S Air Force weapons systems and set a longest supersonic flight record.
A half inch rainfall drenched the Long Beach area boosting the season total to more than five times the normal for this date. Rain measured at Long Beach Municipal Airport and downtown, with October usually yielding only traces. Several nearby cities reported measurable amounts with Bellflower, Torrance, and San Pedro also recording rain.
Soviet blocking of allied traffic near Berlin drew protests in London after a British convoy of 28 men on mine vehicles was held at Babelsberg for nine hours until the Soviet demand to dismount was refused. The convoy proceeded on terms set by the British commander amid U S and British protest.
Mrs Wintford Anders was found stabbed and shot to death in a Lakewood Bellflower home where she babysat. A 13 year old boy, Tait, is missing while two other children Patsy 19 and Janet 7 slept nearby. A .45 revolver and butcher knife were recovered as deputies hunt for Danny Sefoot 8.
The Good Old Days Downtown for section in The Press Telegram recalls the war year with lines about Europe, Japan, and Allied momentum. It notes GIs on leave jitterbugging to Tommy Dorsey and Glen Miller as music underscores life at home during a pivotal year.
Partly cloudy tonight with gradual clearing and a high near 67 by noon today. Desert regions see sprinkles then clearing Thursday. Mountain area expects showers ending late Thursday, windy and cooler conditions.
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