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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1962
Page
3
A man arrested for the murder of a cab driver has confessed to the crime. Police report the suspect admitted responsibility and provided details of the incident, offering new information about motive and sequence of events. The investigation continues as officers verify the confession.
A California poll shows Nixon widening his lead over Brown with strong gains in Northern California and continued strength in the South. Republican voters favor Nixon 82 percent. Brown leads among Democrats at 73 percent, while a large unaffiliated bloc remains undecided. The article also recounts a taxi cab murder tied to a suspect named Tannen, who fled across the valley after shooting a driver and was later captured. The overall mood notes shifting voter intention and turnout expectations.
The retiring supreme Allied commander in Europe General Lauris Norstad arrived in Bonn Germany today for a farewell visit as his long service ends.
In Pontiac Michigan Ransom Campbell awaiting a municipal court hearing on a breaking and entering charge pried a ceiling vent in the detention area and crawled toward freedom His shirt snagged on a nail exposing his bare belly a ceiling piece fell as bailiff Ray Kent and Judge Cecil McCallum intervened and ordered the trial.
Gov Brown in Long Beach area 32nd District accuses Nixon of downgrading welfare progress. He cites higher old age grants, expanded disability and blind aid, removal of home-valuation limits, equal employment protections, and retraining for workers, while criticizing Nixon for politicizing programs and opposing Medicare.
Five year old Maurizio Berni aged five minutes was in an ambulance with mother Diletta Berni 30 en route to a hospital in Florence Italy. A tire blew out soon after birth causing the vehicle to skid but no one was seriously harmed.
The United States Army awarded Radio Corp. of America a 656000 dollar contract for a high speed Chinese typesetting machine. RCA will deliver several units to aid orientation literature training and publications in Army relations with foreign forces.
The article reports on Kennedy and Khrushchev related Berlin tensions. Khrushchev hinted at UN talks and a possible separate peace with East Germany, while U.S. officials stress that talks are preferable to conflict. Gromyko appeared relaxed after White House discussions as weather concerns and fishing-tragedy searches unfold nearby.
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