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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
1
Nobel laureate John Steinbeck, 65, in satisfactory condition at University Hospital New York awaiting surgery for a ruptured spinal disc. He was admitted 10 days ago for observation after months of back pain. A hospital spokesman said corrective surgery removal of the disc is anticipated early next week.
Formosa Typhoon Carla, which devastated the Philippines, left 20 more dead and 26 missing as it battered Formosa. Police reported the typhoon passed about 160 miles from Hong Kong and veered toward Hainan in the Gulf of Tonkin east of North Vietnam, after sweeping through the Nationalist Chinese island.
Mayor Samuel W. Yorty demanded a full probe by the County Grand Jury and the Los Angeles Police Commission into alleged irregularities in the World Trade Center contract at Terminal Island. The investigation spans the Harbor Commission, development ties, and a San Sebastian Development Co. headed by Keith Smith, with critics citing bid concerns and political links.
Washington reports the House vote to trim federal spending by an estimated seven billion dollars, with 238 to 164, sending the measure toward an emergency financing bill. Senate Appropriations panel to hear testimony as the administration negotiates spending levels for the next year and wars in Vietnam are exempted in key provisions.
London reports the Bank of England lifted its bank rate from 5.14 to 6 percent as part of a broader effort to compete with rising U S rates and protect the pound. The move, a modest half point, followed Western finance ministers’ December push for rate disarmament while US hikes have ended the truce. Britain’s payments position had improved earlier, but Middle East tensions sent funds abroad, delaying recovery.
A state reapportionment hearing broke up after Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty did not appear to testify. Assemblyman James A. Hayes was set to speak next about congressional district lines in the Long Beach area. Chairman Jack R. Fenton said his absence did not derail the committee’s work.
Stockholm reports Guatemala's ambassador Miguel Angel Asturias won the 1967 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy cited his works rooted in national identity and Indian traditions and noted his critique of U.S. intervention and the United Fruit Company. Asturias spent years in exile and later returned to Paris as ambassador after regime changes.
Matamoros officials report hundreds stranded as Rio Grande remains high four weeks after Beulah. About 1,000 people are in shelters while health clinics run around the clock and relief is distributed by car boat and helicopter. Hardest hit areas lie south toward Ciudad Victoria and west toward Reynosa.
Charles Donald Belcher, a $4-a-day waiter in Clearwater, wins his father's share of a $14 million timber business. A federal court in Birmingham awarded him control, with final accounting expected to leave his stake near £3 million. Belcher plans art study and travel for his mother, while uncles dispute trust terms amid family firms and vast timberland holdings.
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