30 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1962
Page
1
Las Vegas facial rejuvenation practitioner Cora Galenii Smith, 64, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $2,000 on two counts of mail fraud after being found guilty last October 3. She faces additional charges in county court for practicing medicine without a license.
In Chicago a Roman Catholic priest shot and captured knife-wielding burglar Larry Vernon after he crept into the rectory of St Patrick's church. The housekeeper Betty Walsh was killed and sister Peggy Walsh wounded as Vernon ransacked the sitting room. Police said Vernon, 22, from San Antonio had robbed several churches on the West Coast.
Incoming Alabama governor George Wallace reiterates he will go to jail rather than allow public school integration. He defends pledges to resist federal agents escorting Negro students into classrooms and to close any school enforcing integration if needed. Administrations and church leaders urge law and order as tensions rise over the Oxford riots.
A 12 member jury was selected in Tyler Texas to hear Billie Sol Estes trial on charges he diverted 94500 in mortgages on fake fertilizer equipment. The process spanned a week with 32 jurors questioned and ten per side removed amid venue disputes.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded North American Aviation Inc. a 319,922,228 contract for the second stage of the Saturn moon shot rocket. It runs through December 1966 and covers nine live-vehicle units, one inert-flight stage, and ground test vehicles. Senator Clair Engle reported the action as NASA's largest single purchase to date.
A clipped note records a mailer entry for a press at Long Ranch California. It mentions Post Mice delivery and an audit bureau member, with circulation details and Sunday exclusion, noting Atlanta Pine Avenue as a processing point.
Montpellier court orders Dr Harvey Lothringer extradited to the United States on murder in connection with an illegal abortion. He reportedly confessed to dismembering Barbara Lofrumento, 19, whose body parts were found after she died on the operating table June 3. Lothringer fled New York with his receptionist Theresa Carillo.
Ordnance experts plan to move live World War II bombs washed ashore at Mugu to a display area before a controlled detonation as part of landing exercise preparations. Navy officials stated the devices are live and will be handled by qualified personnel.
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