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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
2
Reports detail a tense Birmingham scene as peaceful desegregation efforts meet strong resistance. Leaders including Royall Blaik and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr are noted in meetings while threats and clashes erupt around schools and public venues. Alleged plans for further demonstrations and campus discussions at Alabama sites are mentioned amid national scrutiny.
The Long Beach school board faced a dispute over a grace before meals at Horace Mann Nursery School. A majority opinion suggested the grace is part of routine but recommended discontinuing the specific grace as it serves no useful purpose. Board members debated church-state concerns and scheduled further public discussion.
A coronary transplant patient, Mrs Violet Seok aged 28, died after a recent operation described as the first of its kind by a British medical body spokesman. The case followed a week of delicate surgery and a US involvement in the procedure.
An Air Force F108 jet fighter crashed today in sequence over the sea near Gast Chine. Pilot Jesse J Henderson of Buouov Alabama ejected and escaped injury. His wife Carma and two children reside in Las Vegas. Henderson was rescued by a helicopter after landing in water.
Mayor Samuel W. Yorty returned from Europe and immediately renewed his clash with the Los Angeles City Council. He criticized a 149,990 restoration of a portion of his office salary and suggested charter changes to meet biweekly, as in European cities. He said restored funds would let him keep four deputies and five secretaries who otherwise would have left.
Reporting from Los Angeles outlines Sen Strom Thurmond and Barry Goldwater voicing opposition to a nuclear treaty amid political debate. The piece notes Thurmond warning the pact risks without verifiable proof, while Goldwater cites intelligence failures and strategic costs, highlighting a split on military strength versus diplomatic ease. Kathy Nolan gives birth to a boy, described as a beacon of hope for easing global tension.
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