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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1962
Page
1
A jumble of names and reminiscences from Washington and Hollywood. Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses peace, Kennedy's PT-109 gifts surface, Kovacs family custody matters unfold, Edie Adams in widowhood, and personal details ripple through late 1960s headlines.
Space program updates report Schirra’s Sigma 7 mission facing a five day delay due to a faulty valve, with preparations resuming after component replacement. The dispatch also covers wreck and rescue operations near Ireland, helicopter medevacs of injured crew, and supply requests to Mercy Hospital. Separate items note a Red China India border clash and a New China News Agency report of casualties near Leh.
Actress Sheree North secures custody of her 14 year old daughter Erica Eve in a California court. Superior Court Judge A A Scott orders custody on the condition she cannot remove the child from California without written consent from her psychologist husband Dr Gerhart R Sommer. North left the New York stage production I Can Get It For You Wholesale to return home for custody and faces a divorce from Sommer who filed a cross complaint. Sommer must pay 460 monthly child support and 250 temporary alimony.
Congress prepared to consider a compromise tax bill with a $1 billion investment credit for businesses modernizing equipment. The conference committee resolved differences between House and Senate versions, retaining the investment credit while scrapping broad withholding on interest and dividends, and directing annual reports on the reform's effectiveness. The bill retroactively applies from January 1, 1962, increasing first year revenue cost.
Chicago reports indicate hog prices slid for the third straight day as shipments to 12 Midwest markets declined. National Farmers Organization leaders refused to concede defeat, pressing a plan to lift prices, with Indiana milk withholdings and state members mobilizing, while President Gren Staley asserted the strategy was working amid tensions and violence involving livestock trucks.
An unclear report mentions a shooting incident near St. Joseph Missouri. It references a truck, a windshield impact, and a police mention with garbled names and numbers, including a Chicago prize and a cash amount.
Police reported a curfew reduced violent demonstrations over the shooting of a 19 year old Black man by a Kinloch officer. Mayor Clarence Lee said calm had returned and would consider state reinforcements if protests flared again.
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