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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1960
Page
15
Cape Canaveral reports a 10 story rocket ready for a flight to place the first artificial satellite in lunar orbit. The 388 pound space laboratory aims to sterilize and kill earth germs as it travels, with scientists targeting an orbit crossing the moon.
A historic cold wave followed a two day snow storm plunging the northeast into a deep freeze. Death toll rose to 251 with New York State reporting 53 fatalities, including 40 in New York City, while New Jersey and Pennsylvania also suffered heavy losses. Fires and auto accidents added to the toll as temperatures plunged and snowbanks hardened. Meanwhile a new storm formed in Texas and New Mexico spawning high winds and blizzards along the Atlantic coast. Data on the space program describes Pioneer VI lunar probe and potential lunar orbit options, with multiple contingencies for mapping radiation and ensuring safe manned missions by 1970.
President elect Kennedy selects Robert S. McNamara of Ford as secretary of defense promising a military establishment second to none. McNamara will resign Ford stock holdings and accepts a 25 000 per year post to streamline the defense department and preserve peace through strength.
CORAL GABLES Fla AP a biting north wind and chilling temperatures forced George B Raymond to quit after four holes at Granada Golf Club Tuesday. His regular partners Henry Binns 75 Charlie Williams 74 and Lee Baum 69 joined him as he celebrated his birthday with a brief round.
Festive concert features Delco-Remy Chorus St. Mary's Boys Choir and General Motors Barbershop Chorus with dance groups Highland Highlanders Madison Heights Height Steppers and a trombone quartet from Anderson High School. Judi Wright Miss Christmas Carol reads her winning essay as other ensembles perform carols starting at 3 p.m. in the Madison Heights High School gym.
In a year end session the Anderson City Council authorized a sewage system survey ordered by the State Stream Pollution Control Board and an ordinance to annex part of Anderson Township. Henry B. Steeg and Associates of Indianapolis were chosen to prepare a master plan for sewage treatment, after a Board of Public Works statement supported the firm. The action follows a November 3 order noting discharges into White River harming aquatic life and the need for improved treatment at the current plant.
A southern wind over frozen Indiana signals a midweek warmup that could end the ice cap since Sunday. Thawing relief is forecast mid 30s today and 40s Thursday. In Anderson the temperature rose from 9 below Monday night to 21 above by afternoon, then fell to 3 degrees last midnight. Ice and patches continue to menace motorists across northern two thirds while Lake County reports packed roads from snow. New Castle saw 14 below. Eight deaths linked to storms include five traffic victims and three heart attacks among shovellers. Rural schools stay closed in Lake and Porter, Calumet plows clear snow, and the Weather Bureau notes the cold stems from an easterly flow off Michigan.
Police Chief John Heiden warns motorists and pedestrians in Anderson to slow down and leave ample space between vehicles after early snowfall. He emphasizes careful driving and clear windows to reduce accidents as winter begins. No serious local crashes were reported during peak hours.
In Algiers report the Foreign Legion fired on rival mobs of Moslem nationalists and European settlers in Bone, raising Algeria riot deaths to 118 with thousands injured. Official count says four killed in Bone, including two Moslems and two Europeans, and 40 wounded. Unconfirmed reports cite nine dead, seven Moslems. The violence marks the legion’s first intervention in the Algeria crisis tied to de Gaulle’s plan for semi independence. Mechanized cavalry reportedly fired on marching settlers and Moslem columns in downtown Bone. The two European dead include a boy about 10 and a youth of 18.
A real estate appropriation case in the Circuit Court seeks damages for a Emporia woman as land is taken for widening Highway 3%. Grace Norris refused the state offer and the court will determine damages after appraisers report.
Dr Horace E Jones urges Madison County residents to reach 23000 during the 1960 Christmas Seal Campaign to fund local TB control and education. Donations are already arriving at the TB headquarters on East 10th Street with 82 cents of each dollar staying in county to aid local victims and research.
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana Legislature heatedly debated a critical English professor Waldo McNeir who called lawmakers a disgrace. Lawmakers moved to cut $25 million from LSU funds, but later watered down the measure to censuring McNeir and urging an investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Tuesday night to complete a head to toe physical begun last September. Doctors declare him in excellent shape after initial tests on September 15 16 and plan to keep him at the hospital until Thursday afternoon for final examinations.
Three outstanding young community leaders will be honored this year by the Anderson Jaycees with nominations for the Distinguished Service Award to be presented at the Founders Day Banquet. The winner will be announced the night of the banquet Thursday. General Chairman William Draper announced the change at a sub-committee meeting in the Anderson Chamber of Commerce offices. Draper, a Delco Remy Division PR staffer, will oversee the large event drawing 250 to 300 civic and business leaders.
An Indiana Reformatory parolee, George M. Peters, 26, was jailed Monday for writing over 400 dollars in bogus checks. Peters allegedly wrote 158 dollars of bad checks in the county and 286 dollars in Indianapolis. Two other locals, Florence Arlene Jones, 32, and Frank Vasbinder, were jailed for 190 dollars in bad checks at a nearby supermarket.
Madison County Planning Commission yesterday recommended approval of the 139-lot Greenbriar Park, a 36-acre subdivision at the southeast corner of an Ave and West Cross Street, with tentative approval and a variance granted for the plat on Nov 15 after submission by Clyde Norberry. Final approval was granted for Western Village continuation at 8th St and Park Rd, a 11.75-acre, 32-lot plat. A separate rezoning petition to convert farm land to residential for a house trailer north of junction 38 on Ind. 13 was approved at Levi E. DeLanter’s request. William Barker received a four-foot side yard variance in Stony Creek Township to allow location of a home seven feet from property lines. Planning Director Walter Haymes said posters would be ordered and placed on petitioners’ lots soon.
Pendleton couple Mr and Mrs John Mercer welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Robert Wood of 2721 Mounds Rd welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Forrest Etchison of 131 W 7th St welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Paddy Jamerson of 2315 Morton St welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Thomas Callender of 1612 Louise St welcome a boy.
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