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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1961
Page
13
Dominic Eliot, once linked to Princess Margaret, among London's eligible set, now commutes to his advertising job on a second-hand bicycle amid the city’s busy streets.
The United Auto Workers presented GM with eight proposals to create more jobs, including shorter work time without pay loss, longer vacations, more holidays, sabbaticals, earlier retirement, and overtime limits. Ford, Chrysler, and AMC also faced demands as bargaining paused until next week. GM noted hourly jobs declined by 73,000 since 1955, but GM officials argued 1955 was a peak due to defense work and temporary hires, with a long-term upward trend. COBB HOSPITALIZED-Ty Cobb, 74, readmitted to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for observation and treatment of recurring ailments. spokesman says condition is fair.
A summer thunderstorm produced a bolt of lightning at Ft Benning rifle range injuring 16 soldiers and killing four who were racing for shelter near a tree. Trainees from the Second Infantry Division were hospitalized at Martin Army Hospital. identities withheld pending next of kin notification.
In UN Security Council action, the Soviet Union vetoed a British resolution urging Kuwait’s independence and territorial integrity. The veto followed a UAR resolution demanding immediate British troop withdrawal, leaving four days of debate without consensus on a Kuwait settlement amid Iraq’s claims.
Fragments of a large rock from a dynamite blast at Standard Materials Stone Quarry crashed through a north side home window and struck Garland Ricker on the porch. Ricker unharmed. Town officials cited an accidental triple blast and noted a court injunction since 1947 restricting quarry blasts.
Authorities set roadblocks across Dubuque Clinton Jackson and Cedar counties in a four county Eastern Iowa search for a suspect in a Utah slaying and kidnapping. A man fitting a swarthy profile allegedly stopped an elderly farm woman near Welt to demand food gasoline and shelter while a 15 year old girl remains missing after the attack on Denise Sullivan of Utah.
The Soviet government rejected United States proposals for a nuclear test ban and urged Geneva talks join a general disarmament conference. Khrushchev’s troika plan for a three man control body remained a demand as Moscow warned Washington plans to resume tests and accused U S of stalling agreement.
Washington reports say the Western powers completed a plan for a three note package to Khrushchev on Berlin. Secretary Rusk led talks with Britain France and West Germany to finalize allied notes to the Kremlin with a possible delivery to the North Atlantic Council in Paris for approval before sending next week. The sequence includes a West German reply to a Soviet note a U S reply to Moscow on Berlin and replies from Britain and France to Gromyko's Vienna presentation. Kennedy scheduled a Cape Cod meeting with aides Rusk Taylor and McNamara as the notes edge toward action.
In Ciudad Trujillo a large antigovernment mob surged through streets burning Radio Caribe studio and clashing with police. Six wounded and about 20 arrested as protesters toppled a palace flag and raised the MPD banner. Demonstrators then regrouped at Colon Park after three hours of speeches by PRD leaders returned from exile.
Eddie Boone Hearne, 34, of Muncie, was sentenced in Henry County Circuit Court to 2 to 14 years for forging about $1,400 in bad checks. He admitted using J. E. Ostertag’s ID while his wife, exotic dancer Mademoiselle Gee Gee, worked at Ostertag’s club. He also stole and passed other checks, and faced a $10 fine plus costs. His wife planned to tour after his sentencing.
The United States and the Soviet Union will begin talks on a direct commercial air route between New York and Moscow. The State Department announced the discussions will open in Washington on July 18 after years of consideration.
Rep. Chet Holifield of California urged the administration to launch a $20 billion shelter program to shield the United States from nuclear attack. The call came Friday as part of a proposal to bolster national defense and civil protection measures.
A Discoverer 26 satellite launched from Vandenberg AFB at 7 29 p m EDT entered polar orbit aiming for capsule recovery after about 67 Earth passes. The 2100 pound craft with a 300 pound capsule could be retrieved earlier if interior conditions or weather demand.
The Associated Press reports rain clouds clearing over Indiana on Friday with cool north breezes tempering the sun. Weekend outlook is generally mild with morning lows in the lower 50s and daytime highs in the 80s, with some spots possibly reaching the lower 90s.
The National Pickle Packers Association sent a case of dills and a case of sweet pickles to President Kennedy to accompany his six foot salami. Secretary treasurer William P Moore said sandwiches are incomplete without pickles.
James R Hoffa was elected to a new five year term as Teamsters Union president by acclamation at a 2000 delegate convention in Miami Beach Fla over his opponent Milton J Liss who withdrew during a lengthy roll call Liss noted the vote was fair Hoffa pledged to pursue higher pay and gains while acknowledging ongoing court cases He praised trusted lieutenants and saw rules changes boosting his salary to 75000 and raising dues for the 17 million member union.
Roy Staples testified he was only a casual acquaintance of Mrs. Louise Peebles, whose husband J Otto Peebles faces trial for her death. Staples, wounded in the March 18 shooting at a Silver Lake home, described meetings since 1960 and said they were never intimate. He recounted waking with Mrs. Peebles on his lap, then Peebles entering and firing. Staples, paralyzed, will not testify. Prosecutor Loughrin introduced blood-stained clothing claimed worn by Mrs. Peebles that night. Defense counsel Harold
Two youngsters were struck by vehicles yesterday. Larry Larkens nine, of Louise Street, sustained head, leg and arm injuries after a homemade cart was shoved into a car driven by Richard L. Clevenger thirty eight near his home. Ellen Kay Morgan ten, of West Street, was treated for head, hand and leg injuries when her bicycle hit a car door at Fifth Street and Madison Avenue as John A. Wilcox twenty five of Broadway paused to drop off a passenger.
A federal judge extended the temporary restraining order halting the 18 day national maritime strike until next Wednesday. The ruling delays an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction while arguments from the Justice Department shipowners and unions proceed. Hawaii officials warned of ongoing shortages including car rots rice evaporated milk and butter.
In Anderson area births reported at St John’s Hospital include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Ewell White of Alexandria, and a son for Mr. and Mrs. James Estle of 233 Edgewood Drive. Paris Hospital records a son born to Mr. and Mrs. John Bunnell of Paris Ill. Paternal grandparents are Frank Bunnell of Indianapolis and maternal grandparents Gene Garnger of Daleville.
Republicans on the House Education Committee charged Democrats loaded a parochial school aid program with political amendments to woo votes for President Kennedy’s public school bill. They urged rejection of the committee’s 1.8 billion extension of the Defense Education Act, proposing a substitute to broaden aid while aiding church and private schools. The Senate supported a public education measure that faced rules committee delays before a companion parochial bill was advanced.
At Cape Canaveral the United States launched its Atlas war rocket in a test flight reaching 9,054 miles, surpassing the previous world distance record of 9,042 miles. The achievement marks the longest announced military rocket distance, with the United States holding both past records and surpassing Soviet figures reported in 1960.
Ronald M Wright, 24, indicted on first degree murder in the weekend shooting of Ronald Lee Bonner in Richmond Indiana. Wright reportedly confessed in a signed statement to police.
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