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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1963
Page
7
Research teams report rapid progress in cancer study while Haiti responds to a UN appeal for aid. Officials note international support influences health research funding and emergency relief coordination.
Heinz Meixner a 20 year old Austrian mechanic working in West Berlin raced his car under a Communist barrier at Friedrich Strasse to rescue his fiancée and her mother. Police said the daring escape occurred at 3 20 am Sunday as guards watched. Meixner slipped under final barrier poles without stopping, aided by a surprise move through concrete roadblocks. The incident followed tense reports of medical and scientific breakthroughs and evacuations in other regions.
Washington advocate William H. Draper Jr praised President Kennedy for policies to address world population growth. Draper noted Kennedy publicly supported more fertility research and that aid should reach developing nations, calling the stance a milestone in tackling population challenges.
AACHEN Germany AP report says Dr Theodore von Karman world renowned aero dynamicist and father of American jet planes and missiles died in a hospital on a sentimental visit. He would have been 82 this Saturday. He chaired NATO advisory group for aeronautical research since 1951 and helped American efforts to break the sound barrier in 1943. He worked with the US Air Force 1946 to 1955 and received the National Medal for science from President Kennedy earlier in the year.
WASHINGTON AP coverage of a public hearing where representatives of wives traveling salesmen and the little guy spoke against proposed IRS regulations on what is deductible for expense accounts. Testimony highlighted beef industry costs and restaurant demand as factors shaping the market and pricing for prime cuts.
Disjointed report notes plans to build a polymer plant to produce synthetic resin emulsions. Mentions a flag-draped coffin on a U.S. transport flight and a military adviser from Greenville. Also references a UN Security Council hearing on Haiti Dominican dispute and a supermarket checker of the year contest results.
Rescue officials say 134 bodies have been recovered after a Nile ferry capsized last Saturday. Police expect more remains as salvage operations lift the sunken boat, with 75 women 35 children and 24 men among the recovered. About 200 people were aboard the overcrowded vessel.
Draper calls for a broad NIH effort to expand basic fertility research and launch a crash program to perfect the rhythm method. He notes Catholic Church approval and suggests redirecting foreign aid cuts to fund an international education program and research on simple effective population control techniques.
Inspectors described the Stafford fire station as a fire hazard on Tuesday noting it lacks adequate means of escape from its recreation room.
New York reports that Mrs Margaretta Murphy Rockefeller and her divorcee husband Dr James Slater Murphy will share custody of their four children. Attorney Gen Edward Greenbaum states no custody clause exists in the Idaho divorce decree. Indiana Port Commission abandons $600000 deep water port pilot study until outer breakwater funding is secured.
Soviet Union asked Norway through its Oslo embassy in March to buy a coal field near Barentsburg in West Spitzbergen adjacent to an area where Caltex Oil has drilling rights. Norwegian government expected to reject the request.
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