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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1959

Page

8

Prophet 85 Percent Accuracy Sees Nixon 1960 Victory

The column notes Dr. Spencer Thornton predicting Nixon to defeat Lyndon Johnson for the presidency in 1960 with 85 percent accuracy. It cites other forecast claims about Adlai Stevenson, Symington, and Kennedy as strong contenders, while noting Johnson would secure the nomination despite coronary issues.

New York Richard M. Nixon United States Spencer Thornton Thornton Clare Booth Luce Senate Brasil Saga Magazine Nixon Lyndon Johnson Texas Adlai Stevenson Stuart Symington John F ) J Kennedy

Army camping gear tested at Quartermaster School

At T. Lee Virginia troops test portable items for civilian campers including a one pound stove for dehydrated foods a slim metal cylinder to heat water a lantern with a doughnut shaped fuel tank above the light to deflect glow.

T. Lee Quartermaster School

First American Into Outer Space Predicted and Notarized

A prediction claiming the first American in space has been legally witnessed and notarized. It asserts the prediction will be taken from a vault and the seal broken only after the event occurs, implying a planned release timing tied to the actual mission.

Outer Space

Adm. Gillette Dies Wartime Manager At Pearl Harbor

Bath Maine UPI funeral services were set for retired Rear Admiral Claude B Gillette 73 who managed the naval shipyard at Pearl Harbor during the December 7 1941 attack. A native of Cherokee Iowa he died suddenly while fishing on the Miamechi River in New Brunswick He commanded a repair base in France in World War I and later ran the Groton Connecticut Naval Shipyard for Electric Boat He led Bremerton Washington shipyard 1943 1945 and retired in 1945 He later directed a Bath bank since 1950.

Bath Maine UPI Claude Gillette Pear Harbor Cherokee Iowa Miamechi Blackville New Brunswick Annapolis France Groton Groton, Conn., Shipyard of the Electric Boat Co Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Wash Navy i Bath Bawk

County Men In the Service

Pfc. John J. Nolan, 146 Main St Lenox, now stationed in Korea with the US Army, left Lewis, Washington a few weeks ago. A 1954 Lenox High School graduate, he attended Berkshire Business College and entered service Sept 4, 1958. After six weeks at Fort Dix he was a clerk typist at Fort Monmouth NJ until last June. He leaves a widow Lydia M Baxter of Bath plus a Baxter stepson and step niece of former Gov Percival.

Lenox John J. Nolan James Nolan Main St Korea US. Army Lewis, Washinglton Lenox High School Nolan Berkshire Business College Fort Dix N.J Fort Monmouth

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