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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1961
Page
1
Jackie Gleason confessed on air that his CBS panel show You're In the Picture was a failure. He described a disastrous premiere with 20 veteran TV minds behind the concept and noted there would be no panel that night.
Air Force captains John R. McKone and Freeman O. Olmstead, held in a Soviet prison since July after their RB47 was shot down, return to Topeka with wives and await reunion with children. Kennedy greets them amid ceremonial welcome in Washington, Olmstead’s wife expects a second child in March, McKone’s family includes three daughters and an eight month old son.
Six Americans charged with crimes against the security of the state face a military tribunal in La Cabana fortress Havana. They sailed from Marathon Key and were captured entering Havana harbor Jan 7. Faces death by firing squad with defense by Cuban lawyers Anibal Pacheco and Luis Raul Fleitas. Citations note Castro regime claims about insurgent suppression and other defections including Maj Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo and Maj Armando Fleites reported in Miami.
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr led a rowdy late night performance at Carnegie Hall in a benefit for the King tribute group also featuring Mahalia Jackson Belafonte Basie and Tony Bennett. Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke of the Montgomery bus boycott and sit in protests as white and Black attendees filled the hall.
The quip suggests modern society’s fragility when power fails and people feel helpless. It notes how dependence on electricity exposes vulnerability and challenges daily routines and humor in everyday life.
Paris fashion opening features Chanel style with mannish tailoring. Slim suits with easy skirts, braided piping, and new loose bolero jackets. Military pockets and shirt-collared blouses add masculine notes. gold chain belts and mink-trimmed coats highlight the collection.
A U S Navy admiral heads to Brazil to meet rebel Capt. Henry Galvao of the Santa Maria amid reports he will bring the liner to a Brazilian port to release 588 captives, including 42 Americans. Negotiations continue as Belem and Belem-based officials prepare to assist. Galvao says he will circle near 35W while talks proceed.
U S Ambassador Winthrop G Brown flies to Washington for consultations with the new Democratic administration on Laos civil war policy. Moscow and London hosts discuss negotiated settlement while Brown’s views may influence neutrality steps. On the ground, Premier Prince Boun Oum government troops push a two pronged assault on Pou Khoun junction to clear the road from pro Communist rebels, risking a larger split of the central plain as rebels fight a holding action and destroy road sections hindering supply lines.
In Florida, chimpanzees undergo final readiness checks for a Project Mercury trial aimed at testing reactions to extreme acceleration and weightlessness. A primary chimp and an alternate will be chosen for the 16-minute Redstone flight with electronic sensors monitoring heart rate temperature and respiration.
The AP reports in New Orleans that white parents and demonstrators clashed as Gregory Thompson, 9, entered McDonogh No. 19, becoming the first white pupil in the building amid mixed reactions. His father John Thompson, fired from a $73 weekly job, contemplates leaving the city as racial strife broadens.
Richard Pavlick of Delmont New Hampshire, 73, denied planning to kill President Kennedy in Palm Beach last December. He was ordered committed to a Springfield Missouri federal mental hospital until competent for trial after authorities found dynamite and detonators. The judge ruled he is a danger in his present mental state and ordered care to determine fitness.
Six American adventurers reported in good health at La Cabana fortress Havana after Swiss officials arranged legal defense and supplies. The prisoners face counterrevolutionary charges with possible death, though prosecutors may seek long terms. trial timing and exact charges were not disclosed. Included is George R. Beck of Norton Mass.
A 23 foot piece of twisted metal dragged from Casco Bay by a lobsterman will be tested by French experts to see if it came from the ill fated L Objets Blanc. Maj Marc Palabaud of the French Military Mission examined fragments at Edward Rowe Snow s home before taking the larger section to Washington for possible Paris analysis. The 1927 transatlantic flight attempt by Capt Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli vanished after leaving Le Bourget with a $25000 prize at stake. Lobsterman Robert McVane found the wreckage in 116 feet of water near Jewell Island.
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