Cyprus Parley Delayed By Turkish Leader Injury
The Cyprus independence conference was suspended as Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes recovers from injuries after the Viscount crash near London that killed 12 aboard. Menderes
18 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1959
Page
1
The Cyprus independence conference was suspended as Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes recovers from injuries after the Viscount crash near London that killed 12 aboard. Menderes
FRONT ROYAL VA AP Twenty two Negro children and six white teachers return to Warren County High School as it reopens under federal court order. Officials expected few white students. registration indicated most white pupils attend private schools or relocated. Classes begin Thursday amid integration progress across Virginia.
Katmandu Nepal begins Parliament elections for the first time, with banners and posters for nine parties and independents. Voting on the first day covers 18 seats of the House. eight more on Feb 22 and the rest by April 2. The process draws foreign observers from West and East Europe as Nepalese Communists field a large slate while Moscow's aid delegation arrives. Some predict the Communists could win a major share but likely not more than ten seats.
President Eisenhower stated he wants Secretary of State Dulles to remain in office while he is able to continue guiding plans for an international conference. He said no replacement discussions occurred and he could accept Dulles’s resignation if he deems the secretary political or patronage driven.
An eight year old boy named James Bell, described as a Negro, survived a 17 story fall from an apartment window yesterday landing in a soggy lawn and bush. He suffered two broken wrists, two broken elbows, a black eye and internal injuries.
In Washington Eisenhower said the United States would not strike first if West Berlin is shot at, while Khrushchev in Moscow warned any attempt to reach West Berlin by land or air would trigger war. He insisted Western threats to frighten the Soviet Union would not prevent Berlin control plans and said the bloc would seek to transfer occupation powers via a peace treaty with East Germany. Continued on Page Three.
Three men injured in a gunpowder blast in a parked car near the Bulkley Dunton building were admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital Monday afternoon in satisfactory condition. Robert Bemis age 23, Prank Miles 19, and David Ross 24 suffered burns to hands and face. Russell Bemis 21 escaped major injuries with only singed hair. Hospital officials warned it will take about a week before responses to treatment are noted.
Dr. Sripati Chandrasekhar outlines how Communist agrarian reforms in China from 1949 to 1958 altered land ownership and cultivation. Public trials of landlords aimed to end feudal abuses, with the regime portraying drastic change as resolving chronic famine and food shortages for a population of about 65 million. Continued on Page Six.
NASA scientists led by Dr. Joseph Sirey discuss the agency’s new satellite shown in a Cape Canaveral launch model. The 21 round sphere reportedly reports Earth's cloud cover as two other NASA researchers observe closely during the briefing.
NASA reports the weather satellite Weather Eye aboard the 2040c craft is functioning well with a cloud monitoring payload designed to aid forecasters. Signals and data processing will take about two weeks. the satellite may orbit for years, depending on atmospheric drag effects.
State law limits Corry to borrowing up to 2 percent of taxable valuation and five percent additional under certain provisions. With a 18,476,220 valuation, the city had a potential debt of 26,524 last year, but 20,526 was already issued, leaving 5,998 in capacity. A combined 2 and 5 percent rule would allow up to 1,299,838, leaving 1,007,000 in capacity after existing bonds. The council considers borrowing for a fire truck and other gear this spring, pending voters or council action.
Washington AP report says the Eisenhower administration will insist on Taft Hartley law bans as part of any labor abuses measure. Senator Dirksen says the plan is a single package with President's proposals, debated with amendments if needed. Mitchell supports a two package approach, Kennedy backs a combined bill with union reforms.
Detailing a grim scene on a lonely road, a muskrat trapper found a Middletown, Delaware family dead inside a gas-filled car. The father Clarence Upp, 35, and his two sons David, 10, and Richard, 8, were reported. The mother had planned custody action, and police ordered a blond examination to determine the exact cause.
Airman Tilly Cheatwood, an aviation machinist, survived a near fatal lightning strike aboard a P2V Navy patrol bomber during a flight 7,000 feet northwest of San Francisco. The bolt traveled from his seat to the backrest, shattering rivets and burning his legs and back, yet doctors at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital say he escaped severe injury.
In Los Angeles Nixon lauded Sen John Kennedy of Massachusetts as the likeliest Democrat to lead the ticket for 1960. He named Lyndon Johnson Hubert Humphrey and Stuart Symington as other strong contenders and said Stevenson remains a possibility. Nixon avoided naming a running mate for 1980 and dismissed a Republican split on 1960 nominations. He spoke for over an hour at a Los Angeles Press Club dinner.
A man described as a top New York jukebox distributor was summoned to Senate investigators to explain whether a New York money lending firm made high interest loans to underworld furs. Kennedy said the committee wants to know who borrowed, and what was done with the funds, with evidence tying borrowers to narcotics and gambling rings.
Winterlike weather returns to Corry as a light snowfall blankets the city overnight. An inch of new snow fell in the mid section of the nation while temperatures swung from a high of 89 degrees on February 10 to 43 and 23 in recent days. Forecast calls for a low around 20 tonight.
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