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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1960
Page
1
New York AP column recalls a morning crisis when the family cat Lady Dottie ventures onto an open window nine floors above ground. Frances calmly retrieves the cat, while Rover admits fear, praising his wife for decisive rescue and protection.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cites a nine percent national crime increase in the first half of 1960 based on a survey of cities with 25 000 or more people. Murders and rapes rose sharply as robberies and burglaries climbed, with total property offenses surpassing 462 000 and property losses hitting 124 million dollars.
Col Edwin M Kirton the ex U S air attache in Moscow arrived at U S air force Europe headquarters in Wiesbaden Germany He is 50 from Palo Alto California expelled from the Soviet Union last week on espionage charges he denied the charges He will confer with successor Col Melvitt Nielson 40 of Idaho Falls Idaho before continuing on
The Cunard Steamship company said the 78,000 ton Britannic, a 30 year old liner and among the largest motor ships, will be taken out of service in early December.
President Eisenhower selected Gen Ly safe Lemnitzer to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Army general would succeed Air Force Gen Nathan Twining, who retires for health reasons, with Senate confirmation pending. Lemnitzer, born in 1896, is a West Point graduate and seasoned diplomat in wartime negotiations.
Washington reports Senator John F Kennedy plans a tentative final campaign push into New England on November 7 and the last days before the election. The six-state swing would begin in Hartford and include Providence Boston Portland and Concord with Vermont still unclear. Nixon may also expand campaign stops in the region following his Portland reception.
In Ataccio Corsica several thousand people attended a Mass and day-long celebration to mark the 191st anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte birth, honoring Corsica's most famous son with ceremonies and honors.
Cheyenne Wyoming voters went to the polls in a primary election watched by leaders for clues on party strength. Republicans led with 38 470 votes to Democrats 35 623, threatening no upset and signaling continued GOP control of state government and delegation.
Dow Chemical Corp announced a temporary shutdown of its local magnesium foundry in San Carlos Sequoia Molalcraft Co. The plant, home to 47 workers, will close for several weeks due to very low business volume, said Hubert Fruehaus president of Dow's metal products division.
Monsoon floods devastate three central Luzon provinces killing 42. Philippine and U S Air Force helicopters shuttle food medicine and relief supplies to isolated communities amid widespread property damage and dislocation.
A mix of brief UPI items from London Greensboro Hendon Chicago and Tallahassee reports include an Hyde Park orator stump speech with a ink period riddle, former state park superintendents charged, a thief confessing after stomach reveals, a phony check case with Danbury note, a nudist film marquee tease, and Sheriff Broxson borrowing bank funds to run Santa Rosa County justice amid low fines by Judge McCall.
Karen Kemline, 9, survived after blood transfusions despite her parents Jehovah’s Witness objections. She severed an artery in her left leg when she fell through a window in Walnut Creek. Kaiser Foundation Hospital doctors urged treatment. Judge Taylor ordered the transfusion to save her life.
In Red Bluff a glowing red football shaped object was sighted by two California highway patrolmen and at least eight others. The craft described as airliner sized hovered at 200 feet, then moved with rapid maneuvers and vanished after a two hour chase. Deputy sheriffs and a jail crowd reported seeing the object 25 miles south. Captain Bud Boehm affirmed the officers did see it.
Mrs. Joan F. Fitzgerald aged 95, grandmother of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy, is reported to be improving from a mild heart condition after several days at Cane Code Hospital following a shooting incident.
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