31 Dec 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
1
Hal Royle lampoons class divides as New Year’s Eve escapism debates split society into two groups the partygoers and the aloof highbrows. The column offers tongue in cheek tips for a raffish but safe celebration including hospital stays and quiet self indulgence, ending with a jab at homemade hangovers 1959 style.
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission plans to file complaints and broaden an industry wide inquiry into payola practices in the phonograph record sector. FTC Chairman Earl Kintner indicated a substantial number of cases are being investigated and potential actions against many firms are being prepared.
New York AP reports Americans donated a record 744 billion dollars to various causes in 1959. Charles A. Anger, chairman of John Price Tones Co., announced the tally, noting individuals contributed a large share of the total despite unclear percentages in the survey Paul of the firm.
The US Court of Appeals granted a 30 day stay of a mandate ordering Matthew J. Connelly and T Lat Caudle to begin serving two heavy sentences for conspiracy in a tax case. Connelly was White House appointments secretary to a former president and Caudle was former chief of the Justice Department tax division.
New York critics named MGM's Ben Hur best movie of 1959. The biblical epic won top honors in the annual critics poll.
New York AP Nixon and Labor Secretary Mitchell met with union and management leaders in a steel dispute but reached no agreement. He said parties are still meeting and expressed uncertainty about a settlement, noting the President is kept informed as he prepared to attend Pasadena events as grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses parade.
In Germany, swastikas and anti Jewish graffiti appeared in multiple towns including Scheineld Anstich and Hanover. Signs read Germany awake Down with the Jews and Heil Hitler. Isolated anti Jewish incidents also occurred in Britain and France.
Senator Vance Hartke from Indiana calls for the president to use his prestige or for Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell to reveal the administration plan to settle a seven month steel strike. Hartke notes both sides resist compromise amid lobbying for votes and cites a pending back to work order.
New York hosted an ultra select debutante ball signaling an international turn in high society. Twenty nine American girls led by Nancy Baker Priest’s daughter mingled with twenty three foreign debutantes including Austrian German and Siamese royal figures. The event raised funds for the Kidney Disease Foundation with over 1000 guests contributing about 40000. Princess Wimla of Thailand drew the largest cheers in a Siamese costume with gold jewelry as US cadets and midshipmen escorted the debutantes and a color guard from the US Air Force accompanied the procession.
Merchandising consultant Edward B. Weiss notes rising after dusk shopping. About 75 percent of fall autos and 50 percent of major appliances and food sales occur after 4:30 pm, reflecting a shift in consumer shopping patterns.
In New Boston New Hampshire an elderly boarder 72 fatally struck his landlord 25 with a baseball bat during a month long dispute over television programs. He then collapsed and died of a heart attack. Police name the slayer as Alphonsus Bellefontaine and the victim as Frank Chandler. Minnie Chandler the wife slept upstairs unaware. David Whipple the 18 year old grandson found the bodies on return home.
In Augusta Maine John H Reed 39 Republican took the governor office after Clauson death as Chessman seeks Supreme Court hearing in San Quentin case Chessman on death row for kidnapping and assault in 12 years has moved to delay habeas corpus proceedings while Reed’s succession alters the political balance ahead of the 1960 election cycle.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will celebrate the new year at a private dinner in the Trophy Room of Augusta National Golf Club. A relaxed day includes a 8 a.m. office stop for White House business and comments from Press Secretary Hagerty on late-night revelry. Guests include Gen Alfred M. Gruenther and others. letters sent to Adm. Jer Weight and Adm. Robert L. Dennison mark NATO leadership changes.
New Delhi papers attack Washington over day to day control of nuclear test planning. The Times of India labels the move unfortunate while Hindustan Times runs a cartoon depicting Khrushchev as an angel with Eisenhower on a cloud, joking about progress in peace talks.
Alderman Cecil Smith Jr returned home from a Christmas trip to Nevada to find his yard covered with old pine and fir trees and a sign reading Wanted used Christmas trees. In Midland Texas meteorologist Bill Ashcraft forecast a cloudy mild Friday with near 60 degrees and southerly winds, while a Birmingham feud over a boundary line ended after 21 years as Alabama By-Products Co. agreed to exchange deeds with Phillips McCarty and K Youngblood.
The U S Navy says four Polaris submarines will be operational by early 1961 with 16 missiles each. The George Washington was commissioned at Groton Connecticut, while Patrick Henry Robert E Lee and Theodore Roosevelt will be commissioned in 1960. Additional subs Allen Edison Lincoln Sam Houston and John Marshall are under construction with a target fleet of 46 subs eventually.
Washington sources say the new administration plea to remove the 4 percent bond interest ceiling faces strong opposition. Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson indicated the administration will push with vigor after Congress reconvenes, but insiders expect little chance in the 1960 election year and note the measure stalled in the last session.
LAWSON Oklahoma A young Amy private from California and skydiving enthusiast Pvt Robert A Benschoter 23 of the Fort Sill Skydiving Club died when his parachute failed to open during a jump from a plane over Fort Sill He fell 3100 feet striking the ground with devastating force A small emergency chute opened just before impact but could not save him.
Western diplomats speculate Khrushchev will meet Red China leaders before the East West summit in May. He may align summit plans with satellites during Moscow May Day events, following a so far unsettled April dates.
Rebels attacked government troops in Douala on the eve of Dag Hammarskjold’s arrival for independence ceremonies. Two redets killed and several wounded. civilians and soldiers also died as French-trained troops restored order. Prominent figures including Henry Cabot Lodge and Galma Meir were named to attend the Yaounde celebration.
Gov. Brown elevated Los Angeles Judge Carlex Teran to the County Superior Court. Teran 44, from the East Los Angeles Judicial District, is active in youth work and led the National American Affairs Council. Bernard Jefferson, 49, was named to the Municipal Court. Jefferson is a former Howard University law professor and ex assistant general at the Office of Price Administration.
Marion Illinois AP A coroner s jury named Dr Walter J Goodpaster brother of Brig Gen Andrew Goodpaster staff secretary to President Eisenhower as the slayer of neighbor Margaret Strunk 51 on Christmas morning The jury urged holding him without bail for the grand jury Goodpaster captive since the killing told inquest that she declined to testify He also faces charges of assault with intent to murder in the wounding of Bernard Dobras ki 32 Strunk s companion
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