20 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1959
Page
1
Airman 3C Walter M. Moore from Anniston Alabama died at Davis Monthan Air Force Base after he activated altitude pumps in a pressure chamber and entered it. The Air Force confirmed he took his own life, with his body found the morning after he was last seen at 6 p.m. on March 8.
Terry Niller, 18, surrendered in an Osage Hills manhunt after an all night shooting spree that killed his brother and niece and critically wounded a sister in northeastern Oklahoma. He fired on relatives with a .22 caliber pistol, then fled, later surrendering at a shed as deputies demanded submission.
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan opened three days of informal talks at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains to shape post Berlin crisis strategy. They flew from Washington after a hospital visit with Secretary of State Dulles, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and planned to discuss Soviet tactics and potential Big Four summits. News crews were limited as the leaders retreated to Aspen Cottage for the discussions.
Los Angeles, UPI report quotes City School Superintendent Ellis A Jarvis blaming heavy teaching loads and true false exams for California college students' poor performance in many subjects. He cites English and composition weaknesses and notes the need for writing practice despite large class sizes.
The House Appropriations Committee cut more than 243 million from President Eisenhower's proposed spending. It rejected 225 million for the development and mutual security keynotes and trimmed 18.0 million from the Interior Department's proposed 491.1 million budget for the next fiscal year. It criticized funds for nonessential items including Hawaiian homes for two employees totaling 66 thousand.
In Charleston, West Virginia, Elma Baldwin recounted grabbing the steering wheel and swinging a hammer to aid in the capture of ex-convict Richard A. Payne who had kidnapped her and her three children for a revenge motive. Payne surrendered after the car veered off the road, with no one harmed. Payne faced a hearing before Kanawha County Prosecutor Charles Walker and a planned sanity evaluation. The Baldwin family reunited with husband John, as officers secured the scene and ferried the family to safety.
Tokyo reports that Hikosubara Hara once served as lieutenant general and chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army in China. He died in Tokyo today of cancer at age 68.
A devotional prayer invoking Hosanna and mercy as a church seeks to live praise through deeds. It uses waving palms as a symbol of victory over pain, disappointment, and sin, expressing faith in Christ’s love, patience, suffering, and triumph over death.
Hayward hosted a tour of potential college sites led by City Councilman John Dunchin as state officials and lawmakers evaluated Hauschildt site and others. The 306 acre ranch was among the first stops with maps shown, then a public session in Hayward to hear pitches from city officials before a final site decision within 30 to 60 days.
Washington report states lawmakers criticize the Defense Department for withholding details of high altitude and ballistic missile tests. Rep. Melvin and chair Clinton Anderson denounce executive privilege as a mythical defense, urging full disclosure to Congress while arguing constitutional limits.
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