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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1962
Page
2
In Florida the Glenn and Kennedy families converge as astronaut John Glenn plans a Friday homecoming. Anna Glenn, Lyn and David greet the press and an awaiting crowd at Patrick Air Force Base after arriving from West Palm Beach aboard a presidential plane.
Soviet leaders at Geneva discuss Khrushchev’s note to Macmillan and Kennedy style messages. Informants say the message repeats the demand that heads of government push the Geneva conference forward. Western officials anticipate talks on nuclear test bans at the general disarmament session.
The Virginia Senate advanced bills on sterilization limits, local compulsory attendance, and a general fund budget of 73.4 million with debates on capital tax delay. Tobacco and liquor taxes passed, while a beer tax measure faced mixed votes. The consolidated city charter for Norfolk and surrounding counties cleared the Senate, influencing regional expansion and governance.
Willis Massingill a longtime First Baptist Church treasurer in Moline admitted embezzling about 15800 from church funds over five years. He says gambling on weekends with cafe and cigar shop poker partners drained the building fund while he sought to pay medical bills. Bond set at 5000 as police continue investigation.
NEW YORK AP Fri neeing a Cape Canaveral. broadcasts will begin minutes before Glenns arrival at the base. ABC NBC and CBS will cover the President and Glenn with live networks broadcasting the press conference at 1 30 p m.
Weather continues to grip the central and eastern states as a February storm brings rain and fog. Meteorologists report temperatures dipping to the upper 20s in parts of Nebraska and South Dakota, with flight disruptions and canceled departures at major hubs highlighted by fog and planewide delays.
A plan to speed up economic and social development in Latin America was ordered, with the Agency for International Development under White House oversight accelerating efforts as criticism rose in Congress. Officials warned that discontent is spreading beyond Bolivia and Ecuador to Brazil and the Dominican Republic, where political and economic tensions threaten democracy. The goal is to tackle marketing and reform challenges while preventing sabotage and further unrest across the hemisphere.
The plan includes a 20 mile motorcade from Patriex Air Force Base through Cocoa Beach to Cape Canaveral as John Glenn returns from Grand Turk Island with Vice President Johnson and a group of doctors and scientists. The Glenn family along with President Kennedy and the space council chair will welcome him at Cape Canaveral with a ceremony at Hangar 58 before a Palm Beach departure for Washington. Glenn will hold a news conference marking his first full public appearance since his space flight assignment.
Capt Carl Bowman of the Golden Bear flew to arrange treatment for the injured after a crash in California. The American group was reported breakfasting in rear cars of the train at the time. The California academy trains merchant marines in a three year course under the State Department of Education and conducts annual long cruises to South America.
Italy’s foreign minister and defense minister, Segni and Andreotti, continued in office as the Communist party signaled a harsher stance. The party organ said their presence shows the Atlantic formula endures in policy, contrasting with anti Communist pledges. Italian papers largely praised Fanfani’s decision to name Segni and Andreotti.
In Sparta Wisconsin Mrs Doris Slayton marked her 67th birthday while talking with reporters about her son Donald Slayton the astronaut. Officials plan a town celebration and Sparta’s board of education considers naming a new school after him as Monroe County prepares a portrait for the courthouse. Slayton, 32, a WWII veteran with 63 bomber missions, later earned an engineering degree and joined the space program. His wife and son were in Houston as the team moves to a Texas site.
Judge Mallard told Brewer’s attorneys and Chalmers to meet by next Thursday to set a trial date. Defendants include Robert A. Burch and his son Bobby, all charged with conspiring to defraud the state in a highway sign case. Brewer, hospitalized since Jan 23 for psychiatric observation after a suicide attempt, faced possible hospital commitment and a March trial schedule with distant witnesses.
Kentucky officials announce plans to issue permanent identification numbers to every cattle herd. The program aims to improve traceability, rapid vaccination, and swift response in disease outbreaks or other emergencies across the state.
Turkey hovered near civil war as army units seized key centers in Ankara and Istanbul. Gen Sunay and President Gursel urged calm on radio after days of military pressure on Parliament over tax, education, and land reform. Inonu summoned his cabinet while officers debated purge demands and reforms, with 33 deputies unnamed but described as extremists. Military leaders warned the May revolution would be defended against all comers.
President Kennedy addressed a vast Berlin crowd amid the cold war, pledging continued free access to West Berlin and allied presence as long as needed. He compared the Berlin Wall to a medieval torture instrument, urging unity with West Germany and the free world. Rockets and red banners appeared as he spoke at City Hall, while the attorney general continued a world-wide trip to explain administration policy.
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