18 Dec 1959
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Newspaper
Elmira Advertiser
Location
Elmira, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1959
Page
1
Ninety six bearded volunteers emerged from a 1 200 square foot Quonset hut 20 feet below ground after a two week test to study surviving nuclear fallout. Dr. Wolmer Strope called it a complete success and the largest such test in the nation.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller addressed about 1000 people in Dallas while Nixon drew larger crowds at a similar event. He urged Western Hemisphere economic unity and Latin American cooperation, noting his tour may shape a potential presidential bid. A reporter noted a disruption as TV and print news crews clashed over separate press conferences.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The United States postponed a Venus mission using a Thor Able three stage rocket and a 90 pound probe due to electronic problems in the payload checkout. The launch was moved from last Tuesday to Friday with no new date set and a year end reschedule unlikely. An expert suggested the next attempt may be in January.
Peter Huta testified that after being fired by employer J. Clements he found a tombstone outside his home a fence sign thieves live here ads that his home was for sale codfish deliveries and odd correspondence courses. Clements faced public mischief charges awaiting trial.
Typhoon Gilda with 100 mph center winds nears Central Philippines. It was 100 miles east of Samar Island and moving west toward Luzon at 9 mph. A rescue center reported an interisland vessel with 50 passengers adrift 22 miles off Bagacay Point near Cebu City with a broken engine. a Philippine navy ship was sent to assist.
Investigators studied recent events and looked back over 25 years for a motive in the assassination of Roger Touhy, a Prohibition era gang leader. The 61 year old, who had just left prison after 25 years for kidnapping, was shot on his West Side steps along with his companion Walter Miller. The gunmen fled as investigators pursued theories of Mafia vengeance and long delayed payback.
Paris AP dispatch reports the Atlantic Pact Council pledged a determined effort to bolster Western military power while delaying France’s integrated air command issue to Eisenhower and de Gaulle. NATO ministers wrapped three days of talks in a communiqué silent on integration. Secretary General Spaak assured reporters there is no crisis, while avoiding a direct yes or no on member support.
Mrs Hedwin L Galas 27 of Buffalo died from injuries after a car truck collision on Rt 5 in Clarence last night. Police reported the crash occurred Thursday night and the victim was hospitalized before her death.
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The 53 day federal conspiracy trial of 20 Apalachin delegates recessed after nearly seven hours of talks and resumed next morning. Judge Kaufman urged impartiality as prosecutors pursue motives behind the 1957 upstate New York crime meeting at Joseph Barbara Sr. home.
A 500 foot high research balloon carrying cosmic ray equipment landed on a farm near Fulton Mississippi after an 1100 mile flight from South Dakota. The world’s largest such device carried a payload intact. It is owned jointly by the U S government and Winzen Research of Minneapolis.
A I Goldberg recalls two weeks of delays and detours in Kabul as he remained behind the Eisenhower entourage awaiting planes, visas, and hotel heat during the president’s six hour Afghanistan stop. He faces blizzards, scarce flights, and Afghan officials while awaiting a Moscow leg and a safer hotel room.
The storm shifted from heavy Southwest snows to rain across the Southern Plains and Ohio Valley. New Mexico saw rapid thaw while Texas to the East faced heavy rain with up to 6.91 inches in Opelousas and 5.5 inches in Sulphur. Memphis and Oklahoma City recorded over an inch in six hours, with 45 mph winds in Ponca City. Rain extended to the mid Atlantic. Northwest saw showers and higher mountains snow. In Waterbury, Nathan Freedman, father of pianist Stan Freeman, died after a long illness.
Dr. Barbara Moore, Britain's walkingest woman, begins a 373 mile trek from Edinburgh to London aiming to finish without sleep. She plans minimal rest, estimates 4 to 5 days under way, and saves 10 minutes daily for blisters.
Harvard anthropologist Dr. Carl Seltzer reports a tentative finding that heavy smoking correlates with a weaker masculine component defined by bodily features and personality traits. The 252 men studied since 1938-1942 show 24.3 percent nonsmokers, 38 percent moderate smokers, and the rest heavier smokers. The research may inform the smoking disease link and whether biology affects lung cancer and heart disease risk beyond smoking itself.
President Eisenhower, en route to the Western summit in Paris, met with Tunisia’s pro West President Habib Bourguiba during a four hour visit. The leaders expressed grave concern over the Algerian war and endorsed De Gaulle’s self determination offer. Bourguiba urged progress toward settlement while Tunisia receives US aid this year. Crowds greeted the president at La Marsa as he prepared for papers and travel toward Toulon and Paris.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson charged the United States risks disarmament by letting the Soviet Union lead in space and missiles. He urged stronger leadership and warned against conceding space to communism during a Kitty Hawk Wright brothers dinner hosted by the Aero Club of Washington.
The United States agreed on Thursday to provide a 15 million dollar loan to Yugoslavia to finance a hydroelectric project on a river near Dubrovnik. The plan aims to boost power supply and regional development with the new dam and generating facilities.
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