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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1957
Page
6
Police report a boy died and three others injured in Medina after a bayonet throw during a game described as chicken. The victim, Gary Chapman, age unknown, was among youths in a neighborhood setting when the incident occurred at night. Further details on participants and location are being investigated.
In a grim incident a bayonet tossed by 14 year old John Pittard pierced Chapman's heart during a dangerous game called chicken. Samuel Gibba described the throw as the blade stuck in Chapman's sleeve before striking him. Chapman died minutes later. Police deem the death an accident.
Washington ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge denied that the United Nations applies a dual standard between weak and strong nations. He admitted the UN cannot compel either the United States or the Soviet Union to act, but argued the world body is growing in influence.
Bogota saw tear gas and red dyed water used to disperse student demonstrations after a curfew and a tense church mass. Ambassadors and local officials debated U.N. standards and international tensions, while political allies met with Cardinal Luque to discuss Rojas Pinilla’s government.
Famed cellist Pablo Casals, 80, recovering from a heart attack, remains at his San Juan seaside home with visitors barred. On Sunday he was wheeled around in a chair, marking improved condition as the Casals festival opened April 22 despite his illness.
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