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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1960
Page
11
Negotiations between Actors Equity and the League of New York Theaters broke down after a day of tentative progress. Talks centered on an actors pension plan and a weekly wage minimum with cost of living increases, but producers walked out over wage demands, keeping 22 theaters dark and no further talks scheduled.
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower remains hospitalized with asthmatic bronchitis and will not join the President on his Far Eastern tour. Announces she is recovering, Barbara Eisenhower will accompany the President along with Lt. Col. John Eisenhower.
A 500 foot diameter balloon, described as the world’s largest, nears the end of a three day stratospheric flight to study cosmic rays. It is due to drop a parachute with nuclear emulsion films at 3 30 p m. Scientists from 13 nations will study the data. The craft was over Biloxi Mississippi moving west at 1 mile per hour at about 114000 feet. It launched from Glynco Naval Air Station Brunswick.
A circuit court judge in Montgomery blocks federal access to Alabama voter registration files in a suit led by Attorney General MacDonald Gallion. The temporary injunction applies to all 67 counties, testing the 1960 Civil Rights Act while U S authorities seek records in Montgomery Wilcox and Sumter counties. FBI already viewed Sumter records briefly before the order. The Virgin Islands purchase from Denmark in 1917 for 25 million dollars is noted.
In Chicago, former President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson say they turned down a State Department proposal to fly spy planes over Soviet Russia in 1949 or 1950. Acheson says the risks outweighed any possible gains and the effort would violate U.S. foreign policy. Truman criticizes Khrushchev and defends the White House against anti-American attacks.
Detroit reports a surge of interest in the low-price segment with Chevrolet Ford Plymouth long dominant. Pontiac may add a new car between the Tempest and the main line while Mercury and Ramblers post rising May sales figures amid a growing compact market.
Paul Wilkinson, 24, a refrigerator repairman, saved himself by shutting off all beer valves in a lower East Side tavern basement when the cooler door jammed. He was found unconscious but survived after hospital treatment and returned to finish the job.
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