30 Apr 1960
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1960
Page
1
In Dayton Ohio AP reports ex POWs including privates and generals will gather at a local hotel for a reunion marking the 15th anniversary of the Stalag Luft 3 liberation in Poland. Organizers say 100 to 200 veterans are expected to attend with displays of camp memorabilia and stories from wartime service.
The Kentucky college president threatens expulsion and possible shutdown over antisegregation demonstrations. Atwood withdraws recognition of the Frankfort chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality as sit-ins spread to Savannah, Austin, and Chattanooga. Civil rights leaders in Georgia and North Carolina push for nonracial schools and federal action to curb intimidation.
Prof. Charles Richet of Paris says about 25 million people are held in concentration camps worldwide. He, who was briefly silenced by mistreatment in a Nazi camp, spoke from Oslo.
A former Allied prisoner, Pollak, details his 16 days in solitary, brutal winter marches, and a nine day trek from Bavaria to safety. He credits weekly Red Cross parcels for survival, helped found Cincinnati Red Cross leadership, and plans a reunion with a Red Cross food parcel to honor memories.
The Eisenhower administration pursues a voluntary medical plan for the aged. Secretary Flemming aims to present a workable approach by next Tuesday, seeking to curb Democratic pressure for universal health care while considering federal state matching funds and optional private insurance in the Social Security framework.
Captain Eugene Gerow guided a Boeing 707 of TWA Flight 82 from Los Angeles to Kansas City to miss a fatal end on a slick wet runway. He steered off the runway into mud and water, narrowly avoiding a crash near Municipal Airport, with 101 passengers shaken but unharmed as the plane bogged down midfield.
A Royal Canadian Air Force B25 bomber with six crew including Air Commodore J. G. Stephenson crashed into fogbound Lake Michigan after attempting an emergency landing at Billy Mitchell Airport. Initial search found parts and clothing. survivors unknown. The Ottawa origin flight aimed for Truax AFB Madison Wi to review North American Air Defense.
At Cape Canaveral two 28-foot solid-fuel Polaris missiles were fired within four hours, meeting all test objectives. Officials said this marks the first time two test models of a ballistic missile have been launched so closely together, keeping the Navy on track to have combat-ready missiles by fall.
A joke overheard in a jammed nightclub remarks on being full of penicillin and jokes that a sneeze could cure someone. The playful line reflects a lighthearted medical pun amid evening crowds.
Dr Richard De Long of Toledo University announced the successful isolation of a filterable agent from human leukemia that produced leukemia in white mice. He said the virus like agent could cause leukemia in animals and may lead to a vaccine with further research.
About 1 000 students and youths marched before the unfinished NATO building in Istanbul defying martial law bans. Troops with fixed bayonets drove protesters from the University of Istanbul campus after an 18 hour sit down strike, with 100 girls among those moved to army trucks. The NATO ministers face tight security as airlift plans proceed.
Reports from Asuncion say heavy fighting rages as armed invaders seek to topple Alfredo Stroessner. Paraguayan air forces bomb the Parana River battleground while exile columns enter from Argentina and Brazil, with a 500 man assault repulsed near Porto Carlos Antonio Lopez.
Interior Ministry confirms Colonia Otano fell within ten miles and reports rebels numbering about 000 facing defense by five policemen. Civilian militiamen reportedly join local police as Stroessner regime, ruling since 1954, faces repeated coups and Argentine weapon accusations.
In Franklin Pennsylvania a man described as short and chubby with a red nose and bushy white beard was jailed for ten days after failing to pay a fine and court costs on a disorderly conduct charge. When asked for his name he replied Santa Clause.
About 100 students defied martial law by peacefully picketing for 10 minutes before the new municipal building where NATO foreign ministers meet. Troops would not move to remove sitdown strikers, and the commander said the youths would be given beds rather than bats.
Prime Minister Menderes accuses rival groups of spurring student protests while extending martial law for three months in Istanbul and Ankara amid spreading riots and political tension.
In Charleston West Virginia Kennedy attacked Humphrey saying his record was distorted and his integrity smeared. The exchange occurred near the West Virginia primary as Kennedy’s campaign emphasized his path to the Democratic nomination and warned Humphrey cannot win the nomination or the presidency.
Lana Turner’s 16-year-old daughter Cheryl and two other girls fled the El Retiro Home for Girls in Sylmar by climbing a chain-link fence. Cheryl, who earlier stabbed Johnny Stompanato in 1958, was committed for psychiatric therapy at the minimum security facility.
Newscaster David Brinkley denied Governor Cecil Underwood's claim that a Huntley Brinkley Report on West Virginia’s economy was rigged. Underwood demanded NBC cancel more such shows as he criticized the program showing ghost mining towns and photos from the state.
Daryl Chessman and his lawyers prepared a last-ditch habeas corpus appeal from San Quentin as the court denied a clemency bid for the condemned red light bandit. Gov. Brown said his hands are tied and cannot intervene. The court ruled the petition for clemency is final and will not be reconsidered.
Dick Clark, denying payola, is ordered back for more questioning by House investigators after four hours of testimony. He admitted accepting a fur store and jewelry worth 4400 dollars from Lou Bedell but said no quid pro quo occurred and he offered a 300 dollar check. Fans mobbed him leaving the hearing as critics complained about the late-arriving statement.
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