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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1961
Page
11
A critical column on CBSs Candid Camera by Bernard Gaver argues the show mise en scene can be funny or cruel. It praises American tolerance but cautions against humiliating tricks and questionable pranks. The piece references Dorothy Collins and a British gag with a street mailbox. It also notes the Ganges River as sacred to Hindus.
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP Maj Bob White piloting the X15 rocket ship powered by a new fringe-of-space engine achieved a preliminary speed reading of 2995 miles per hour during a speed run. The record surpasses the previous top speed of 2275 mph set with a smaller engine, marking a 630 mph increase.
Gregory J Planinsek, 10, of suburban Maple Heights, was killed when a bus struck him in the suburb. Police said the boy darted into the street from between two parked cars. The driver was not held.
West Germany defense minister told Parliament the army will keep using the term racially pure to describe units with uniform weapons. An opposition member urged a change to pure in type to avoid Nazi connotations, but Strauss defended the phrase, arguing it cannot be inherently harmful.
The lotus plant was consumed as food in India and was later introduced into Egypt, illustrating early culinary and botanical exchange between regions.
Two auto firms will lay off 6900 workers for one week starting Monday in Cleveland. Ford Motor Co Brook Park engine plants employ 3900, while Chevrolet Cleveland transmission plant employs 3000. Both say layoffs align production with sales.
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