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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1959
Page
3
AP reports top astronomer Dr. Gerald Clemence of the U S Naval Observatory notes there is no breeze on the airless moon so any pennants on the Soviet moon rocket would not wave. He adds the lunar atmosphere is nearly non existent, mostly dust with tiny amounts of oxygen and nitrogen.
The United Nations General Assembly opens its 14th session amid talk that Soviet Premier Khrushchev may unveil a dramatic proposal. Diplomats expect possible space exploration cooperation or a new disarmament approach, with Belaunde poised to lead the Assembly and Herter set to deliver the opening policy statement.
The Soviet Union urged an international conference including Red China to address Laos tensions and rejected the UN fact finding mission. Moscow warned the Security Council could have wide implications for Indochina peace as the UN mission arrived and Khrushchev prepared to meet Eisenhower. The Soviets called for reviving the 1954 International Control Commission, opposed by Laos as an infringement on sovereignty and a spy channel through the Polish delegation.
George L Bassett Jr., 28, a truck driver, shot his wife Nancy, 26, dead then killed himself Monday night at a suburban Parma tourist home. He had urged reconciliation of their faltering marriage. the couple had four young children.
The Soviet moon capsule reportedly ceased transmitting after impact and did not disclose exact findings. It had measured the Earth's radiation belts and sampled space gases, with possible data on the moon's gravity and magnetic field. Observatories tracked the crash, leaving deeper lunar secrets unrevealed.
Marvin L. Merritt 36 of Dayton died after an unsuccessful operation to remove a bullet he fired accidentally into his abdomen. Police said the Sept. 1 incident occurred in a Dayton car when he drew a .22 revolver to show others and it fired.
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