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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1960
Page
6
An AP Wirephoto map shows cooler conditions in the Ohio Valley northwest Pacific area and northern Rockies while the mid Mississipp Valley and central time zone areas trend warmer.
DANIA Fla UPI the machine age killed Frank Akerman Monday after a life of resilience from wartime jeep accident that cost his right hand to a power saw injury that cost his left hand He earned a law degree in 1952 rose in civic and Democratic circles despite two artificial hands He flew to Atlanta for a revisal of his mechanical hands and died driving back to Miami after leaving his car at the airport
This capsule outlines the Philippines as Ike visits on his Asia tour. It covers colonization by Spain for 400 years, independence in 1946, geography of 7000 islands, population about 24 million, religion about 3 percent Catholic, languages including Tagalog and English, and government under a 1935 constitution with elected president and vice president. It notes pro American sentiment and calls for missiles with nuclear capability stationed in the Philippines.
New York reports Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt accepted the honorary chairmanship of the Stevenson for President Committee of New York. She urged Adlai E. Stevenson, former Illinois governor, to remain a candidate after he said he would serve his country and party if called upon.
Akerman, 35, died when his vehicle collided with a car backing into a Dania parking space near Pompano Beach. He was thrown from his car in the fatal crash.
West Yellowstone reports lasting scars from last August's deadly earthquake. Roads, canyons, and rock slides reshape miles of Yellowstone as 9 people died and 19 remained missing while park and town officials gauge tourist impact. Prepaid reservations rise, traffic restored, geysers back to normal, Old Faithful erupting about every 65 to 67 minutes. One canyon area remains flooded, closing a five mile stretch. About 18,000 visitors were present when the quake struck.
In Hawick England an American producer says Scottish prosperity forces the Macbeth film to hire English actors to portray Scots. The crew found 50 idle Scots to fill extras, leaving about 150 needed and prompting recruitment south of the border around Carlisle.
Dutch telepathist Peter Herkes told the Northern Virginia Sun that the man he identified as the slayer of the Carroll Vernon Jackson family may be linked to as many as nine killings. He predicted police would have enough evidence within 14 days to charge the suspect in the Jackson kidnapping and murder. Maryland and Virginia detectives said they were pursuing several new leads from Herkes in the 18 month case and Herkes has gone to Miami to aid investigations.
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