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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1960
Page
9
Fragmentary report notes American Motors GM ownership and potential diplomatic backlash over released Hiroshima and Nagasaki images. Mentions Ford weathering storms and a deal moving forward despite threats tied to British workers and Dagenham.
London AP reports Ford Motor Co plans to acquire full ownership of British Ford shares, valuing $360 million for 17.7 million shares. The bid would transfer control of Dagenham plants, expanding production and exports while drawing protests from British Socialists over gold reserves and foreign ownership.
A light plane carrying the pilot and two passengers was forced to make an emergency landing on U S 249 near Germantown as the season's first heavy snowfall hit Maryland. The aircraft, a Cessna Skylark, was piloted by Roger H. Jones of Chevy Chase and landed on the grass dividing the highway.
Larry Adamson, 20, and Michael Vietti Jr., 19, constructed a unique vehicle in Pittsburg Kansas using a farm combine, airplane parts, a metal beer sign, and 17 junked cars. The duo, students at Kansas State College, invested about $500 in the project.
Three aboard the Hinson Aviation Co plane escaped injury when wings iced up forcing an emergency landing after a sightseeing flight from Laytonsville’s Montgomery County Airpark. Among those aboard were Roger Hinson’s brother Edward C. Jones and Anna Filbrook. Police noted no injuries. In Carroll County a 43 year old Woodbine motorist Stephen Beall suffered multiple injuries in a Mary land 27 crash near Cabbage Springs Road. Beall was hospitalized at Frederick Memorial in critical condition. Randallstown State Police said Beall was speeding before the Chevy left the road and overturned. Mount Saint Mary’s College in Emmitsburg will host a Naval Aviation Information Team to advise Mount students on officer commissioning and fleet aviation opportunities. Tests and information sessions will run today through Wednesday with open access from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A U.N. spokesman said Katanga’s Kongolo area was attacked by Baluba tribesmen on Saturday. Rebels moved through the nv of Kongolo as 1300 Africans residents sought help from U N representatives.
Argentina's army commander said half the troops will be confined to barracks over the weekend. He called the move a security measure to prevent a new rebellious surge aimed at restoring a totalitarian regime. The statement frames the action as protective, not punitive.
Willard Paul, longtime personnel chief for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Europe, told the Gettysburg College Board of Trustees he must resign. He gave the board until Sept 1 1991 to name a successor as the college undergoes its largest expansion in its history.
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