12 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1959
Page
1
Police halted a Communist led march on the U.S. embassy in Santiago Chile. The operation produced one of the heaviest police concentrations seen in the city as officers dispersed the protest.
New Haven AP report says Crowley died Sunday from a combination of sleeping pills and alcohol amid fatigue and tension. Coroner James J. Corrigan noted the level of alcohol was not enough for drunken driving and called the death accidental. Crowley, ex vice president of TA D Jones Co, was acquitted earlier of manslaughter in a Tokyo case.
United Nations sources say Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will address the General Assembly when he visits the United States next month. Dag Hammarskjold invited the Soviet leader and Khrushchev accepted, with date to be arranged.
In LaGrange Georgia three Black men were sentenced to die by electric chair for the rape of two young white women during a night of terror near the city. The all male jury rejected mercy and Superior Court Judge Samuel J. Borkin set October 2 at Reichs eile State Prison for execution. Attorneys indicated plans to appeal within 30 days. The reading of the verdict occurred under tight guard by State Patrol and GBI agents.
A youth from Beaver Dam surrendered after a deer rifle incident in a Beaver Dam area. Authorities say Earl Jones, 35, was wounded in a street argument and hospitalized. A manhunt stretched from Beaver Dam to Fox Lake in Dodge County.
Moscow reports the opening of its third major airport capable of handling jet airliners. The new facility joins existing hubs to boost air traffic and regional connectivity.
CAPE CANAVERAL AP reports three successful Atlas test flights boost US hopes for an operational intercontinental ballistic missile by September. Air Force officials hailed the latest flight as nearly perfect and said one or two more successful tests could ready Atlas for combat use.
Senate Rackets Committee Chairman McClellan defended the CAW inquiry as routine secret hearings. Kennedy pressed to open the probe to the public but lost 5-2. The panel continued with behind closed doors interviews focusing on CAW dissidents from Toledo Ohio.
Four boars roamed into town on Tuesday scattering pedestrians before retreating to the woods. Residents noted the animals seemed startled by traffic signals as they wandered the streets and then vanished into the forest.
Dr Charles Hayden Belcher formerly fired from Southeast Louisiana Hospital is appointed superintendent of Wisconsin's Winnebago State Hospital in Little Rock Ark. He will serve after a six month probation with protection against arbitrary removal. The post carries a $15 654 2 year salary. Dr Petersik resigned in June amid budget and staff demoralization.
Edwards Air Force Base in California hosts tests on the 162 ton Xia vertiplane. Engineers from Hiller Aircraft Corp prepared the aircraft after extensive ground work, with flight tests not expected to begin until late fall.
Three Negro girls Estella Thompson 16 Efi e Jones 17 entered Little Rock Central High School as crowds watched. Police set barricades and 50 patrolmen blocked streets hours before integrated classes began, while Gov Farbascal urged restraint and schools prepared for the integration turn.
Defense ministers of the United States and Canada back a new radar program to fill gaps in North America’s Pinetree warning system. The plan aims to cost at least 160 million dollars with a high majority of funding from the United States and cabinet approval needed in Canada.
President Eisenhower said Khrushchev can choose which U S military sites to visit during his U S trip, or skip them entirely. He plans to show Khrushchev American housing, farms, and general life, and to fly him over Washington in a chopper. He also wants the Soviet leader to visit Denison Texas and hear locals discuss Eisenhower’s early life.
Washington AP reports Congress likely to remain in session into September with leaders debating end dates. Senate Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson hopes to finish labor housing child rights highways and pollution legislation, while Republican Everett Dirksen and Assistant Leader Mike Mansfield offer Sept 5 and Sept 7 timelines, respectively. Johnson says action on anti racketeering and other measures will drive adjournment decisions. Khrushchev's visit is noted but not a factor in timing.
Havana reports say a small anti-Castro conspiratorial group remains at large in Los Villas in central Cuba as government raiders roundup around 3,000 suspects. Maj Raul Castro cited an American Marine as the source and hints that many will be released after police sorting.
Bridgeport police say eight year old Rideout admitted breaking into homes at night to steal small items and money to buy candy and toys. He described sneaking out while his parents slept and targeting unguarded houses in the neighborhood.
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