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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1962
Page
3
Former Japanese prime minister Shigeru Yoshida departs on a 40 day world tour to meet President Kennedy and other Western Allied leaders. He aims to discuss postwar security and regional issues during visits across multiple nations.
Reports from Havana, Peiping, and Rome describe massive May Day demonstrations. In Havana crowds of factory workers filled Jose Mart Plaza. Red China claimed millions participated in parades, while in Rome Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius XII led religious observances alongside Liberal-Democratic leaders.
The Pentagon will brief scientists about four days before three high altitude nuclear detonations over the Pacific. The shots will test atmospheric effects, auroral displays, and radio interference similar to earlier Johnston Island tests. One shot is titrated in tens of kilometers, another in hundreds of kilometers, with a third in the Omega range.
The Philco Corp announced a new fast computer claimed to review 137 million nine digit Social Security numbers in eight minutes and add or subtract two million four digit numbers each second. The firm said the electronic brain will whiz through complex mathematical calculations for scientists in atomic research and space communications.
President Press Secretary Pierre Slinger announced that Salinger will leave Saturday for West Germany the Netherlands and the Soviet Union to discuss international information problems. He stressed he is not a diplomat and will not negotiate. The trip reportedly could involve television exchanges and possible talks with Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Adzhubei depending on invitations and scheduling.
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