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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1960
Page
1
Convair and the International Association of Machinists reached a joint agreement Friday ending a strike that crippled U.S. Atlas Missile installations. The pact covers more than 26,000 hourly workers in California and other sites.
Salinas Calif. a 250 pound black bear known as Salinas Sam was captured after loitering in a local airplane hangar. Tranquilized twice by police, the bear died en route to San Francisco before reaching the 200 mile mark. Terms of the Atlas intercontinental missile contract not disclosed. A separate IAM dispute with Lockheed and strikes threaten Douglas Santa Monica amid ongoing negotiations over pay and fringe benefits.
Nashville museum director Philbrick Crouch lamented the loss of a shrunken head from the children's museum, noting it was among only two such heads in the collection.
Western European papers called Eisenhower’s Japan trip cancellation a blow to US prestige and blamed U S bungling. Moscow Pravda linked events to mob rule and alleged aggression, while European papers praised Japan’s resilience and Moscow’s satisfaction. Propaganda spoke of antiAmerican agitators and the broader Asia shift.
Dr Ward B MacKeen of Texas State Optical promotes contact lenses as a visual breakthrough. He notes six million Americans wear them, praising precise fitting, ongoing research, and advances in curvature measurement and lens grinding. TSO offers complete Micro-sight lenses with eye exam for 65 dollars.
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