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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1960
Page
3
A 40 story high balloon with a 1600 pound payload is aloft over Brunswick Georgia in Operation Skyhook to study high energy cosmic rays. The craft rose to 112000 feet by nightfall, sending over 10 hours of data before radio contact faded.
Washington sources say the nation’s railroads will push for sweeping changes in labor contracts to curb wasteful work practices. Talks may be delayed until wage disputes with 200000 operating employees are resolved after recent settlements giving engineers and conductors about 4 percent in two years. Carriers seek to remove firemen from freight service, alter pay by miles and limit road crew use in terminals.
UPI reports mixed mood in East Asia as Eisenhower's voyage nears. Soviet pressure after the summit collapse prompts tough rhetoric against pro-Western leaders in Japan and allied states, jeopardizing the trip planned to Manila Manila June 14 and stops in Formosa Okinawa Japan and Korea.
Senator George Aiken urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to press President Eisenhower for the U2 mission's objective after the downing over Russia. The hearings examined the incident and summit collapse, with officials withholding the flight's assigned task as an urgent espionage mission.
Thieves cracked the Belk's safe at Colonial Plaza Orlando using a torch and stole 32000 dollars in cash between 7 a.m. and 7 50 p.m. Sunday. The money was likely singed and a professional job is suspected after entry through a side door. The incident was discovered by the night watchman. A statewide alert was issued for burned currency.
Medical science introduces a new tiny tablet that opens bronchial tubes loosens mucus and relieves asthma spasms and hay fever. Special from New York reports authoritative tests prove the relief lasts for hours.
Washington based report notes U and non U behavior in the Senate press gallery. A panel outlines guidelines to avoid rocking the boat while maintaining party loyalty and pelinding temper. The piece mentions bipartisan yet exclusive club dynamics among lawmakers.
Investigators probe a light Beechcraft Debonaire crash in an Everglades marsh after taking off from Tamiami Airport. Victims include Indiana pilot Patrick Duggan, two Righter brothers from Hialeah, and Donald Fagin. Witness saw the plane fly upside down about 50 feet before the wreck.
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