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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
6
About 404,141 residents received Sabin oral polio vaccine at 40 stations in a mass inoculation drive amid 12 polio cases this year. City Manager Jack Shelley praised the campaign as a fantastic success in a city of roughly 600,000.
Traffic accidents killed 107 people during the Memorial Day holiday, two under the day’s record toll. The 30 hour period reported 201 violent deaths overall, with 9 boating fatalities, 38 drownings, and 47 in other mishaps. The total surpassed the 174‑death mark from 1966.
Chinese forces fired 47 shells at the Quemoy Islands in Formosa, starting at 7 16 p m and lasting one hour forty minutes in the first attack in four days according to Taipei defense officials.
Langley Air Force Base in Virginia houses the seven astronauts including Malcolm Scott Carpenter who, a week after orbiting Earth three times, begins sorting through his mail in the familiar space training grounds office.
Army spokesman confirms sixteen planes and a detachment of 164 personnel from Ft. Benning Ga are sent to a Pacific area. Reports of a Thailand deployment were not confirmed by Ft. McPherson public information officer. The unit comprises 10 officers 29 warrant officers and 128 enlisted men.
President Kennedy will limit his Mexico visit to Mexico City and nearby areas. He and Mrs. Kennedy depart June 29 and return July 1, according to the White House.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said vacation season will boost sexual assaults and murders with forcible rape about 16 percent above average and murders and aggravated assaults up about 12 percent each. He urged parents to warn children about strangers and risky situations.
Eastman Kodak Co. produced prints from water damaged movie film of Navy Lt Cmdr Malcolm Scott Carpenter undated three orbit flight on May 24. Kodak said the prints are adequate for engineering evaluations and good enough for publication.
A first Israeli execution ends Eichmann's 14 year odyssey as he is hanged for crimes against the Jewish people and humanity. The former Gestapo leader dies after a rapid process, his ashes scattered in the Mediterranean. He remains defiant, declaring his belief in duty and readiness to die.
The midnight execution of Adolf Eichmann by Israel drew mixed global reactions. In Europe, voices praised him as overdue while others questioned the justice and timing, with Paris and Berlin residents offering varied comments amid minimal government statements.
The market cooled after a rally, with major declines as profit taking trimmed gains. Dow Jones average slipped to 608.29, with IBM Polaroid Xerox Litton American Telephone and U.S. Steel among the notable losers. a few gains appeared in Du Pont and International Nickel as trading volume remained heavy but below the week’s peak. Institutions reduced buying activity amid market volatility and a possible Congressional probe looms over the securities industry.
Charles W. McKinnon Jr. resigns as acting director of Industrial Promotion and Expansion citing private business demands. He will serve without pay on current projects until a full time director is hired. Commissioner Neel says a replacement is being considered. Mayor Lilly praises his work and notes industrial brochures will be published in about 30 days.
Benny Goodman played clarinet near the Kremlin walls in Red Square, performing Yankee Doodle, Midnight in Moscow, and Pop Goes the Weasel. A guard detail paused as Soviet composers and Khachaturian promised a piece for the Goodman orchestra.
Georgia lieutenant governor Garland T. Byrd, recovering from a heart attack, pressed for an early legislative session on reapportionment. He warned that waiting until after the September 12 primary could make passage unlikely, signaling a clash with Governor Vandiver over timing. Byrd asked all 54 senators to attend House hearings to shield Senate interests and outlined three possible paths: extend the current legislature, appoint federal election managers, or move to immediate county reapportionment.
F Sweeney becomes regional director of Civil Defense for seven Southeastern States and the Panama Canal Zone with HQ in Thomasville. Assistant Secretary Stewart Pittman administered the oath at the Pentagon. Sweeney previously served as deputy regional director under Judge Thomas H. Goodman.
President Kennedy pressures an FBI inquiry into the death of Agriculture Department official who investigated Billie Sol Estes. A Texas grand jury probes the shooting of Henry H. Marshall near Franklin, with a pathologist deeming likely murder. Estes faces fraud and theft charges tied to vast business interests and government payouts.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a late month trip to Europe to discuss Atlantic Alliance policy with allied leaders. He expects a meeting with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and may meet French President Charles de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Honolulu reports the first of three or four high altitude nuclear tests to occur Friday night into Saturday morning. The shot at less than one megaton should detonate around 30 to miles up, with an expected flash visible from Hawaii about 700 miles northeast of Johnston Island. Weather and delays could shift the schedule and flights will be affected by aviation broadcasts.
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