The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
News Summary
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Francis c. Garner brought charges
against three inspectors Of the Tide
water Fisheries Commission for the
death Of Berkeley Muse. 81. Of Oak
Grove Maryland authorities have
charged the other two occupants of
the boat, one Of whom was wounded
by the gunfire, with Illegally dredg
ing for oysters on the Potomac
Chicago was chosen Saturday as
the site Of the 1860 COP national
convention with July Is as the open
ing date The Democrats have al
ready picked Los Angeles for their
convention which will start July H.
The Republican National Committee
also named Sen ThurSton Morton
RKY national chairman succeed
ing Meade Acorn He IS the per
,onal choice Of President Essen
hover
Oklahoma voted TO repeal its CON
stltutional provisions tor prohibition
IN statewide referendum last
week II was the seventh time the
vets" had tried for repeal. The
dryS' had won previously The
drive for repeal was led by Okla
homa's Gov J H Edmondson who
turned the tide By strictly enforc-
ing the states anti-liquor laws
One Of seven men. all Of them
family men and jet pilots in the
armed services, is scheduled to be
the first American in outer space.
These seven, dubbed Project Mer
curry astronauts. will undergo inten
siye tests and training at Hampton,
Va, for the next two years. Some
time in 1861 if all goes according
TO plan, one of them W ill be
rocketed into outer space. orbit the
earth for "a hours in space vehicle
travelling some 10 900 mp H.. and
return safely.
The AFL-CIO held a rally in
Washington last week to protest I'M
employment. Some 5000 jobless I'M
ion members attended the meeting
to hear the Eisenhower admins
tration denounce for not doing
enough to help create more jobs.
Several hundred from Ohio an d
Michigan became i'll from turkey
dinners eaten on the train. Some
of the sting was taken out of their
protest by government figures for
the month ending March Is showing
a slightly more than seasonal de-
cline In unemployment
Germany's Chancellor K0n r a d
Adenauer stepped down from his
post to run for the West German
presidency largely ceremonial Of
flee: but he promised there will be
no change in his cOuntrys firm
stand against communism. He has
been an outspoken advocate of firm
ness in dealing with Russian at
tempts to force the allies out Of Ber-
lin
Japan's Crown Prince AkihitO. 25,
married Michiko Shoda. "a, com
moner. in Shinto ceremonies at the
Imperial Palace in Tokyo. 1t was
the first time in Japan's 2600-year
history an heir to the throne wed a
commoner. The couple met Oh a
tennis cout
A kidney Transplant has been sue
cessfully performed between two
lpers son not identical twins. a
first" in medical history. Doctors
at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
connected with Harvard's medical
school. in Boston removed J o h n
Riteris's two ailing kidneys n
gave him one from his brother,
Andrew. fraternal twin. Fra
ternal twins are as biologically diff
ferent as brothers or sisters born
I separately They gave John mas
sive doses Of x-rays to destroy his
white blood cells, which fight for
! eign particles in the body and help
fight disease. This somehow over
came the body's natural resistance
to the new kidney, and John, %
flew home to Milwaukee Saturday
He had been hospitaliZed since Dec
~.
President Eisenhower flew te
Washington Monday for a series OIL
engagements. including q speech
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