FORMER PILOT MISSING
Led Hiroshima Atom Bomber
WACO (Texas), December 5. The pilot of the reconnaissance plane which guided the first atomic bomber over Hiroshima has been missing from the Government hospital for former servicemen in Waco since November 22. hospital authorities said today. The former pilot. 41-year-old Claude Eatherly, who also carried out a similar assignment over Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped, has been a mental patient at several hospitals since his discharge from the Air Force as a major in 1947. Eatherly was awarded the American Distinguished Flying Cross and other honours for his services
A psychiatrist testified in 1957 that Eatherly had a guilt complex and once said he felt responsible
for killing 100.000 people in Hiroshima. The psychiatrist testified when Eatherly stood trial in Abilene, Texas, on charges of ' robbing post offices He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was acquitted.
“Ike Hike’ 9 Out And “Jnck*s Jig 99 In
NEW YORK, December 4. In 1952, American teen-agers danced to the "Ike Hike,” celebrating President Eisenhower’s election. Today the latest step is “Jack’s Jig.” honouring the President-elect (Mr John Kennedy).
The dance features the arm and hand gestures that Mr Kennedy used in his television debates during the election campaign. “Jack’s Jig" was introduced in a teen-agers* dance programme televised from New York last night. • -
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29380, 6 December 1960, Page 17
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