Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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POLITICAL SCENE - In Washington, D.C., Senator Hubert Humphrey faces presidential nomination. Seniors on their three-day class trip were for- a group of newsmen busily taking notes at a Capitol Hill press conference tunate in hearing the Minnesota Senator expound his democratic principles as he announces his official entrance in the race for the l96O Democratic when they visited a session of the United States Senate. 0 4 o 0 : 7 o 'WT Q- 1 . HAPPY FACES - Whitehall High School students are delighted with food served in the newly opened cafeteria. Previous to the opening, which was in January, the entire student body carried packed lunches to eatr Con- fusion reigned for a few days until the system of serving and returning trcys was perfected, but after a few tries everything ran smoothly. 16 Relations with Russia seemed to be off to a good start when Premier Nikita Khrushchev made his first visit to the United States, touring various sections of the country. But, later in the year, a U.S. high- altitude jet plane, piloted by Frances G. Powers, was shot down in Russia. The plane was a spy plane sent out by the Central Intelligence Agency. Acrimonious remarks by Khrushchev on the incident caused dis- sension in the international conferences in Europe un- til the conference had to be disbanded. Nationwide, the fiftieth state, Hawaii, posted its first state elections. Republicans won the governor- ship and a seat in the Senate. The Democrats claimed seats in both the Senate and the House of Repre- sentatives in the election. Sl' SECRET SESSION - Posing before a closed-door session of the Senate Space Subcommittee are Allen Dulles, director of Central lnfelligence Agency, and chairman Lynden Johnson.

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0 'f plagued with such false warnings over a two-month SPY KIT - This photo, supplied by Tass, Russian news agency, shows items which period. Whitehall was one of the few schools to were allegedly found in the United States iet plane shot down by the Russians on escape the bomb scares. May Day. The pilot was charged with spying by Premier Khrushchev. 7it472w7 af? ' ' truly Cinderella romance. In Great Britain, Princess Margaret and court photographer Antony Arm- strong-Jones were ioined in holy matrimony at West- minster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Also in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy much to the pride of the entire realm. This is the third child for the Queen and her husband, Prince Phillip. Trouble and international distress crept into Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower's final year. For the first time, Congress overrode his veto and passed a Sl-35,000,000 Public Works Appropriation Act. Fidel Castro, Cuban premier, attacked the U.S. bitterly in speeches heard throughout the world. Waging a relentless economic aggression, Castro seized several American sugar plantations and oil refineries. After Congress granted him the power to regulate imports, the President ceased all importa- tion of Cuban sugar. HOPE - At Muhlenberg College Candlelight Service humbleness shows on faces of people as they pray and sing for a tension-free world.

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-1 11-v A ,,,,. . ' 'dum ..13:g.. f A Q. F -- ,L fa'5Y'C's .-ff ' ,Q Q4 POLAR SPLENDOR - Eastwind, the Coast Guard icebreaker, presents a Antarctica, February 26. These supplies had to last through the long striking silhouette amid icebergs as some last minute cargo was delivered winter. Antarctica was established as a de-militarized area in a treaty by helicopter and craft at the United States Navy's Hallett Station in signed by i2 nations of the world in December, 1959, ?QyASe4Mz7a,e eww' Politicians declared party platforms in the Presi- dential campaign. Leading in the probable party lineups are Republican Vice-President Richard Nixon and Democratic Senator John Kennedy. Communist China was barred from the United Na- tions for the ninth straight year. A resolution against its admission made by the United States was adopted by the General Assembly. Elsewhere in the nation, lovely Lynda Lee Meade was crowned Miss America of 1960 by the previous queen, Miss Mary Jane Mobley. Another title vied for was the heavyweight boxing championship. In the hrst match lngemar Johannson was victorious over Floyd Patterson, but a second match found the tables turned as Patterson won on a knockout. 4.1-ff' 5 TRANSCONTINENTAL WALK - Led by Sgt. Roy Rogers, left, Staff Sgt. Mervyn Evans and Flight Sgt. Patrick Maloney start their transcantinental hike at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. With New York their des- SNOW STORM - Allentown postmcn Franklin Wetzel delivers U.S. tination, these British hikers tried to break the 1926 record of Q similar mail in special truck designed for postal delivery, These trucks hike Hikers passed through Allentown an tourney. are especially convenient in inclement weather.