A girl waiting to board an amusement ride was killed on the West Side last night by an automobile that mounted the sidewalk while fleeing an accident.

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NIXON TO SUPPORT EISENHOWER PLAN FOR CARE OF AGED; Pledges Vigorous Backing to Dispel First Reports of Little Enthusiasm DEMOCRATS OFFER BILL 3 Presidential Contenders Join in a Broad Measure for Retired Workers NIXON WILL PRESS PLAN FOR ELDERLY

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

Flemming, after conf with Nixon, repts Nixon 'enthusiastically' backs Adm plan; testifies, HR com; Sen McNamara and 15 other Sens including Kennedy, Humphrey and Symington offer bill for broad ins for retired workers, financed largely through rise in soc security taxes

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1960Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic^[†]

Ara Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham is an Armenian-British surgeon, academic, and politician.

1960Almudena Grandes, Spanish author (died 2021)^[†]

María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of our time."

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1960Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.^[†]

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.

Historical Context for May 7, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people^[†]

Headlines from May 7, 1960

TROTSKY'S KILLER FREED BY MEXICO; Takes Cuba-Bound Plane in Company of Czech Aides Mexicans Free Trotsky's Killer; He Leaves in Czechs' Company

INDONESIANS SACK DUTCH LEGATION; Students Storm Diplomatic Compound to Protest Plan to Bolster New Guinea JAKARTA LEGATION OF DUTCH SACKED

ROCKET DOWNED JET, SOVIET SAYS; It Reports That Khrushchev Ordered Attack -- Public Is Urged to Express 'Wrath' ROCKET DOWNED JET, SOVIET SAYS

FLEEING CAR KILLS GIRL AND HURTS 8; Hits Group at See-Saw Ride -- Children Catch Suspect FLEEING CAR KILLS CHILD AND HURTS 8

NIXON TO SUPPORT EISENHOWER PLAN FOR CARE OF AGED; Pledges Vigorous Backing to Dispel First Reports of Little Enthusiasm DEMOCRATS OFFER BILL 3 Presidential Contenders Join in a Broad Measure for Retired Workers NIXON WILL PRESS PLAN FOR ELDERLY

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Historical Context for May 7, 1960