May 08, 1960 (vol. 70, iss. 154) • Page Image 3
… J.S. Admits Jet's Flight Over Russia as Charged VOROSHILOV RETIRES: Brezhnev Becomes Soviet President MOSCOW (M - Leonid Illich Brezhnev, regarded as one of the brightest rising stars of the Com- F munist Party, took over the presi- dency of the Soviet Union yester- day. Aging and full of honors, Presi- dent Klementi Y. Voroshilov, 79, asked in parliament that he be relieved of his duties for health reasons. He had been president f s...…