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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1958
Page
1
Air Force scientists and officials opened an intensive probe into the first lunar rocket disaster. The Thor 1500 mile range vehicle exploded seven seconds after liftoff, scattering debris near Cape Canaveral as a follow up mission was planned for September 14.
At the IAU congress in Moscow Soviet scientists express sympathetic views on the failed U S moon launch. Anna Masevich and A B Severny call the attempt a meaningful first step, while the Soviet press remains silent. In London Western Europeans share disappointment, marking a shift from earlier Sputnik-era cynicism.
The USS Nautilus, first submarine to cross the North Pole, sails from Portland England after a port call. It took 90 minutes to start nuclear engines and four hours to check 754 items of equipment as CMDR William Anderson plans a submerged return toward Ambrose Light near New York next Monday.
Three Swiss alpinists died Sunday on Piz Rusein in central Switzerland. The climbers were experienced and remained tied together by their rope as they fell from the rock face.
Weather brief notes fair conditions in West Virginia with 50s in the east tonight. Ohio dry tonight and Tuesday with low 53-56 and a high around 60s. Five day forecast shows temps 2-3 degrees below normal, warmer Tuesday, cooler midweek, showers likely Tuesday night and again Friday or Saturday.
Herman Kierdorf former Teamsters official aged 68 turned himself in at a Pontiac drive in restaurant after two week manhunt linked to the fire death of his nephew Frank Kierdorf 54 who died from burns at a Flint hospital Police say he was involved in the arson case but Kierdorf denies involvement He faces a charge of possession of a pistol silencer and says he did not flee the state rather he had a heart condition and felt sorry for Prosecutor George Taylor.
A Navy helicopter piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Walter Straight rescued four parachutists who landed in three feet of mud after jumping from a tri motor plane during Sandusky air progress show. Six members of the Cleveland Parachute Club of America participated in the unrehearsed drop over Sandusky Airport. A cable with a ring hauled the men into the helicopter.
A Western backed UN General Assembly draft would assign Dag Hammarskjold a new Middle East peace mission to secure Lebanon and Jordan withdrawals by U S and British forces. The plan calls for studies on Eisenhower proposals for a standby peace force and a regional economic foundation. Engen aims to field a broad sponsor group as regional leaders seek votes.
Congress arenas brace for a frenzied end to the week as 35 House bills face vote, including a controversial labor control measure and a watered-down housing bill. The Senate weighs civil liberties and antisubversive measures, a White nomination to head the Civil Rights Division, and a massive foreign aid package. A farm bill stalemate may ease adjournment prospects with a House bill worth 3.078 billion dollars under consideration.
The House weighs amending a bill to provide a 7 percent Social Security benefit increase for about 12 million beneficiaries. If accepted without a House Senate conference, the measure goes to President Eisenhower. The House approved 7 percent boosts July 31 by 375 to 2. Senate approved a 7 percent boost 79 to 0 and cut four public assistance grants to 197 million dollars, down from 288 million.
Sir John Hubert Marshall, an eminent British archaeologist of note, died on Sunday in Guildford England at the age of 82. He authored major works on Roman Britain and directed several excavations shaping modern archaeology. Funeral plans are not yet public.
London. T. S. Eliot, 70, American-born poet now a British subject, hopes readers grasp his first new play in five years The Elder Statesman opening tonight in Newcastle. Friends say his marriage to Valerie Fletcher has softened his sharp wit and outlook.
Hurricane Cleo moves northward in open Atlantic with winds near 105 mph and expanding size. It poses no current threat to the U S mainland as it drifts about 500 miles east northeast of Bermuda at 20 mph with a turn toward the north-northeast anticipated.
Bayshore New York reports Wolcott Gibbs, 56, a long-time drama critic and writer for the New Yorker, died Saturday. His career spanned decades shaping stage and theater journalism.
Cairo report says Nasser’s press declares the Norwegian plan to stabilize the Middle East as doomed while noting UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold will visit Cairo soon. The statement frames regional efforts as unlikely to succeed.
The Norwegian resolution to appoint Hammarskjold to ease Middle East tensions cannot win UN General Assembly approval without immediate U S and British troop withdrawal, per Nasser controlled press Al Ahram. Nasser ends talks with Feisal as UAR seeks broader Arab support while Lebanon seals central Beirut after bombings despite a truce.
UNITY HOUSE Pa AFL CIO leaders gather to push severing mutual aid with the Teamsters once ousted for corruption. George Meany says unions must end ties. Walter Reuther backs a vote to cut all links. The debate tests the federation stance against union corruption and Teamster leverage. Maurice Hutcheson faces possible expulsion amid Indiana highway scandal.
Washington House Military Operations subcommittee reports a serious shortage of rocket launchers for U S war planes due to poor military buying practices. If production improves, American planes may have sufficient launchers by the end of 1959.
About 1400 production workers were called back on their regular shifts today at the Twinsburg stamping plant of Chrysler Corp.
Travelers in Vienna report Hungary's Communist leader Janos Kadar has gone to Russia for treatment of a nervous condition. Budapest radio said on Sunday that Kadar is on a summer vacation.
Rosie Boote, famed singer and dancer known from The Messenger Boy at the Gaiety Theatre, dies at age 80 in London. The Irish born performer married the fourth marquess of Headfort after leaving the stage in 1901, lived on Headfort estates in Ireland, and had two sons and a daughter. Her husband died in 1943.
The Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne conducted a mock paratroop assault at Clinton County Air Force Base. The 302nd Troop Carrier Wing transported them from Fort Campbell Kentucky. About 5000 spectators watched as they secured the base radio shack. Maj. Gen. W C Westmoreland praised the drop. Two men were injured lightly.
Akron evangelist immersed his nephew in Beaver Creek when the youth 21 Cline Cogar of Grantsville West Virginia was swept away and drowned An inquest will be held at Lisbon into the death Witnesses count fourteen summoned clearly stating the drowning occurred during baptismal rites
The American atomic submarine Skate, second to pass under the pole, will arrive in Norway Saturday for a five day visit calling at Bergen and Oslo. The Skate has surfaced for the third time in Arctic waters about 300 miles from the pole between Arctic islands Alpha and T 3 used by scientists in the International Geophysical Year program.
In Vientiane the National Assembly approved a new government today, removing Communist-line members of the previous cabinet. The shift signals a political realignment as the regime restructures leadership to align with current policy priorities.
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