21 Jul 1958
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1958
Page
1
The United States accelerates a counter proposal amid the Lebanon crisis as buildup continues. Military pushes include airlifted funds and matériel, with thousands more dollars directed to Beirut and allied forces.
National strike threats loom over General Electric as 100000 workers represented by IUE demand job security and wage terms. The conference board, after a three day meeting, recommends a strike to start Oct 2 unless an agreement is reached. Talks planned for September.
Albert L. Hilding, 44, of Manchester, died at Hartford hospital from injuries after being struck by a car over the weekend. The driver, Arthur E. Ashwell, 32, is held on a $1,000 bond on a reckless driving charge pending a coroner's report.
Fair with little temperature change today in Bridgeport and vicinity. Highs in the 70s, tonight near 60 with showers possible, Tuesday partly cloudy and again in the 70s. Winds 8 to 15 mph. tides and almanac details included for Monday July 21.
A giant gas filled bag claimed an altitude record for film recording balloons, releasing a 225 pound load of cosmic ray research gear at 130000 feet over open country near Forsyth Mont. A spotting plane traced the parachute to 10090 feet before losing the equipment in haze. Professor Marcel Schein of the University of Chicago notes recovery if possible.
Two American life insurance salesmen arrived in Beirut to push government life insurance policies for U S Marines and paratroops. Kenneth Shaker and Stanley McCabe, of Service Life Insurance Co., say they follow Eisenhower guidance to sell hard to combat recession. Servicemen may buy up to 10000 dollars in government life insurance at low rates, described as a timely opportunity.
Washington July 20 The House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee plans closed door hearings on new influence charges involving Sherman Adams. Chairman Rep. F Edward Herbet said about six witnesses will testify in preliminary phases. Adams has not been subpoenaed or invited to appear.
Conservationists and scientists push for a wide scale study of threats to Connecticut coastal life and beaches from dredging. Philip Barske of Stratford of the Wildlife Management Institute says the project would be extensive and costly. Preliminary surveys have been under way for 10 days with field visits to Great Marsh and Saugatuck Shores near Westport. Ross Leffler of the Interior Department toured the shoreline from New Haven to Norwalk to review dredging impacts on shellfish and fin fish ecosystems.
The Winter's Tale opened at the Shakespeare theater in Stratford after previews with Fred Russell’s review in the Post and a favorable AP notice by Mark Barron on page two. In Tokyo a murder trial enters testimony as Joseph Crowley, once of Fairfield Conn, faces possible 12 to 15 years for manslaughter in the death of T A D Jones Jr.
The Naval Research Laboratory revealed plans for a Vanguard satellite that could identify and alert to large storm masses as they form. The mission includes a cloud cover experiment using a 20 inch 21 12 pound satellite and a 40 inch sphere, with data collected via light reflectance and stored on magnetic tape for transmission to tracking stations.
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UN in New York July 20 AP Western backing for a Japanese move to expand the UN observer force in Lebanon was promised as a council vote loomed. Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd announced support after talks with Dulles and Hammarskjold. U S delegation indicated study and consultation. Soviet signals awaited. Hammarskjold declined comment on a possible Soviet summit on Middle East issues.
Moscow proposes a treaty linking Eastern and Western Europe with the United States to dissolve the Iron Curtain and include a broad disarmament plan. It envisions a nuclear free zone in central Europe and mirrors elements of the Rapacki plan, which the West rejected.
State and local police searched between Newtown and Bridgeport for three Fairfield State Hospital inmates who fled before 6:30 PM last night. Lester Feather, Mack Hope, and John Miranda were sought with Feather possibly in a car. Feather is 6'3" and about 240 pounds, last seen wearing a plaid shirt and dark trousers.
The White House pursues a UN focused reply to Middle East tension, aiming to discuss the crisis within the United Nations rather than at a Russia proposed emergency summit. President Eisenhower and aides weigh whether to push a Security Council hearing on Khrushchev’s Lebanon and Jordan claims and possibly an international force plan tied to a future regional summit.
The First Church, Congregational, of Fairfield voted to extend a call to a North Carolina minister to serve as pastor. Officials did not identify the candidate to allow resignation from his current post. The church has been without a pastor since January after Rev. David Hatch resigned, with Rev. Dr. Robbing W. Barstow serving as interim pastor.
A Boston woman and a Brookline man died from exposure near the summit of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. Their bodies were found a few hundred feet from Hilltop House, near a trail, with temperatures dipping to 39 degrees. The pair had been reported missing in Boston and were believed lost while climbing the Presidential Range in the White Mountains.
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