15 Sep 1958
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1958
Page
1
Little Rock four senior high schools remained closed and silent as Gov. Faubus said classes may not begin until after Oct. 7. Few spectators and no disturbances were reported near the schools as officials offered no immediate move on the Supreme Court ruling permitting Negroes to enroll in high schools.
Jacques Soustelle, French Information Minister and ally of De Gaulle, was injured by glass shards as gunfire erupted near his car in Paris. An Algerian assailant was wounded, and a bystander subway worker was killed amid the chaos near the Arch of Triumph.
A cog train carrying sightseers to the Dragon's rocks above the Rhine slipped from its tracks Sunday night and plunged, killing 18 and injuring 60.
French Premier De Gaulle and German Chancellor Adenauer urged harmonious coexistence after a six hour discussion in Colombey les Deux Eglises. They called for French and German peoples to live and work together peacefully.
The United States and Britain charged that Russia blocked progress toward a summit conference. Allies reaffirmed interest in easing tensions among Eastern European governments if a summit is arranged, replying to Czechoslovakia’s May 31 memorandum requesting participation.
Nationalist cargo planes again carried supplies to Little Quemoy in a successful airdrop. U.S. Seventh Fleet and Nationalist squadrons reportedly escorted the flight. Red shore batteries fired 103 shells as a World War II LST delivered the cargo and faced damage while unloading. A program to evacuate most of the 6000 American dependents on Formosa was confirmed as voluntary.
Rhode Island GOP candidates say President cited inflation fears as a campaign issue. They report Eisenhower noted Truman era costs rose 47 percent while under his administration the rise has been 8 percent. Adams is not mentioned by the delegation.
Cairo UPI reports the United Arab Republic and Saudi Arabia have reached a pact ending tariffs on some goods and cutting rates on others.
Pan American Airways will launch the first transatlantic jet service with Boeing 707 flights from New York to Paris and Rome starting October 26, reducing time to Paris to 7 hours 35 minutes. Daily jets to London follow on November 16, with landings awaiting noise clearance from the New York Port Authority.
U S ambassador Jacob Beam and Wang Ping nan of Red China met for two hours in Warsaw at Mysliwiecki palace to discuss the Formosa crisis. A Thursday session was scheduled with no details released. The talks, a restart of 24 year discussions, aim to bridge gaps over Formosa while avoiding UN Assembly agenda pressure.
Nine Teamsters locals in California's San Joaquin Valley and units in Los Angeles and Denver approved a master agreement Sunday to end a five week long haul truck strike. The accord aims to wrap up the dispute across central California and western corridors.
Howard J. Smith 43 took his children Douglas 15 and Sharon 12 on a Sunday plane ride two blocks from their Miami home. The plane stalled and crashed. the father was killed while the two youths suffered broken bones but were expected to recover.
A delivery truck lost brakes on a hill and struck a parked school bus in Jeannette Pennsylvania. The crash injured 28 children and the bus driver with three children listed in serious condition due to skull fractures.
Rock Island President Downing B. Jenks floated moving the depot from the loop and reducing Fourth Street trackage to two lines at a Monday city meeting. He cited recent rail shifts by Milwaukee and North Western and said feasibility depends on negotiations with other railroads and potential site options.
A Jersey Central commuter train past open Newark bay drawbridge plunged 50 feet after not stopping for a red signal. Officials say 40 or more perished and 33 injured. 90 to100 passengers on board included many executives. The engineer Lloyd Wilburn of Red Bank died. Rescue teams and divers joined boats, helicopters, and coast guard crews at the scene.
A humorous exchange unfolds when a woman asks a mechanic to fix a fender so her husband won’t know she bent it. The mechanic replies he cannot erase the incident but can repair it enough so she can face the husband later and explain how he bent it.
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