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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1958
Page
1
Rioters including students and Pemex workers clashed for five hours in Mexico City as police used gunfire to restore order. A bank employee was killed by a stray bullet, and 33 people were hospitalized with wounds from gunfire or riot agents amid protests over bus service and a Pemex union dispute.
Dr. Wernher von Braun reported an in orbit collision between rocket sections ruined Explorer V during Cape Canaveral lift off. He said the first stage separated and expanded gases in vacuum giving extra thrust, knocking the final stages off course though the remaining three stages fired perfectly. precautions will be taken to avoid recurrence.
Von Braun says a slipped disc prevented an early week presentation and notes he will present today. He praises Soviet scientists for their technical feats and says competition is valuable, adding that the US will join in collecting data in forthcoming ambitious projects.
A playful column notes a girl who admires men with blue eyes brown hair and green backs in a lighthearted social stereotype. The bit comments on fashion and idealized looks in a humorous tone.
Authorities feared further trouble as a mass student protest drew up to 100000 people in a downtown plaza. The leftist railway union threatened another nationalized railways strike, while oil workers factions fought for union control. Police dispersed crowds after clashes with protesters outside Pemex headquarters and a bus set afire amid hand to hand fighting.
The Little Rock school board weighs whether Central High will start Sept 8 as planned or Sept 15 to delay integration under court orders. Gov Faubus and the Arkansas legislature favor delaying action while federal court rulings loom.
Halifax AP reports Hurricane Daisy weakening as it nears Sable Island and nearby fishing grounds where several trawlers were sighted but not confirmed to be active. Strong gusts reduce as the storm loses strength along the Atlantic.
U.S. officials faced a possible Red China invasion of Quemoy and Matsu over Labor Day as the administration weighed whether to defend the offshore Nationalist islands. State Department staff remained on call during the holiday, with presidents Eisenhower and Dulles signaling a firm stance against Chinese expansion while Congress debate over authority to defend Formosa and nearby outposts.
Washington Chuck Reeser drove his sports car for a general checkup. After pickup the horn failed and the engine stayed on. A second repair failed and a flat tire followed. A crash at a service station occurred as he shared his woes. He stayed home for Labor Day weekend.
MOSCOW reports two female dogs Belyanka and Peostraya were sent aloft in a one stage rocket from European Russia and landed as planned in good health. The event marked a record altitude for dog tests and underscored continued caution before any manned spaceflight. Laika remains the only dog to have orbited Earth prior to this sequence.
The Peiping regime claimed heavy casualties and vowed intensified bombardments of the Quemoy islands near Formosa after 12 thousand shells struck the Nationalist held chain in 24 hours. U S officials weighed evacuating dependents while Chiang Kai shek officials and military leaders prepared for a possible invasion attempt. Beth Wilber M Brucker and Gen i D White visited Formosa for talks with Chiang Kai shek.
In Los Angeles two buyers paid 1116 and 1222 dollars for exclusive rights to sell beer in Memorial Coliseum. Police say the seller was Paul Wus track, but the sale violates a law prohibiting alcohol in the Coliseum. Officials are seeking Wustrack.
The Coast Guard reports the Swedish tanker Josefin Thorden located the cabin cruiser Golden Eye with five men aboard about 275 miles east of New York. The crew was found in good condition and a Coast Guard cutter was dispatched to assist. The Golden Eye had sailed from Bermuda a week earlier and was due in Brielle, New Jersey, last Monday, amid fears from Hurricane Daisy.
AP reports the sack era ends this fall as Paris's empire silhouette arrives with higher waists and knee length skirts. Mitzi Gaynor leads support while Ann Sothern Vera Miles and Katy Jurado weigh benefits and costs, with actors like Jack Carson Dan Duryea and Walter Slezak reacting.
Sixty three homebound vacationers landed safely at the airport after pilot Jack Pedesky warned of dwindling fuel. The DC4 carried 69 aboard with 80 gallons left from 3300, while headwinds and weather forced a descent from 9000 to 5000 feet. Coast Guard and Air Force escorts accompanied the plane 200 miles off California.
Khrushchev accepts U S Britain plan to begin talks October 31 on a nuclear test ban at Geneva or New York The Soviet leader says Russia cannot allow Western tests to prejudice security interests but offers no firm commitment to halt unilateral tests beyond the agreed talks.
President Eisenhower began a Labor Day weekend trip to the summer White House at Ft. Adams Rhode Island after a hurricane delayed flight from Washington. Mrs. Eisenhower drove to Narragansett Bay to join him as Hagerty said he hoped for a work free weekend before acting on 135 bills from the recent session.
The National Safety Council predicted 420 highway deaths during the 78 hour Labor Day weekend from 6 p m Friday to midnight. About 45 million cars were expected on the road as motorists take one last long summer holiday trip. Deaths appeared scattered nationwide at the start of the period.
The report notes a major crash near Dayton Ohio during the initial ten hours with three injuries or fatalities referenced though details are incomplete.
Fatalities reached 45 by 10 a.m. EST today with 35 deaths from traffic incidents, two by drowning, and eight from miscellaneous causes.
Illinois recorded its first weekend traffic fatality at 7 59 p m when a passing maneuver forced a car into oncoming traffic. Frank Tiso Jr 45 of Chicago died in a Galesburg crossing collision with a vehicle driven by Robert Chimotich 19. The NSC counted 420 weekend deaths nationwide 70 above typical nonholiday totals with 78 drownings and four other fatalities for a 472 total.
A 15 year old, Christopher Reuss son of Rep Henry S Reuss, was found safe after two days lost on a hike near Fremont Peak in western Wyoming. He greeted his mother with a jaunty hello and asked Where's the band. He was rescued with his companions Mark Millikan and another boy after foraging on berries and pine tea and lighting fires to signal search crews.
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