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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1958
Page
1
Khrushchev signals willingness to begin Geneva talks Oct 31 on a global nuclear test ban while warning Russia may resume tests if negotiations stall. Western diplomats expect schedule to hold, though China’s role and enforcement pose obstacles.
Patrolman Albert E Hewis was praised for saving Vernon M McGee by tilting his head back and clearing the windpipe after a truck rear ended by a station wagon on Ohio 44. McGee, 58, of Kane Pennsylvania, suffered a severe throat wound as bystanders and a young woman applied pressure to his scalp until aid arrived.
Washington reports a 180-station monitoring network could detect sneak nuclear tests worldwide with about 10 stations in the United States and 14 in Russia. Seven weeks of talks among U S Soviet Britain France Canada Poland Czechoslovakia and Romania produced a plan for an international control organ and weather aircraft sampling to enforce a worldwide suspension of tests.
A brief feature by William Garvin compares Russians and Americans as human beings based on his experiences. Read on Page 17 for the full travel impressions and reflections.
Across the country teens engage in worthwhile summer projects as pages in a family weekly section promise features on business, local notices, and cultural items. The issue touts sections on deaths, funerals, and space series as part of its 24 page edition.
Senator John L. McClellan said the Senate Rackets Committee will need another year to finish its investigation into alleged corruption in labor unions and management. He cited a nationwide crime syndicate tied to crooked union leaders and businessmen and urged further hearings through 1959 to prepare substantive corrective legislation.
Western scientists at the International Astronautical Federation meeting predicted a Russian manned space flight could occur within a year with a recoverable satellite or brief high-altitude flight. Experts noted the push to be first in space and possibly reach the moon, while Earth observers weighed timelines.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Geneva by plane for the second atoms for peace conference. He will open the 20 nation nuclear exhibit Sunday and attend the opening meeting Monday before resuming his Mideast peace mission and return to Cairo Tuesday.
In Predappio Italy police watched for trouble as Be nito Mussolini's widow Donna Rachele Romano and family attended a memorial Mass at Predappio Cemetery. Mussolini was buried there a year after his body, hidden for 11 years in a Capuchin monastery, was moved.
The joke line compliments a lover's eyes lips and teeth while humorously noting an unusually strong chin likened to an African anteater, creating a playful contrast in a lighthearted quip.
Early reports show 300 traffic deaths over Labor Day weekend with 78 drownings and 472 total accidents. officials expected about 420 fatalities though the 78 hour survey ends Monday at midnight. The three day period last year tallied 445 lives, while the 1951 peak exceeded 600.
Virginia faces a federal court deadline to integrate public schools or close them, with decisions due in Arlington on Thursday, Norfolk on September 8, Charlottesville on September 15, and similar pressure on other northern Virginia districts as federal judges push to end segregation this fall.
Across Ohio during the Labor Day weekend at least twelve people die in crashes since Friday evening. Notable collisions near Day on Ohio 4 claim three lives including Frank Mitchell and Edwin Smith Jr. and John Gullatt. A separate fatal crash involves a Baltimore & Ohio switch engine near Sandusky killing James Fleming and Robert Middleton. Two drownings occur at Higginsport involving Edward and Thomas Martin. Additional fatalities include Paul Everly near Caldwell and others in Butler County, Lake County, and Wood County regions.
Ten persons escaped unhurt when a blazing plane crashed into a field near a farmhouse at Godalming England. The aircraft was en route to Farnborough for Britain's National Air Show opening Monday and was piloted by H G Hazelden, chief test pilot at Handley Page.
Amsterdam AP report says Soviet scientists consider a winking Sputnik that blinks a light to aid photographs of land for tracking. Dr. K. F. Ogorodnikov presented the idea to the International Astronautical congress.
President Eisenhower's go slow stance on school integration fuels GOP trouble in 10 key states. Dems cast his remarks as hesitation, while Hagerty defends White House position. Critics warn it could blunt republican support in California Indiana Maryland Michigan New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Missouri.
Pilot Paul Havens, 35, attempted an emergency landing at St. Joseph County Airport after a .22 bullet punctured his fuel tank while hunting squirrels. Deputies traced the shooter to Frederick Morrow, 12, who said his shot missed a tree squirrel and hit the plane.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Vanguard rocket's first stage fired during a ground test at the missile center. The 72 foot rocket carries a small 21 pound satellite. the Navy aims to place a third satellite in orbit. A prior flight failed on the second stage. overhaul followed. The grapefruit sized satellite launched in March may orbit for 200 years.
Mrs. Frank Maceira at Monterey beach grabbed a 7 foot blue shark by the tail to save her two young children Frank age 3 and Carmen age 2. A wave drove the shark toward her as it thrashed then she beat it to death with a board after dragging it ashore.
Red China kept shelling Nationalist Quemoy in Formosa Sunday as American jet fighters moved in to bolster the 60-ship U. S. Seventh Fleet. High level talks in the area focused on defense plans for Quemoy amid lighter, sporadic shelling compared with August’s larger bombardment.
Tokyo dispatch reports Radio Peiping declaring China will liberate Formosa and the offshore Quemoy and Matsu islands. The broadcast follows U S Secretary Dulles warning that any Red Chinese move to seize Quemoy or Matsu risks regional peace.
Washington reports indicate Communist pressure on Quemoy increases risk of a Far East war. U S officials say Beijing may be baiting Washington, while the U S Army secretary and a Four star general travel to Formosa for talks with Chiang Kai shek. Sporadic shelling continues as both sides assess options.
In Geneva the United States and Britain announced they had removed secrecy over their H-bomb control programs to ease information flow among scientists. Leaders Strauss and Cockcroft noted real progress but warned useful fusion power may take many years, while France disclosed its gaseous diffusion method for uranium isotope separation.
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