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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1958
Page
1
Miami Beach AP reports twin union rules curb interunion strife and featherbedding on construction jobs. One pact assigns building work to craft unions. disputes are to be settled by union leaders. The other bars slowdowns overtime and standby crews with grievance pauses prohibited.
Washington officials pressed for emergency funds to manage unemployment insurance. Robert C. Goodwin of the Labor Department told the House Appropriations Committee that veterans payments, federal employee benefits, and broader unemployment compensation need boosts. He cited a 37 percent rise in jobless veteran claims the week of January 11, 1958, and 2,779,000 insured unemployed in early January 1958, with federal layoffs projected to rise.
Florida resort hotels faced a sharp drop in visitors as cold weather storms and heavy rain cut tourist business by about 20 percent. The Miami Weather Bureau recorded a severe winter season, with operators hoping for better conditions soon.
Pyongyang proposes four conditions for Korea reunification including withdrawal of foreign troops, free elections supervised by a neutral group, equality-based talks between Pyongyang and Seoul, and armament cuts. South Korea dismisses the plan as meaningless jargon and rejects a multinational conference.
Hotels in Florida advertise low per person rates from 11 to 15 dollars with meals included and incentives such as a wife’s free round trip if a 10 day stay is booked. Weather blamed for slowdown. gamblers in Havana cited by some. occupancy expected to rise through March as sun returns.
A proposed defense secretary nominee, former head of a soap company, faces questions about possible bias toward the Navy due to his leadership background. Critics seek clarity on policy agenda and potential industry ties.
In Paterson New Jersey a 16 year old and another 16 year old were arrested after admitting to stealing 36 dollars from Prospect Park National Bank. They took a revolver an electric razor and 64 cents in foreign coins earlier in the day. The incident followed a father's offhand remark urging his son to rob a bank.
Debris from the Van SPO rocket destruction near the Vanguard launch site is being examined by Navy Vanguard experts. Parts were found on sand flats and in shallow coastal waters as investigators seek clues to the blast causes. Two more Vanguard vehicles await assembly while Army Jupiter-C rockets stand by for a later satellite attempt.
A wave of assaults and a stabbing erupted in Manhattan and the Bronx as Mayor Wagner and the Board of Education moved to curb crime in nearly 900 public schools. Incidents include a 16-year-old monitor beaten at George Washington High and a Henry Hudson Junior High monitor stabbed at the entrance.
Navy reviews two Vanguard rocket failures as it weighs timing for a fully instrumented earth satellite. Air Force cites a June launch using a Thor missile while Army scientists push a 700-pound satellite for a year-end test. Sputnik II evidence and Senate space committee plans frame a broader space effort.
The weatherman warns a cold air mass affects the Miami Valley bringing rain or snow. Today’s forecast calls for rain or snow and a high near 40. Tonight light snow and colder conditions follow with a low around 25. Friday brings cloudy, cold weather with a high near 32. Middletown posted a high of 43 and a 34 degree low yesterday.
A 77 year old man identified as Robert L. Richey from near Georgetown Ohio was fatally injured when his car overturned down a 12 foot embankment near Georgetown on Wednesday night. His wife Laura, 66, was injured in the crash.
The National Safety Council reports last year saw 95,000 deaths and 94% million injuries from all accidents with a rate of 55.8 per 100 000, the lowest on record. Motor vehicle crashes caused 38,500 deaths, while home and work accidents declined from 1956.
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI has granted permission for evening distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday in Catholic churches that celebrate Mass in the evening. The move aims to help working people. Ash Wednesday begins Lent on February 19 this year.
Ohio unemployment remains high with 150000 or more job insurance claims in December, up from a year earlier. Canton Lorain Elyria Youngstown New Philadelphia Portsmouth Chillicothe Springfield show six percent or more of the workforce out of work as Cleveland reports a sharp rise. Officials caution no rebound to last year’s levels and expect only modest spring improvement amid factory layoffs in primary metals and machinery.
Harry McVeigh, 44, locked out of his new house in Altmore, Northern Ireland, climbed a ladder to the roof and slid into a chimney. After 13 hours of cries for help, a passing hiker alerted rescuers who pulled him out by rope, sootied but unharmed, and then helped force the door.
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