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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1958
Page
1
President Eisenhower backs John Foster Dulles as he declines to retire amid looming Democratic pressure. The 69 year old secretary faces health checks after laryngitis and a prior intestinal cancer operation. Dulles hinges crucial months on posture toward East West talks and Russia space age challenges.
Space officials discuss a manned rocket possibly reaching 186 miles, with descent aided by multiple parachutes and a sealed cabin. Experts note heating and deceleration challenges and the need for an oxygenless, pressurized capsule for such extreme altitude.
Montgomery Ward employees walk out at three stores and stage informational picketing at about 200 stores to press for wage boosts. Union seeks 10 cent hourly raise, union shop, and 40 hour week with overtime after eight hours. Walkouts reported in Whittier California Kansas City Kansas and Fulton New York. Negotiations broke down Saturday.
A light humorous note suggests that self importance hinges on misperceived identity. The line encourages humility by pointing out how ego grows when others mistake one for someone more notable.
Long Beach California news reports Judge Charles T. Smith who wears a crew cut and dislikes long hair in youths. He measured Gary T. Lindsay’s hair with a ruler before granting probation for carrying a switchblade, ordering a year of short hair and noting long hair correlates with trouble. The judge said long hair often signals nefarious activity.
President Eisenhower told Republican leaders he will send a balanced budget calling for about 74 billion dollars to support defenses against Communist imperialism. Senate GOP Leader Knowland said the President expects a stronger year for business and discussed the 1958 calendar year and the July 1 fiscal year. The second session of the 85th Congress opens with defense top priority and McElroy may seek over a billion dollars to accelerate missiles and other defense programs.
Paris reports the United States has donated seven million dollars to the World Health Organization for antimalaria work. The fund consists of voluntary contributions from governments and private donors.
Frigid Canadian air moves into the Miami Valley and brings a sharp temperature drop. Forecasters predict mostly cloudy windy weather with snow flurries and a high near 28. tonight the low around 5 above. Wednesday should be fair with a high near 25. Middletown’s official high Monday reached 43 and the low was 16 this morning.
In Florida near Miami a four engine KC97 tanker made a forced landing in the Everglades. S Sgt Kenneth C McKillop 45 of Pittsburgh Pa a father of three was killed A Maj Donald Lettow the aircraft commander survived with minor injuries Four crew members parachuted to safety Maj Karl Edmondson at Homestead AFB said a blown tire prevented a landing and a misaligned approach led to the crash Lettow radioed a descent and ordered bailouts but McKillop did not bail out until it was too late.
Reports say Russia fired a man carrying rocket to about 186 miles and returned the passenger to earth. Officials gave no confirmation or identity details amid censorship and Western speculation about a spaceflight beyond previous dog missions.
Dr John S Rinehart of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge Mass says a remade German V 2 could reach about 186 miles high, a feat Russians reportedly achieved. He notes the Russia rocket used for manned flight need not be as large as those required for satellites.
Ponca City Oklahoma sheriff officers disclosed that an Arkansas City Kansas oil company was swindled by two bogus checks totaling 96 dollars. The counterfeit instruments bore the name of M B Shirer, former Ponca City mayor who died in 1949, and were drawn on Farmers State Bank of Ponca City out of business for 20 years.
Washington reports that Congress shifted focus from tax cuts to urgent defense needs sparked by Sputnik. The Ways and Means Committee began five weeks of hearings on tax revision, aiming to reexamine basic policies and craft a fair revenue system. Most members see a major tax cut unlikely.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson warned that the coming Congress faces decisions on space power and control over the earth. He said whoever gains the ultimate position in space could threaten freedom or tyranny and urged Congress to address missile policy and potential reprisals against witnesses.
The Air Force and the Navy reportedly agreed on basic designs for atom driven planes to be produced in about two years. Senator Durham says he will convene conferences with defense leaders to speed the project amid congressional pressure. Admiral Burke confirms Navy speed, saying a nuclear seaplane is underway and a test plane could be ready in a couple of years.
Acting postmaster Ray Reich investigates missing time cards for 40 employees at Salem Ohio's post office. A package with the time sheets vanished in transit to Cincinnati regional office, with no duplicates found and the exact hours worked now unknown.
Edinburg Texas reports rough seas and rising flood tides as hundreds displaced by the worst floods in three years begin returning to sodden homes. More than 250 people are displaced after five days of heavy rain bands recede slowly. Andres Avevo, 42, evacuates his family of 13 and says they hope to go back home today after two nights in a Red Cross shelter.
A pregnant woman awaits her eighth child as tides rise and winds spike along the lower Gulf Coast. Small craft are warned to stay in port while fishermen are marooned. Snow melts in northwest Texas as blizzards ease and travel resumes after heavy drifting and road closures.
In Angers France sixteen year old Monique Neveux became a bride and widow within an hour after a collision with a heavy truck on the way to a wedding photo. Her fiancé Alain Richard age nineteen was killed and Monique was hospitalized with both legs crushed.
In Warren County Kentucky three Confederate generals Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Maj Gen John Hunt Morgan and Maj Gen John C Breckinridge were cleared of 96 year old treason and conspiracy charges in Warren Circuit Court. Indictments from 1862 reappeared last November in a moved filing cabinet gap and were dismissed along with charges against Warren County residents accused of forming a Confederate state government. Kentucky did not secede and indictments were issued after Confederate forces left Bowling Green.
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