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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1958
Page
1
Florida sees December frost damage up to 20 percent though prices rise for oranges and grapefruit. Industry estimates cut Florida orange supply by 22 million boxes and grapefruit by 4 million, with expectations of higher winter prices for late season Valencia oranges as harvest continues.
In Caracas demonstrators demanded an end to the dictatorship while police used tear gas and machetes to break up the protest. Authorities arrested about two dozen. several shop windows were shattered with no injuries reported. The crisis followed an unsupported New Year uprising and the release of jailed priests in a cabinet reshuffle. The Vatican warned of possible diplomatic rupture as naval forces backed the regime.
Vienna reports the Romanian Parliament elected Ion Gheorghe Maurer, a lawyer and former foreign minister since July, to succeed the late Petru Groza who died at 72 and was buried with a state funeral.
ATLANTA D A Stoddard Jr reported his car parked in the southwest section was stripped of the battery and gasoline, with two front wheels later removed. He bought a new battery and gasoline at a service station, but the vehicle then disappeared and was later hauled away by police who suspected theft.
Seattle juror foreman Charles Hickling testified that two co workers heard him say before the Beck trial that they should throw the book at Beck He said he spoke of hanging the guy at two meetings with Robert S Paulson and Clarence H Lauby both Everett and Seattle workers. Hickling is seeking a new trial in the grand larceny case tied to proceeds from a Teamsters Union car.
Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever condemned Eisenhower’s plan for a unified space agency as wasteful and said the Air Force could start unmanned reconnaissance trips to the Moon Mars and Venus at an early date by modifying the Thor missile. He and other generals voiced criticism as ARPA plans and ICBM funding debates unfold.
Washington George T. Smith painted Harrison Elementary without authorization to relieve his worry and a doctor’s concern. School officials say they never hired him and cannot pay $1,000 to $1,200 for the exterior work. Smith plans no further unasked painting, though he would act again if the urge returned.
A radi edge message claiming a bomb aboard forced a United Airlines DC-7 with 57 passengers and 5 crew to divert to Allentown Bethlehem Airport. The frightful alert caused nearly four hours of delay. Captain C J Stropes landed the airliner en route from Portland to Idlewild after the anonymous call from Chicago.
A masked youth robbed Shad dock's Market at 1516 Germantown Rd last night, taking $119. The white male 19, 5 ft tall 130 lb with blonde hair fled west in a car. Police investigate two other holdups totaling nearly $5,000.
An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile rose from Cape Canaveral in a successful test. The 5,500 mile range weapon lifted off and cleared the pad as the AP Wirephoto caption notes.
Secretary of State Dulles denounces Bulganin’s call for a summit within three months while saying an eventual top level meeting remains possible with adequate prep. He contrasts Soviet and U.S. disarmament proposals and notes NATO allies study a Central Europe nuclear free zone.
London AP report notes Pravda rejects Western ideas for a foreign ministers meeting as a way to break East West deadlocks. It cites Bulganin’s push for a summit within months and says NATO nations back the rejection of a ministers meeting.
The Western Big Three Britain France and the United States rejected Bulganin's bid in separate statements. London government sources said NATO partners agree his terms for a top level meeting in two or three months without prep are unacceptable. Selwyn Lloyd urged a foreign ministers meeting to break the disarmament deadlock and pave the way for a summit. Macmillan floated an East West nonaggression pact as part of new agreements.
Moscow offered new incentives to lure Soviet families to Siberia. The Soviet Agriculture newspaper said migrants would receive free transport and housing, loans for food, and exemptions from agricultural taxes for two to five years.
CAPE CANAVERAL AP reports US space testers launched two 5000 mile missiles within hours as two baby moons near readiness. A civilian aluminum satellite 64 inches across and 342 pounds will fly aboard a Vanguard three stage rocket, while a 80 inch long cylinder 6 inch diameter weighing 29.7 pounds forms the Jupiter C final stage.
A vehicle struck and killed Barbara Weidner aged 7 of Silverton while she crossed Montgomery Road in northeast Cincinnati County Friday. The incident prompted safety warnings and police investigations.
French economist Jean Monnet will fly to Washington to pursue foreign credits and deferment of interest payments on existing French debts to the U S and Export-Import Bank. He aims to show Paris can curb inflation via savings while seeking aid through loan guarantees and international support. The plan follows Gaillard’s budget tightening and the Bank of France credit restraint to combat inflation.
A 70-year-old ally of President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles will meet IMF officials. He may urge director Per Jacobsson to permit France to withdraw its 262 million dollar balance from the fund.
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