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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
1
Paris profile of General Charles de Gaulle tracing his career from World War II rallying call to political comeback. The piece highlights his knack for controlling timing, empowering France with decisive leadership, and shaping postwar power through cautious, strategic moves.
A railroad tank car explosion in Mount Pulaski Illinois killed two crewmen and injured many. About 1000 residents were made homeless as two thirds of the town’s 400 homes were damaged. National Guardsmen aided cleanup and evacuation followed the blast which cratered the yard and sent debris across the area.
Paris reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle moves to secure six months of emergency decrees to rule by decree and constitutional reforms. The National Assembly approved rapid measures to avert civil strife as de Gaulle heads to Algeria to confront insurgent forces and colonists. Four non Communist deputies allied with De Gaulle pressed the plan, including Mollet Pflimlin Jacquinot and Houphouet-Boigny.
Traffic fatalities across the nation during the extended Memorial Day holiday climbed to 370, a new record for the three day period. Drownings reached 127 and miscellaneous accidents 33, pushing total deaths to 585. The Associated Press tally covered 78 hours from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
Ohio reported 27 accidental deaths from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday. Eighteen died in traffic, six drowned, and three from miscellaneous causes including a fire, an accidental shooting, and a farm tractor incident. Fatalities peaked before Memorial Day midnight, with a lull afterward as rain may have reduced travel.
Tailor Meyer Jacobson told police a woman entered his shop and asked for skirt repair. After he finished, she hugged him and left, later the tailor found his wallet containing $60 missing from a hip pocket.
A light joke notes a recession means losing a job and a low mood means losing mine. The line plays on contrast between economic downturn and personal mood.
Mr and Mrs Derwin Mason of Akron and their four children aged 6 to 15 were rescued by a Coast Guard cutter from Marblehead after their 21 foot outboard struck a submerged rock near Middle Bass Island. All escaped unharmed.
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers and the Big Three dealers held an angry wake over stalled talks as contracts died at midnight at Ford and Chrysler and earlier at GM. Reuther warned of a 1958 contract after two weeks or eight weeks, while the companies resisted extensions and cut union dues and shop requirements.
Bangkok reports 106 deaths from the cholera outbreak as of the weekend. No infections among the large foreign community have been reported to date.
A cold air mass dominates the Miami Valley, keeping temperatures cool through Tuesday. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cooler conditions with a high near 75 today and a low around 50 tonight. Tuesday should be fair and warmer with a high near 78. Middletown reported a Sunday high of 82 at 3 p.m. and a 57 degree low at 7 a.m. Rainfall yesterday measured 0.39 inches.
In Algiers anger mounts at Charles de Gaulle as the Paris plan to clean up politics backfires. Insurgents accuse the new cabinet of rewarding party hacks and drag Pierre Pflimlin’s image through the streets while Jacques Soustelle is omitted.
In Vernal Utah the Dinosaur Monument area markets a playful theme with a U S Reptile Control Commission permit and a 60 000 annual license claim from the Chamber of Commerce. A 76 foot long skeleton looms near the Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History as a 310 000 visitors center opens and fossil work continues at the quarry near Green River.
The vote stood 25 to 19 as De Gaulle faced a rocky start after taking office. Communists and some Socialists opposed his demands, signaling no honeymoon with the opposition. He won 329 votes to 400 non Communist ballots hoped for, with leftist violence sporadically flaring, suggesting trouble ahead.
Alfred Hinds known as Quicksilver Alf, age 41, escaped from Nottingham Jail in 1955 and again this Sunday, making his third escape in 30 months. The incident sparked a major stir at Scotland Yard and prompted officials to review jail security and escape procedures amid criticism from Parliament, press and public over alleged laxity in English prisons.
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