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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1958
Page
1
In Jiddah Saudi Arabia a Western AP report describes Wahabi rule under Crown Prince Faisal facing gradual reform. The Mutaween enforce prayer and dress codes, cap shapes, and social segregation while strict punishments for theft and adultery persist though convictions are few.
A mass food poisoning at Eugene Cross Elementary in Marion North Carolina sickened 202 students and teachers during a year end lunch. The 60 bed Marion General Hospital activated a disaster plan admitting 202 patients while staff and volunteers managed beds and transport. State troopers delivered extra medical supplies from Asheville as the town mobilized to treat ambulatory and admitted patients.
A seventh floor fire at the Neil House in downtown Columbus killed Joe Lewis, 63, owner of a local flower shop and hotel resident. Fire officials said guests were rescued from windows ledges as elevators ferried people down due to insufficient aerial ladders. Damages were estimated at 900 for the building and 1000 for contents, with investigators noting a cigarette may have started the blaze and Lewis perished from smoke asphyxiation.
Thousands of jobless workers await the Ohio Supreme Court ruling on when supplemental unemployment benefits SUB can begin. A decision could allow back payments totaling about 15 million dollars and weekly disbursements near one million, affecting tens of thousands of workers and several steel firms.
In Schenectady New York a green blotter on a table where couples fill out license applications shows romantic scribbles. Not an official record the page includes lines such as I love you Minnie and Help mother highlighting the intimate nature of a public process.
The United Auto Workers plans further negotiations with General Motors Ford Motor Co and Chrysler Corp to restore contract talks with the big three. AMC has an indefinite extension after agreeing with the union but is at risk if terms are not settled by June 15.
American Motors has the only boost in sales among peers, but a possible union strike could threaten its market position. A contract extension would block the 7 cent hourly productivity raise from the 1955 58 pact and delay the 2 cent per hour rise tied to the cost of living index. A new contract is needed to secure both boosts.
Premier De Gaulle lands in Algiers for talks with the insurgent Public Safety Committee and generals like Salan and Massu as crowds cheer and await signals on Algeria policy. He plans a three day itinerary including Constantine Tougart and Oran before returning to Paris.
Returns from 800 of 4519 precincts show Dodgers stadium plan leading by 3625 with 56091 yes to 52466 no. Voter turnout reaches 62.3 percent of 1,105,427 registered voters in the city’s largest non presidential election on record.
In San Mateo, Gary Lawson three and Billy Miller four tried to give their pet rooster Cock-a-doodle-doo a drink. A can of gasoline was tipped, a heater pilot light ignited fumes, and a fire broke out. Barbara Lawson witnessed the blaze as Gary wept clutching a single feather. The rooster died. damage reached ten thousand dollars.
The Air Force reported a successful Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile launch at Cape Canaveral. The eighth test in the series covered about 600 miles as technicians gathered telemetry data for the first intercontinental flight planned within two months.
The line hints at family affection with a playful nod to touch and closeness, describing a beloved relative in a light humorous tone. It reads like a brief comic tribute to kinship and warm, familiar bonds.
In San Francisco AP dispatch Edmund Pat Brown, the cheerful attorney general, contrasts with Sen. William F. Knowland as he plans to win the California governor’s race. The piece highlights Brown’s personality and political stance as voters loom.
In California a Democrat, Brown, vies for governor as primary results show two party competition. Brown, a former Republican who switched in 1934, presents himself as a moderate aiming to clean up labor corruption and oppose right to work. If elected he could be the state’s first Democratic governor since 1938.
In Algiers Charles de Gaulle receives a triumphal greeting but faces sharp questions about his reform plan for Algeria. Officials admit uncertainty about integration of Muslims and French settlers, while Moslem leaders hold back until mountains chiefs speak, as troops remain deployed and tensions run high.
The city glows with Cross of Lorraine symbols and De Gaulle insignia as crowds gather for a tense spectacle. A 300-strong press corps arrives from many nations while paratroops and other troops patrol Algiers and surrounding areas in a scene recalling 1943 preparations for Allied moves toward Sicily and Italy.
A weak low brings warmer air to the Miami Valley. The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions today with a high near 84 and a low around 60 tonight. Thursday remains partly cloudy and warm, with highs near 90. Middletown recorded a 75 degree high yesterday and a 48 degree low this morning.
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