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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1958
Page
1
Ohio lawmakers end a 58 hour special session by voting 88 13 to ban billboards on new interstate sections. The session also extends unemployment benefits to 13 weeks and adds six million dollars for poor relief amid political contention and warnings of constitutional issues.
The Labor Department announced the first allocation of emergency loans totaling 37,398,848 for eight states plus the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The funds finance a 50 percent extension of state jobless pay programs beyond the usual 26 week limit.
The state advances relief spending matching local funds and fixes a classroom construction fund defect. A typographical error in a constitutional amendment for metropolitan federations is corrected. Sewer bond limits rise from 25 to 40 years. The governor plans to sign all bills, including jobless pay extension, easing application processing after 15 days. The anti billboard bill drew major opposition from newspaper groups.
The United States carried out two nuclear explosions yesterday at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific. They were the eighth and ninth tests in the current series, timed one hour apart at 12 30 p.m. and 1 30 p.m. EST. The Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department issued a joint announcement with no further details.
Rebels abducted 12 engineers from Moa Cuba including 10 Americans and 2 Canadians. They allegedly told a wife the captives would be treated well and freed in a few days. U S officials expect release soon with no harm, while Cuba’s government sought a ransom. Officials noted Castro’s rebels up in Sierra Maestra and blamed U S aid to Batista.
Connecticut Democrats meet in Hartford to nominate a governor candidate with Gov. Abraham Ribicoff unopposed, then choose a rival to Republican Sen. William A. Purtell. The announced contenders are former Congressman Thomas J. Dodd William Benton and Chester Bowles both Yale alumni and founders of the Benton & Bowles ad firm.
In Los Angeles doctors told Verna Mae Ainsworth that she now has a normal life expectancy after a surgery that closed a hole in her heart. Surgeons performed the operation with blood donated by thirty shipmates of her husband James Ainsworth a 21 year old fireman from the cruiser Helena. The crew provided 30 pints of blood for the procedure.
Cyril the Sea Lion, a year old, has become the center of a ownership dispute between the Toledo Zoo and London Ontario authorities after escaping from Springbank Park. Toledo officials darted him to aid capture and claim him as property, while London officials argue jurisdiction and rights of possession.
Skywatchers worldwide await the demise of Explorer III launched March 26. The National Academy of Sciences asks observers to report sightings to Washington and preserve any remains, though Army scientists say the satellite likely will burn up in the atmosphere with no recoverable debris.
Washington AP report notes backers optimistic after House approval, predicting the Senate will pass Alaska statehood by a two to one margin with the measure unchanged. Sen Henry M Jackson expects passage by next Wednesday as Sen Mike Mansfield prepares to bring the bill to the floor with early and extended sessions.
The House approved a railroad aid bill aimed at helping financially distressed lines. It includes a government guaranteed loan program and would allow unlimited outstanding loans, contrasting with the Senate's 700 million dollar cap. A conference committee may be formed if Senate rejects the House version.
President Eisenhower urged restoration of foreign aid funds cut by the House Appropriations Committee. The panel trimmed the request by 872 million dollars, proposing 3.078 billion for overseas aid, and cut the Development Loan Fund from 625 to 300 million. Senator Mansfield criticized the cuts as too blunt and warned of Senate efforts to restore and possibly raise funding.
The House approved a compromise on Eisenhower's plan to share atomic weapons information and material with U S allies. The bill would apply mainly to Britain and allow exchange of nuclear weapon making data and non nuke parts with allies at an advanced production stage. The Senate expected to act early next week.
The Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars push for increased compensation for combat disabilities and seek a veteran’s administrator with Cabinet status in the federal administration. The policy resolutions were approved at the group’s annual convention Friday night in Cincinnati.
Rep. Bennett demands all Goldfine records to verify claims in the Sherman Adams dispute after fresh testimony by John Fox about Goldfine and Adams. House subcommittee considers Fox’s secret-session status as Chairman Harris weighs secrecy versus open hearing.
Rev. James A. Doubleday and his wife Barbara Fox Doubleday appeared together after reconciliation. Barbara, mother of two, had filed for divorce in Reno four months earlier following a romance with Raymond Headspeth, an ex convict cowboy. FBI says she cashed 200000 in grandfather inherited bonds and traveled with Headspeth to Tucson before he was arrested in Miami.
Sen. John IL McClellan said the Rackets Committee has good leads Indiana authorities could follow to back charges. The hearing into Maurice Hutcheson and the Carpenters Union ended after Kennedy charged Hutcheson with embezzling 250000 in union assets, including securities and Florida property, with grand jury fixing alleged.
In Tripoli overnight fighting between government forces and rebels lasted over 12 hours with eight dead and about 20 injured. Army jets and artillery backed by armored cars helped suppress attacks around Tripoli and Rasheiya as Chamoun's government faced continued rebel pressure amid regional claims of UAR aid.
Investigators from the Air Force Civil Aeronautics Administration and aviation industry examine wreckage of a KC 135 Stratotanker after a takeoff crash at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts. Fifteen people died including six newsmen seven crew and two observers. President Eisenhower expressed shock.
Richard Payne, 21, died after a skyrocket misfired as he inspected it. A second rocket ignited by a spark as he neared, and a long launching stick pierced his abdomen, killing him seven hours later.
A humorous quip features a small boy complaining about bedtime rules and declaring he does not belong to any union, prompting a lighthearted reflection on adult conventions and child independence.
In Miami the 9-year-old Eller Tuten who suffered cerebral palsy died from burns after a fire started by a lighted cigarette lighter. Her devoted terrier Trixy was found separately, later killed by traffic. Grandparents, guardians, and neighbors recall the tragedy and the girl’s final request. Services for Eller were scheduled.
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