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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1959
Page
1
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a five story Gary Hotel fire sent guests fleeing via cables ladders and fire escapes. At least three people died two are missing and two are in critical condition. About 24 were hospitalized for burns smoke and shock as 100 firefighters battled the blaze for over two hours.
Washington officials foresee rising tensions with the Soviet Union over Berlin lasting into late spring and early summer. Khrushchev is seen pressing Western powers to abandon Berlin while the U.S. and allies prepare for possible mobilization of reserve units and intensified talks with Britain’s Macmillan in March.
East Germany’s top Communist leaders urge Soviet Premier Khrushchev to push for a peace treaty and control over access to West Berlin. Ulbricht says the people desire a treaty and warns against further delay while Khrushchev signals a separate Soviet East German pact if terms aren’t set for an all German settlement. The trip centers on the Leipzig Trade Fair but politics overshadow public enthusiasm as 200,000 reportedly gather per ADN.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev said he is prepared to postpone the May 27 deadline for Berlin negotiations. He suggested the date could be moved to June 27 or July 27 and remarked, We are in no hurry, citing an old Russian saying about counting chickens. He spoke at a Leipzig luncheon hosted by the city mayor.
A storm system sweeps across Ohio bringing cloudy windy conditions and showers. Temperatures plunge tonight with highs near 51 yesterday and a low around 30 this morning. Friday remains cool with a chance of snow flurries and a high near 38 as the storm moves east.
A humorous note states a woman will not accept a man’s company unless he is the owner of a business. The punchline implies wealth and status influence social access.
In Wrightsville near Little Rock a fire swept a locked dormitory at the State Training School for Delinquent Negro Boys. At least 21 inmates aged 14 to 17 died, many found in a pile as survivors escaped through window openings with heavy screens. Gov. Faubus ordered an investigation and noted the doors should not have been barred. The blaze' origin was undetermined. an electrical storm was mentioned.
ITHACA N Y AP General Electric engineers said three signals were received from the missing U S satellite Discoverer I with the latest contact at about 400 miles above the Earth Columbus Ohio AP lawmakers set a modern day record for bill introductions with the deadline six hours away Chicago AP Secret Service recovers more than one million dollars in counterfeit notes and arrests 25 suspects in a nationwide ring Paul J Paterni Chicago head of Secret Service said notes were found in 22 states
Voters back home appear indifferent to Mrs. Eileen Levering on Rep. Robert Levering’s payroll. Levering’s secretary says only about a dozen letters arrived, some critical, many from outside the district. He defends his wife, a lawyer, as doing more than anyone else outside the family. One Democrat in Newark challenged a statement by Levering regarding his GAP.
In Arizona, a lone beaver, said to be an engineer's engineer, builds a driftwood dam 100 feet from Glen Canyon Dam amid noisy construction. Workmen adopt him as mascot, though his effort will end when the Colorado River returns to its natural channel after the Glen Canyon project, and the beaver dam will vanish under flood waters.
NASA and university officials track Pioneer IV as it sails past the moon toward a solar orbit. Jodrell Bank confirms strong signals beyond 280,000 miles, with an expected 392 day solar orbit and radiation data beyond Explorer readings.
Homer J. Stewart, NASA planning and evaluation director, told newsmen the craft would slow gradually to 3,400 miles per hour, though for all practical purposesimulation indicates a slower deceleration.
Two bodies found in a brushy field near Fredericksburg are believed to be Carroll V. Jackson Jr. and one of his blonde haired daughters missing since January 11 from Louisa County. A second child's body may lie beneath the man. authorities guard the scene. The Jacksons vanished after visiting relatives and their car was later found abandoned eight miles from home.
Flames snapped electric wires and rose into huge columns of fire and smoke over the Hazleton area in eastern Pennsylvania. Clarence Krapf, room clerk, said the blaze began at the bottom of an elevator shaft and mushroomed through the hotel as the elevator plunged and the fifth floor wall collapsed onto the street. Firefighters and onlookers watched the spectacular blaze without injuries. The hotel was owned by Samuel.
President Eisenhower indicated advance planning for a possible emergency at a Wednesday news conference. He suggested a stepped up air alert may be needed if the situation develops as anticipated, while deeming the current ground alert system satisfactory for the moment.
Eisenhower argues against keeping the nation in general mobilization as it would turn a democracy into a garrison state and divert resources from a free economy. He says such a move would be futile and disastrous, though he does not rule out steps short of full mobilization if the crisis worsens.
Moscow denounces the Feb 26 boarding off Newfoundland of the Soviet trawler Novorossiysk after U S authorities said it may have damaged transatlantic cables. Lt Donald Sheely stated the fishing boat possibly involved but not sure if deliberate. The Soviet note demanded measures to prevent recurrences and called the action provocative.
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