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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1957
Page
1
A large disturbance in Jaroslaw swelled to major riot actions with over 1,000 police and troops deployed. Szpander Mlodych cited as one of Poland's most serious anti state outbursts with possible military mutiny indicators.
More than 1,000 locally born Chinese rioted at the Nationalist China legation in Saigon protesting a law making them Vietnamese citizens. About 200 reached the second floor and surrounded diplomats Yuan Tze Chien and Shen Tzu Chen, demanding a peaceful resolution. Police cordoned the area as Yuan promised to close the legation and return to Formosa if no calm outcome was reached.
Fifteen hundred residents from Binghamton gathered in a rural village for the Evac 12 civil defense drill, the nation’s largest mock H bomb evacuation. Volunteers filled homes and schools as sirens wailed and a two-car convoy and a train carried evacuees to shelter. Officials praised cooperation and noted operations tested could fit a nationwide survival plan.
South Viet Nam President Ngo Dinh Diem rested in Honolulu before flying to Washington in the Eisenhower administration’s plane to press for increased aid against communism. Diem and a party of 10 will be met in San Francisco by Mayor George Christopher then proceed to meet President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, and Secretary of State Dulles.
Adolf Schaerf, a veteran Socialist and anti Communist figure, wins Austria’s presidency in a six year term. He defeats Dr. Wolfgang Denk by 2 259 097 to 2 160 000 as Austria remains careful to balance socialist and conservative forces. Schaerf vows to keep Austria as an instrument for world peace and to ban atomic weapons.
The official forecast calls for fair and warmer weather with a high near 68 degrees. Tonight will be fair and cool with a low around 40. Tuesday promises fair and mild conditions with a possible high above 70. Sunday's high reached 61 and the morning low was 33.
A concise humor item noting the Internal Revenue Department offers a simplified 1958 tax form. It parodies tax prompts by asking what you earned, what you have left, and points to sending B as the punchline.
Federal Inspector Max Ulrich was detained on charges he supplied wiretap information about Egyptian Embassy conversations to Col Marcel Mercier of French intelligence. The case implicates Swiss secrecy laws, earlier suspicions, and a related suicide of Atty Gen Rene Dubois. Investigating Magistrate Hans Walder called the evidence heavily criminal. Associated Press reporter Michael Goldsmith was briefly jailed for not revealing sources. Swiss papers criticized the arrest actions amid wider espionage tensions.
In Bogota 35,000 troops occupy the capital amid unrest over President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's bid for re election by a Constituent Assembly. Police used tear gas and red dyed water to disperse crowds, halting mass at a Roman Catholic church. Students outraged in Cali Medellin and Popayan join ongoing demonstrations sparked by Valencia's arrest.
In Damascus Syria pro Egyptian leftists captured three parliamentary by elections while government backed candidates won two seats in weekend voting with low turnout and allegations of foul play. All three previously held by rightists jailed on charges of attempting to topple President Shukri Kuwatly.
Ragnar Benson, Chicago contractor born in Amhult Sweden, financed a 50 000 dollar chartered trip for 67 guests including relatives to Sweden and other European nations. The party left Chicago April 14 and returned yesterday after reunions with his siblings and a chat with King Gustaf. Benson, 57, says the trip may be repeated in two years and called it a lifelong ambition fulfilled.
The Teamsters executive board denounces the AFL-CIO charges as malicious and unfounded as Dave Beck and James Hoffa attend an ethical practices committee hearing. They vow to resist efforts to break up the union while calling the inquiry a trade union hearing rather than a trial.
A 275 foot plastic bag balloon carrying a dummy named Sad Sam drifted over Red Wing Minnesota after launch from New Brighton. Technicians hope it lands soon as remote release and timer systems failed to deploy the dummy and gondola during the high altitude bailout test tied to General Mills research for a future Air Force project. Capt Henry P Nielsen and Wright Air Development Center personnel spearheaded the test with Nielsen planning a 90,000 foot jump next summer.
Nicaragua and Honduras agreed to a cease-fire after President Somoza signed, with the three man Honduran junta also signing. OAS mediation sought troop withdrawal and a buffer zone within four days, ending five days of jungle border fighting on the Mosquito Coast.
Mr and Mrs William Adams in Pittsburgh cannot enter their bedroom after their pet raccoon Nicey turned mean during breeding season last February Five newborn raccoons were born in a dresser drawer and Nicey attacked the couple until they slept in the living room Adams said his wife will keep the babies rather than remove them
A U S Navy man from Dayton Ohio David Lawrence Calhoun was killed in a two car collision on U S 50 east of Parkersburg West Virginia Saturday night State police reported An other sailor from Dayton Glen F Kritzer 18 was reported in fair condition
Joseph R. McCarthy?s body lay in state over the weekend as colleagues arranged a 30 minute funeral service two hours after a high Requiem Mass at St Matthew?s Cathedral. Presidents Eisenhower sent a aide to represent him at the Senate service. He will be buried tomorrow at St Mary?s Cemetery beside his parents in Appleton Wisconsin.
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