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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1959
Page
1
Washington reports more than 17 000 servicemen killed in peacetime defense duties from 1954 to 1958. The piece notes fatalities include military accidents and some deaths near hostile borders, with hazard incentive pay cited as justification for dangerous missions.
The casualty list shows most deaths among military air crews and occupants. Air Force totals 3921, Navy and Marine Corps 2983, and Army 177 with incomplete service-by-service data.
Rev Maurice McCrackin, jailed for tax nonpayment and fighting the IRS, returns to Cincinnati to possible church duties at St Barnabas Church. He plans Sunday services citing opposition to war and a pacifist stance, while tax liens and a $250 fine remain collectible. The case tied to a high profile courtroom showing and a judge’s rebuke.
Mrs. Henry Krakar woke her husband to report an elephant in the backyard. The gray animal, the usual size, had wandered from a circus the night before. A trainer retrieved the elephant and returned it to the circus.
Lt. Robert A. Stewart 27 Belton Mo bailed out of an F102 after engine flameout in turbulent hail laden weather. He landed three miles west of Hays and was hospitalized after being rescued by farmer Lee Schnatterly. Two other jet crews from Richards Gebaur Air Force Base separated in the storm. Wind at 85 to 150 mph.
Chen Ta, 38, attempted a laundry theft in Taipei Formosa but was pursued by a man who remained close until Chen collapsed. Lai Cheng-yi, 45, a former marathon champion, restrained the thief until police arrived.
Tropical storm Arlene with 50 mph winds drifts in the Gulf heading toward western Louisiana. Warnings stretch from Galveston to Grand Isle as residents near Lake Charles prepare, recalling Hurricane Audrey's 1957 devastation while bureau forecasts indicate Arlene will likely not strengthen to a hurricane.
Industrial relations expert Dr. Irving Bernstein told a House Labor subcommittee that most workers are not dissatisfied but disinterested in unions. He cited apathy in local elections and noted low participation in union affairs as the subcommittee wrapped up a two day hearing on labor reform legislation.
Sen. Stuart Symington heads a six day trip through California visiting San Diego and speaking after addressing the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. He says the United States should project concern about Soviet plans rather than the reverse.
A classroom gag has the teacher asking how to subtract 83 from 107 and the student replying with a dismissive line. The quip plays on math and attitude in a lighthearted moment.
The nation’s oldest soldier Walter Williams, a Confederate veteran aged 116, plans a quiet Memorial Day near Houston. He rode in an Armed Forces Day parade in his ambulance, marking months of bed rest, and now spends his days enjoying country music on radio and records.
Western officials expect new instructions from Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as secret talks with Andrei Gromyko aim to clear the path to a Four Power summit. Ministers Luigi, Lloyd, and Herner press for a plan to end Berlin pressures without surrender of West Berlin rights.
The 5,900 ton Soviet freighter Ivan Moskvin docked at Stapleton Staten Island carrying 805 tons of crated exhibits for the Soviet Union exposition set for June 30 to August 10 in the New York Coliseum. The arrival marks the first Soviet ship to reach New York waters in a decade.
Washington AP states two space monkeys Able and Baker face a news conference today as cameras flash. The female monkeys, showing nonchalant attitudes, had returned from a 1500 mile spaceflight and were exhibited at the Army lab before going back to retirement.
Navy Lt. Thomas F. Dushyn describes two monkeys Baker and another as coy at a public exhibit after arrival. Doctors conduct medical checks to study how the chimpanzees withstand the space rip in Jupiter missile nose cone, aiming to help future Mercury astronauts.
Ruth Gwinn a 57 year old secretary, died Friday from injuries from a Thursday assault in a dark street in Los Angeles. Police say a man struck her with a plank, dragged her into a parking lot and raped her before fleeing. In 1952 she was shot in the back by a man who tried to force her into a car. he was never caught.
Andrew Sambucini 29 fought two men who tried to abduct him outside his Brooklyn apartment. Police say the suspects, Anthony Marciano 28 and Paul Urano 30, were linked to a payroll theft the previous Thursday.
In Mexico City police hunted Alfonso Arnoldo Acosta Meza, a former Castro rebel army member and pilot, for questioning in a high value Cuban peso robbery involving Marilyn Thal of Miami Beach. The crime netted 3,676,500 pesos with a black market value around 1.36 million dollars. Authorities say an international smuggling ring is linked and U.S., Cuban, and other agencies plan to assist.
Beaverdam Kentucky AP three miners Don McClernon Jake Lewis and Earl Bennett trapped 450 feet underground after a mine shaft collapse at Ken Coal Co a Peabody subsidiary. Rescue workers from 75 teams tunnel toward the men with air and food via a perpendicular shaft while maintaining cave in precautions.
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