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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1958
Page
1
Detroit AP reports the United Auto Workers press for a framework to end deadlock with Ford and Chrysler as GM plants move to operate without contracts. UAW seeks to preserve an all union shop with gate checks while negotiating standoffs and potential arbitration.
AP reports 14 dead in a commercial Air France flight crash near Molieres Algeria. The aircraft from Algiers to Tindouf went down about six miles southwest of Molieres about one hour after takeoff. Among the victims were 10 French soldiers, three crew members, and an Air France agent. Cause remained unknown.
The two Unknowns from World War II and Korea were laid to rest beside the World War I Unknown at Arlington National Cemetery after a day of pomp. President awarded Medals of Honor, about 115000 lined the route, as the bronze caskets were interred in open crypts under dusk closing.
Springfield Ohio AP reports Columbus attorney and former congressional candidate Robert Dow Hamilton was arrested after a high speed chase near Springfield for resisting arrest unsafe operation of a motor vehicle and failing to comply with officers orders. Patrolmen R E Brandon and T G Gentry identified him.
Nine pallbearers carried two bronze coffins into the crypts as a small crowd watched in fading light. The National Cemetery superintendent and assistant opened the caskets, then saluted while officials held their hearts. Bearers turned and filed out as onlookers dispersed.
Moscow radio praised two Moscow concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Eugene Ormandy. The performances drew capacity crowds and won high praise for the conductor and musicians.
Thousands mourners filed past Cardinal Samuel Stritch’s bier as his body lay in state at Holy Name Cathedral. The 70 year old archbishop’s funeral mass will be a solemn pontifical requiem with Ambio Cicognani presiding. Entombment follows at Mount Carmel Cemetery in suburban Hillside.
President Eiser received a letter from a 9-year-old girl praising him and naming Perry Como as the only one she loves more, a remark noted by Robert K. Gray White House secretary.
A 28 year old housewife, Mrs Charles Anderson Jr, posted a $10,000 bond after pleading innocent to federal charges of robbing two savings and loan offices at gunpoint. The Homewood banks, identified as City Federal and Jefferson Federal, netted $2,900. The arraignment followed FBI arrest. she fainted in her husband’s arms on release. The maximum penalty is $10,000 fine and 25 years.
London battens down as gasoline pumps see a rush. Government cancels leave for 6000 Army drivers to stand by for deliveries if fuel trucks halt work during a bus strike threat spreading through London.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle demands full premier powers and sets a 5 p.m. deadline for French party leaders to back him. He seeks about 400 votes in the National Assembly to secure a strong majority amid Socialist hesitation and fears of civil strife following the Pflimlin resignation. Violence erupted on the Champs Elysees as Gaullist supporters clashed with anti Gaullists, injuring several including a child and three police.
Lava jets reach 12 000 feet as De Capelinhos volcano erupts anew on Faial Island. Calderia volcano earlier sent ash and lava for ten days, triggering earthquakes and refugee evacuations to Horta for shelter and food.
A muggy, humid air mass produced thundering storms and heavy rain across the eastern two thirds of the nation. Thunderstorms and scattered showers extended from the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf, with warm nights keeping readings 70s and 80s from Texas to the Atlantic. The Dakotas saw widely scattered storms, the upper Great Lakes region recorded heavy rain, and a possible tornado was noted near Selz, North Carolina.
The Worker weekly Communist party newspaper reports financial distress and a revived issue only after a 24 hour postponement of the printing bill and emergency financial aid from local supporters. The Daily Worker had suspended publication months earlier due to funds shortage.
By Saturday morning 169 deaths were tallied on national highways with 108 auto crashes and 40 drownings. Officials warned that traffic volumes threaten a higher toll, echoing the 1955 Memorial Day record while noting hopeful signs of a lighter total if trends hold. Afton Oklahoma saw a soldier pull three men from a burning car before being electrocuted by a downed high voltage line, underscoring the dangers on the road. In Hidalgo Illinois a two car crash left one dead and seven others injured.
Police said Monroe Sneed aged 35 was killed Friday when a .32 caliber revolver he was placing in his jacket pocket discharged accidentally in Cleveland.
A party boat carrying 1,880 excursionists from Philadelphia was turned chaotic as alcohol fueled clashes on The State of Pennsylvania led to 15 injuries and widespread damage. Police arrested 34 men and youths, with ages up to 22, and set bail at 300 dollars each.
Ohio recorded ten highway deaths five drownings and one fire fatality in the first 30 hours of the Memorial Day weekend. The state’s Slow Down and Live campaign appears to have limited impact during this period.
A belmont County boating wreck on Piedmont Lake left four aboard dead, with only Mrs Mary Pyle surviving. Also reported were drownings of Ernest Pyle Jr Robert Snodgrass and Stella Balk all Martins Ferry residents, and others in Guernsey Sandusky and Williams counties. A Williams County crash on U S 6 killed Russell Riker and David Bangard, and a Montpelier home accident killed Perry Allen's granddaughter Ronnie Sue Thrailkill. An Akron space floater fire killed Richard N Glatfelti in a house trailer.
A school advertised a Short Course in Accounting for Women but days later a note to the director declared There’s NO accounting for women. The brief item notes a clash over gendered education in a local institution.
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