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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1958
Page
1
Democrats win a U S Senate seat in Maine for the first time in 47 years and gain a House seat while retaining the governorship. Muskie defeats Payne to shift the five major offices toward the Democrats as Maine’s first-in-nation vote sets tone for upcoming elections.
In Maine the Democrats scored a sweeping victory that defeats GOP Senator Frederick G. Payne while boosting Gov. Edmund S. Muskie’s statewide win. Analysts attribute the result to fatigue with Republicans and Payne’s ties to Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine, which drew scrutiny.
Payne's defeat reinforces Democratic belief that Eisenhower era ethics will influence votes in states beyond Maine. Muskie avoided the topic while Payne defended his Goldfine ties at rallies. Democrats cite Adams Goldfine and other cases as evidence of moral breaches, urging rivals to avoid Truman-era chatter unless opponents raise past Democratic misdeeds in Washington. They credit unemployment and recession for Payne's loss and for broader political impact.
The piece notes Muskie as the first Democrat sent to the Senate by Maine’s Republican-leaning voters. It recalls the 1911 shift when the legislature chose the last Democratic senator, and mentions Clinton Clauson winning Waterville’s mayoral seat and later the governorship by a narrow margin over Horace Hildreth, while James Oliver defeated Republican Robert Hale in a Cape Elizabeth real estate bid for governor.
Democrat Frank M. Coffin of Lewiston defeats Stockton Springs farmer Neil S. Bishop for another term. Coffin was the first Maine Democrat in the U S House in 22 years after his initial election two years ago. Rep. Clifford G. McIntire beat Gerald J. Grady to hold his major office seat.
A lighthearted column notes how women in their middle forties yearn for youth and vitality, with playful reflections and a wink at aging. The piece uses humor to connect shared experiences and nostalgia.
Floyd J. Robertson, 25, a cement worker and father of three, admitted abducting and murdering Marjorie Schneider, 18, after forcing her to drive, then shooting her three times in the head. He led officers to a shallow grave atop a mountain where the body was found. No charges filed yet.
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler interpreted Maine results as evidence of a broad national trend toward the party. He said voters reject drift and unemployment while repudiating Republican leadership and alleged corruption and promised that vigorous campaign in other states could yield majorities in Congress this November.
Tokyo District Court granted a defense request for three Japanese experts to review the autopsy report on T A D Jones Jr., New Haven businessman beaten to death by Joseph P. Crowley in a Tokyo hotel. Crowley pleads not guilty to voluntary manslaughter. autopsy cited cerebral hemorrhage from blows.
President Eisenhower presses Moscow to restrain Red China's territorial aims amid Formosa Strait tensions. Khrushchev demands U.S. pullout from the area and warns an attack on Red China would be an attack on the USSR. Washington accuses Peiping of provocation in Quemoy bombardment as talks with China loom. The White House signals no withdrawal and aims to keep alliance against aggression in the region.
Across Arkansas Virginia and beyond the nation awaits a Supreme Court decision on delaying Little Rock Central High integration. Circuit Court order to admit Negro students stands pending high court action as judges weigh temporary relief disputes. Local clashes continue in Van Buren Warren County and New Orleans as courts address segregation dynamics.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer today with possible thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures may drop, with a predicted low near 36 and high around 58. Middletown recorded a high of 73 yesterday and a morning low of 7.
Two B52 bombers from Fairchild AFB collided at sundown 190 feet above Highway 2 near Spokane Washington. Eleven of fifteen crew were killed. A 20 pound landing gear fragment shattered a service sign and landed on the highway. Ground bystanders and a tavern shopper escaped injury. The eight million dollar aircraft were returning from a routine landing.
Joe Martella a service station attendant said both planes were turning when a tremendous roar filled the air He reported the pilot tried to avoid the other plane then wings collided behind the cockpit causing one plane to appear cut in two Martella and owner Mike Anderson ran across the highway and dived into a ditch
A large fuselage portion fell within 40 feet of a highway and burned, another plane crashed about a mile away, and a third wreckage pile lay in a farmer's field ten miles west. The crashes occurred less than two miles from Fairchild runway. nine months earlier an eight engine B52 crashed on takeoff from Fairchild killing eight.
Secretary of State Dulles hinted the United States is ready to offer concessions if Red China renounces the use of force in the Formosa Straits.
Vice Admiral Beakley said with American aid the Nationalists can keep Quemoy supplied despite a strong Communist blockade. US escorts stay three miles from Quemoy as both sides exchange shelling with Reds firing a record 53000 shells in ten hours.
President Eisenhower reacting to the Democratic sweep in Maine called the results a beating for Republicans. News secretary James Hagerty reported Maine elected a Democratic U S Senate member for the first time in 47 years, while the GOP held the governorship and faced broader losses in Congress.
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