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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1958
Page
1
In Newark Bay several coaches of a Jersey Central train were submerged after an open drawbridge incident. By Monday 21 bodies recovered and about 40 feared dead, with 35 passengers injured. Missing include Elton Clark. Investigators seek cause amid disputed blame and engineering concerns.
The Jersey Central train with 100 passengers derailed after striking an automatic device despite three warning signals. Four of six crewmen were killed including engineer Lloyd Wilburn of Red Bank New Jersey. President E T Moore called it an unexplained accident and noted Wilburn’s 18 year record and recent top health. His wife said no prior heart trouble. Continued on page 3.
In Red Bank New Jersey families spent a long night hoping for news about relatives missing after the Jersey Central train plunged into Newark Bay. The disaster touched40 homes of all social ranks as loved ones awaited the phone to signal a rescue or grim news.
Relatives and reporters wait in New Jersey homes as search efforts continue for multiple men feared lost in Newark Bay. Names include Snuffy Sirnweiss a former major league infielder. Elton Clark director of Allied Dye and Chemical. engineer Joseph Di Stasio. James Clark art director. and Howard Huntington longtime NYT statistician.
Gov. Faubus shifted the Little Rock school referendum date to September 27 as nerves rise over integration plans. Demonstrations were limited. paratroop escorts continued at Central High while anxious parents seek openings for their teens in nearby districts including North Little Rock and Pine Bluff.
Senate investigators clash with Teamsters leader James Hoffa as he explains a 1954 cash purchase of a car registered to Indiana Teamsters president Gene San Soucie. Kennedy questions union funds used, Hoffa says motion pictures proved the plan, monitors call Hoffa evasive while seeking stricter reform and a quick union convention under Judge Letts to curb racketeers.
In Mysliowiecki Palace Warsaw US Ambassador Jacob Beam and Peiping envoy Wang Pingnan met for 2 hours 50 minutes in a session seen as substantive. They adjourned until Thursday as Washington says the goal is to prevent the use of force without prejudice to either side.
Moist air from the south brings light rain showers through Wednesday. Mostly cloudy today and tonight with scattered showers. Highs near 84 today 81 tomorrow. Middletown record highs 83 and low 68 with rainfall totaling .30 inches by 8 am.
The cartoon caption features a baby stork questioning who delivered it with the line Well, then demanded. The joke centers on the mystery of birth and the humorous accusation toward the stork as the bearer.
A string of survivors recounts their escapes after the Jersey Central commuter train plunged into Newark Bay with 84 dead in 1951. Robert Klein describes popping to air and a boat, Rafael Leon mourns his wife, Lloyd Nelson explains opening a window before surfacing, and others detail climbing seats and breaking a window to freedom.
President Eisenhower and Attorney General Rogers met in Newport Rhode Island to review the integration situation. Officials say no immediate federal plan to force school openings or overturn Little Rock closures, and indicate future action hinges on Arkansas Governor Faubus's next move.
Federal authorities pressure Little Rock parents to return teenagers to classrooms while the city ponders reopening on a private segregated basis. At least 100 idle Little Rock students have sought enrollment elsewhere as the school board seeks advice on securing full accreditation under North Central standards.
The Vanguard three stage rocket failed seconds before liftoff at Cape Canaveral delaying the launch. A 20 inch satellite with weather instruments was aboard and the program has only one prior success from March 17.
The countdown faced multiple holds as minor malfunctions arose. After parts of the test run seemed okay, further trouble prompted the test conductor to order engine cutoff just before liftoff, with no immediate cause given.
Four ships carrying two U.S. Marine battalions sailed from Beirut to Morehead City North Carolina. Indications point to further withdrawals of American units from Lebanon. Only one Marine battalion remains and is expected to depart in late September or early October. Army hospital units have begun packing though a departure date is not set.
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