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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1958
Page
4
A Southern Railroad freight train derailed near Scott Air Force Base early today after the locomotive leapt the track. The engineer was killed while the fireman and brakeman were injured as at least 17 cars derailed and four dumped onto the adjacent area. Diesel engines were involved in the wreckage.
The 26 detainees were transported to the U N base camp for medical checks. American pilots Willis P. Hobbs and Lt. Col. Howard W. McClellan appeared in good health. Five to seven Communist agents participated in a hijack on a Korea National Airlines flight from Pusan to Seoul, with weapons and a struggle injuring several, leading to a landing near Pyongyang.
Continued from Page A-1, the speaker said a summit conference is the most important and effective instrument for lessening international tension. He added that with goodwill joint decisions may be possible on some urgent problems requiring immediate action, noting prior discussions at other levels failed to yield positive results. He stressed that convening a summit would itself be beneficial.
Two men escaped unharmed after a convertible plowed through about 40 feet of picket fence, rammed a porch and stopped near a deep basement in an apartment building. Authorities described the incident as accidental with no injuries reported.
Hollywood enforces a 10 pm curfew for minors with eight parents fined 25 dollars each. Christine Towns, 32, and Ruby Ross, 20, were among those cited as authorities ramp up penalties for allowing children to roam streets at night. One parent faced jail after a violation resulted in property damage and a reckless ram through a windshield. The enforcement signals a tougher stance amid curfew breaches in the city.
Topeka Kansas January 1959 The Topeka Teachers Association elected J B Holland a 49 year old Negro as president effective April 1959 He will be the first member of his race to hold the office in the group’s history
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