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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
1
Cape Canaveral Fla Dec 5 A new attempt to launch a tiny test satellite was ordered today. The start of the countdown would be announced tonight though the exact hour was not certain. Officials warned there is a chance of scrubbing tomorrow and emphasized moving from step A to step B to ready the Vanguard for firing.
Defense officials announced a new attempt to launch the small satellite after a day’s delay. A shortened countdown of about six to seven hours is planned with a midmorning launch window and possible reshuffling of the project due to prior valve leaks and winds posing risks.
The Air Force selected four East Coast bases Dow AFB Maine McGuire AFB New Jersey Otis AFB Massachusetts and Suffolk County AFB Long Island for the first Bomarc missile launching sites. Plans call for about 15 total sites to cover the coasts and northern border with anti aircraft defense. The Bomarc would intercept bombers up to 300 miles away and 12 miles high but not ballistic missiles. Contracts totaling 46 million dollars were signed for work at the four bases.
Mrs Waldo von Dehn daughter of columnist Walter Winchell is under treatment at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital for an infection. The exact nature of the illness was not disclosed.
AFL-CIO President George Meany denied any deals to water down corruption cleanup demands at the federation convention in Atlantic City. He rejected reports of letting James Hoffa stay in a subordinate role if he quits as Teamsters president elect, while leadership moves target Teamsters Bakery Laundry Distillery and Textile Workers unions.
Will Cunningham a current Springfield resident and former Cairo, Illinois, man, proposes that a British ship carrying bricks sank in a Cairo cistern about 150 years ago. He argues the Mississippi shifted since then and notes no bricks were made in the U S at that era.
President Eisenhower, feeling fine after two busy conference days, hopes to travel to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a long weekend of rest weather permitting. On Wednesday, he again spent hours conferring with congressional leaders about the administration’s 1958 legislative program.
In London a two train collision in dense fog killed about 100 with salvage saying 84 dead and 174 wounded, including 110 seriously. The crash near St Johns Station toppled a viaduct as an eight coach electric train and a 11 coach train collided, with 2,000 commuters affected as fog delayed rescue and hospital transport.
A high school chemistry experiment exploded injuring seven students and killing Garland Foster, 40, a former Atomic Energy Commission employee from Los Ramos, New Mexico. Keith Hollums, 18, and Jerry Crawford, 17, were seriously injured.
Pontiac December 5 AP Pat Patterson 34 and Mrs Anna Sheppard 37 both of Pontiac were killed when their car collided with a south bound Gulf Mobile & Ohio passenger train Wednesday Patterson a garage mechanic had repaired Sheppard s car and apparently gave her a return ride to his garage The collision occurred at a crossing in Pontiac
Fourteen engineers and scientists, laid off since November 15 from Curtiss-Wright in Princeton New Jersey, rented a Statler hotel room during a meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to recruit. They face scarce opportunities with only four recruiters present, despite 20 men seeking work and years of advanced research and design experience.
Pittsburgh December 5 AP industrial psychologist Dr. J L Rosenstein told a human relations seminar that a boss who bosses others is masking an inadequacy. He said inferiority feelings drive criticism seeking leaders.
A Wednesday snow storm across the East Coast from Connecticut to Virginia left 10 dead, shut roads, and paralysed travel. New Jersey, New York, and Maryland reported multiple deaths while New York City and Philadelphia saw several inches of snow. Dozens of cars were stranded as winds reached 45 mph and temperatures stayed below freezing in many areas.
Jakarta reports 46 000 Dutch nationals in Indonesia as Justice Minister Gustaaf Manegkom says evacuation of skilled labor is sought. Government seizes Dutch firms under a council plan while seven consulates are ordered closed except Jakarta. Dutch control may return soon. not a full diplomatic break.
An explosion wrecked four stores in Villa Rica Georgia killing at least eight people and injuring about twenty others. Fire followed the blast, with responders from Atlanta and nearby towns aiding as authorities closed U S highway 78 to keep sightseers away.
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday with increasing wind Friday. Night lows near 30s to 40s, Friday highs in the 60s, with Friday night mid 40s.
Patrolman John Hunt among 16 rookies conducting a dog census reports one dog unwilling to be counted. The bite was not serious, police said.
Tables and chairs at Central Park Zoo Cafe terrace in New York City were buried under snow as the season's first heavy snowfall blanketed the region. Nearly six inches fell by photo time, causing traffic snarls and dangerous, slushy walking conditions along highways.
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