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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1958
Page
12
Geneva accord brings Western and Communist scientists to a breakthrough in nuclear explosion detection. Agreement favors including acoustic methods in basic detection tools and backing a worldwide grid of control stations to police tests.
A 35 man posse armed with rifles and tear gas hunted a paranoid prospector suspected of killing two children and wounding others in a northern New Mexico town near Dead Man's Peak. Authorities identified the shooter as Norman A. Foost and described him as a mentally unstable suspect released from a hospital in Everest Washington.
Emma Gatewood of Gallipolis Ohio begins a 350 mile walk from Pennsylvania toward Massachusetts to complete a northbound segment of the Appalachian Trail. She crossed into New Jersey near Stokes State Forest aiming for Sunrise Mountain and North Adams Massachusetts, planning about 25 days at roughly 14 miles daily.
The Boston textile magnate refused to answer questions about two $20,000 checks from 1947 and challenged the subcommittee as it pressed for information on his New England enterprises. Chairman Harris ordered secret session and warned a contempt citation could follow if Goldfine did not purge his refusal. Subcommittee members voiced unanimity to pursue contempt if he persists, aiming to build a strong record for possible court action.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Party secures a clear majority in North Rhine Westphalia, giving him 104 of 195 seats and advancing plans to arm West Germany with tactical atomic weapons amid Socialist opposition and Soviet pressure. The win boosts CDU FDP influence in the Bundesrat and strengthens Adenauer's stance on nuclear defense.
About 14 000 government employees across Chile walked out in protest of President Carlos Tomicheznes veto against a wage increase law. The report notes related political maneuvering and a House subcommittee investigation into funds and uncashed checks tied to Goldfine interests.
RCMP scaled up security near Hunt and Golf Club as a taxi driver claimed two armed men alighted there during President Eisenhower’s three day visit. No trace of the men was found despite 30 extra constables, with officials cautious about the tale.
Cape Canaveral reports three search planes scoured the South Atlantic in a last resort for the experimental nose cone and the white mouse passenger Mia TI from the Thor Able missile mission. Air Force officials say the nose cone passed reentry tests but search planes found no sign of the capsule or its tiny occupant after several days.
Washington report notes congressional hearings on possible changes to the Star Spangled Banner. Rep E L Forrester says he is not inclined to interfere with singing, though bills seek to alter words or even forbid performance in some forms. A separate measure changes the veteran burial allowance and redefines wife as husband for benefits.
Senator Lausche says a suit made from Bernard Goldfine vicuna cloth drew more favorable comment than any he wore. His wife and friends agree the new garment impresses. the vicuna belt came from Goldfine’s mill after a governors conference.
In Washington the Senate pressed to complete action on a minerals program subsidy bill costing about 155 million dollars for the first year. The measure would aid copper lead zinc fluorspar and tungsten with subsidy programs while opponents argued it hedged against dissent among western senators over trade policy.
In Galion Ohio police shot and killed Stanley Red Fulton after a confrontation at his home. Fulton had earlier beaten his housekeeper Emma Craner and fired a shotgun at officers, prompting a fatal volley from law enforcement.
Khrushchev accused Yugoslav leaders of concealing mistakes and contrasted their stance with Moscow's admission of errors. He warned of rocket bases in West Germany, denounced Western hysteria over Nagy and Suez, and claimed the Soviet economy would soon overtake the United States despite Western moves in the Middle East.
In TURA Mississippi Mrs Sue Vinson chased a meddling rat from a radio for a month. London UPI reports directors rejected an Amalgamated Tobacco Corp offer to buy shares as a mouse ran from a radio panel. The board deemed a tobacco company formed to run a crematorium unsuitable and closed the case.
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