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o o o o o O G florid News Chronology for 1958 y UNITED PRESS JANUARY Democratic politician j-iiank Hague. 79 , died. 5 In State fi Union Menage, President i-isenhower called upon Congress to strengthen US. and its allies. S Prince Maimer - Grace Kelly G engagement announced. 12 U.S. Justice Dept. announc cd BrilK's robbery solved. 12i Pitiat Sarn Langford died at 75: 13 L.S. Navy and Air Force 3 announced they would l;iunit first man-niide satel lue into outer .'pace from g Air Force base in Florida. i" Ford Motors stock sold to O public for first time. 22 Santa I'e commuter train en route to SmiDiegu derailed g a'r, I Angeles; 2 killed, g 100 injure!. , 2a Movie producer Alexander 0 Korda. fc2. r!.ed. 23- ir sjdent Eisenhower reject ed iiovict bid for 20-jear frij'lsuJp pact. 23-u'Ur-:ritic II. L. Mencken, 7j, dieci. 30. President- Eisenhower, Sir 0 Anihoj.y EoVn opened tliree ' day roun of discussions on worki. problems in Washing ton." JXSHUAKY 2 Comer'iiin Rob Burns died at 6."i. Qf .Vutheruie J. Lucy, "first Ne iTrt tturieut at University of Ala..Jsusndcd to curb anti rgro demonstrations, ?3 8. Connie Mack, grand old man Of baseball, died at 93. it Donald MacLcan and Guy Burijess, British ex-diplo-H ;its" wlio vanished in 1951 G tinned opionaye charges in o. Moscow mtcrview. 1 1 Pre.-id'iit Eisenhower's t'liysicians reported him fit to run. lS-C'rho Kekkonen elected prr.-sident of Finland. 17 White House announced sus pension of arms shipments Cfrom U.S. to Middle East. 17 President Eisenhower ve toed natural gas bill. 17 Forty Marines killed in , plane crash in Alameda count;-. Calif. 18 Fifty killer! when plane carrying British troops from Egypt to England crashed at Malta. 13 Defense Minister Georgi K. q Zoukov warned U.S. on al O omc war. 18 President Eisenhower lifted U.S. embargo on arms ship ments to MiriUle East. 19 Composer Gustave Charperi- tier died at .95. 20 French airl'.ter. enroute from Saigon to Paris, crash ed pear Cairo; 52 dead, 12 c s trvivurj. C21 P.ela Kun, Hungarian revolu tionary, posthumously re q stored to place of honor in CoiMuinist history. 21 More than 100 persons in dieted by grand jury for jn- '--vol'.ement in boycott of Mrmtgomcry s (Ala.) buses by Negroes. 21 Lirtin Frankri Goldman. bandmaster-composer, died 0 W73. , 22 Uranium valued at one bil G (jlioa dollars released by Pres 0 irlent Eisenhower for peace ful f u i puses nere anu 22 TJesignrr Hattie Carnegie, 6''. died. 27 E!s Janis. "Sweetheart of Oe AEF." died at 66. ST Italian President Giovanni "q ;ronchi began Washington V!)t. 29 President Eisenhower said he woulj seek second term. 29 F.lpidm Q u i r i n o. former Q Jjresid'Tt of Ftuiippincs. died . Co. MARCH 1 Autl;crii J. Lucy "perma nently excelled from Uni p vrrsity of Ala. - l.t Gen. John Bagot Glubb. Q r.r:U-h commander of Arab T.rcMi,, ousted by Jordan. 3 USAif C-124 Globemaster, en route from Iceland to (J3)C?ew York, crashed in North Atlantic: all 17 U.S. service men killed. 5 Supreme Court' extended segregation ban to colleges. 6 ".-dent Eineiower asked Eua to join U.S. in halt ing prod.irii of fissionable materials for w ar. 9 Brit ii deported Archbishop Makarios ..from Cyprus. q10 yrpr crimiled in protest strfke over, exile of Mak arios; anti-British rolling in Greece. 12-EnEagrment of .Margaret O Truman to newspaperman Clifton Dsjiicl announced. IS- Georgi Malcnkov, former G Russian premier, arrived for Ldon visit. 15 Prince Ernst Rurdigr von O Si.irhembcrg, 56, died in Au.-itna. to IS Earthquakes shook Lebanon; IZi perished. 17 Comedian Fred Allen diet 17 I.ne Joliot-Curie. 53, tic.!. IS Author Louis Bromfield, 59. nica 20 We.-tinghouse Electrics 156- cay strike ended. 26 Supreme Court upheld con-0s-itutionality of Immunity " Act of 1954. 23-"?Lir.d's parliament called for withdrawal of U.S. troops. 23 Laszlo Rajk, excuted as trai- tor, cleared by Hungary. ' APRIL 1 TransWorld airliner, leav ing Pittsburgh for Newark. N. J., crashed seconds after takeoff; 22 dead. 14 surviv ors. 2 Supreme court ruled out trials by states in sedition cases. 2 Alfred P. Sloan Jr. retired as chairman of General Mo tors. 3 Traicho Kostov, executed for high treason in 1949, re stored to grace by Bulgaria. 5 Victor Riesel, labor colum nist, blinded in acid attack by unknown assailant in New York city. 7 Soviet press (for first time) blamed Stalin for war de feats. 7 Spain, Morocco signed de claration recognizing Moroc co s right to full freedom. 7 250 killed in anti-rebel drive in Algiers. 8 Six Marine recruits drown ed in tidal swamp off Parris Island Marine Base (S. C.) during night march: ordered and led by S Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon, 31. 12 Egyptian plane flyuis over Israel's Negev desert area, shot down by Israeli jet fighters; Israel charged "un interrupted Egyptian aggres sion." 13 Gen. Lauris N'orstad named to succeed Gen. Alfred M. Grucnther as head of NATO command; Gruenther to re tire at end of 1956. 14 Aircraft carrier Saratoga commissioned. 15 In Independence Day broad cast. Premier David Ben Gurion said Egypt was plan ning to "slaughter" Israel. 15 Tornado ripped Alabama region; 17 killed, 200 injur ed. 16 President Eisenhower veto ed farm bill. 16 Bulgarian Premier Vulko Chervenkov resigned; Anton Yugov succeeded. 13 Grace Kelly married to Prince Rainier III in civil ceremony in Monaco. 13 Israel, Egypt agreed, to en force UN truce. 21 Margaret Truman wed to Clifton Daniel. 21 Playwright Charles Mac Arthur died at 60. 23 Supreme Court sustained lower court ruling that seg regation on bus lines in South Carolina is unconstit utional. 23 In Birmingham. Eng., Nikita S. Khrushchev warned that Russia would make a guid ed missile with a hydrogen bomb warhead capable of hitting any target in the world. 26 .Vice-President Nixon an nounced he wold accept re ' nomination. 26 Actor Edward Arnold,' 66, died. 27 Rocky Marciano, heavy weight champion, announc ed his retirement. 28 New York City's new Col iseum officially opened. 29 Cuban government post at Matanzas attacked by rebels: uprising quelled with loss of 10 lives. 30 U.S. Sen. Alben W. Barkley, 78, died. MAY 5 Needles won $167,550 Ken tucky Derby. 11 Russia received British apol ogy for unauthorized snoop ing by Royal Navy frogman near Soviet warships at Portsmouth. 12 Actor Louis Calhern, 61, died. 14 Soviet Union announced plan to reduce armed forces . by 1.200.000 within year. 16 President Sukarno of Indo nesia arrived in Washington on state visit. 13 Communist newspaper in Moscow published in part Lnin's warning against Stalin. 19 Sir Max Beerbohm, essayist and critic, died at 83. 21 First U.S. hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane ex ploded over Namu Island in the Bikini atoll. 26 Ball player Al Simmons died at 53. 28 President Eisenhower signed farm bill. 26 Swiss mountaineers an nounced scaling Mt. Everest twice; also reported first ascent of twin peak, Lhotse. 23 Fred A. Scaton nominated by President Eisenhower to succeed Douglas McKay as secretary of interior. 29 Dr. Jesus de Galindez. Spanish-Basque lecturer at Co lumbia University, reported to have been murdered on freighter. Dr. de Galindez missing since March 12. JUNE 1 Jesse H Jones, financier, died at R2. 1 V M. Molotov resigned as Soviet foreign minister. i 2 President Tito of Yugoslavia j arrived in Moscow. 2 Actor Jean Hersholt. 63. ; died. 5 Federal court in Alabama ruled that racial segregation in city buses in Montgomery violated federal constitution. 9 President Eisenhower oper ated on for relief intestinal obstruction ileitis. 10 Attempted Peronist coun- t ter revolution smashed by Navy and Air Force planes in Argentina; 40 rebels ex ecuted. 12 Committee of leading U. S. scientists reported that atomic radiation, however small, was harmful both to receiver and all descend ants. 14 T. Lamar Caudle and Mat thew J. Connelly found guilty by ffderal jury in tax case. 14 Wildcat subway strike in New York City from 1 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 17 Mrs. Golda Myerson voted to succeed Moshe Sharett as Israeli foreign minister. 19 Martial law ended in Egypt after four years. 19 Thomas J. Watson Sr., I B M. board chairman, died at 82. 20 Venezuelan airliner. Caracas-bound, crashed into At lantic: 74 perish. 22 Poet Walter de la Mare, 83, died. 23 Novelist Michael Arlen, 60, died. 24 BOAC Argonaut, en route to London, crashed in Nigeria: 32 killed. 25 Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, 77. died. 25 Minnie Mangum imprisoned for embezzling Sl.082.968 from Norfolk (Va.) Building & Loan Association. 28 Riots broke out in Poznan, Poland: 38 killed, 270 in jured in two days. 30 Two airliners (believed to have collided) crashed into Grand Canyon in northern Arizona; 123 persons killed; planes were a TWA Super Constellation and a United Air Lines DC-7. 30 Nation-wide steel strike be gan. 30 After 33 years of suppres sion, text of Lenin's "testa ment" published in Moscow: removal of Stalin as general secretary o f Communist Party had been proposed by Lenin. 30 President Eisenhower dis charged from hospital. JULY 4 Peter Weinberger, 33 days old, kidnaped from home in Westbury, L. I. 9 Earthquake rocked Greek island of Thera in Aegean; 42 killed; 46 injured. 10 President Eisenhower an nounced he would seek sec ond term. 10 Soviet Union charged air in cursions by U. S. aircraft. 12 Fifteen members of Supreme Soviet arrived in London. 13 Military Air Transport C-118 rrashed during rainstorm in Fort Dix wooded area; 45 killed. 21 injured. 14 President Eisenhower sign . ed bill authorizing death penalty for sabotage. 14 Former John Wanamaker store building in New York City destroyed in five-alarm fire. 18 Matyas Rakosi. first secre tary of Hungarian Workers Party, resigned; succeeded by Erno Gcro. 19 Sir Harold Caccia named new British ambassador to U. S.; replaced Sir Roger Makin. 21 Anjar, India, shattered by earthquake: 117 killed. 25 Ocean liners Andrea Dorea, Stockholm collided in heavy fog 45 miles south of Nan tucket Island; 53 dead; An drea Dorea sank. 26 Egypt seized Suez Canal. 27 Steel strike settled. 28 Britain blocked all Egyptian accounts in United King dom. 29 Petroleum tank explosion near Dumas, Tex., killed 19, injured 32. AUGUST 1 President Eisenhower sign ed new Social Security Bill. 2 Albert Woolson, last Union ATmy veteran, died at 109. 4 Marine S Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon sentenced in Parris Island swamp case. 6 Seven-year ban on visits by U. S. Correspondents to Communist China lifted. 7 Peiping radio reported ty phoon struck provinces of Chekiang. Honan and Hopeh previous week: 2.161 killed. 7 Dynamite blast in Cali, Co lombia, killed an estimated 1.200; damage to business, industry estimated at S40, 000.000. S Fire in Casier du Bois real mine in Maxcinelle. Bel gium, killed 282 miners. 13 Arthur Bliss Lane, former diplomat, died at 62. 16 Adlai E. Stevenson nomi nated for president on first ballot by Democrats in Chi cago. 17 Estes Kefauver nominated for vice-president by Demo crats. 17 Victor Riesel acid-throwing episode reported solved bv FBI. 22 President Eisenhower. Vice President Nixon renomi nated by Republicans in San Francisco. 23 Angelo John LaMarca con fessed kidnaping Peter Weinberger. 24 Body of kidnaped Peter Weinberger found on Long Island. 25 Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, 62, died. 26 Nuclear weapon exploded by Soviet Union Aug. 24 in Soviet Central Asia, White House announced. 23 Sec. Dulles said Communist China admitted downing plane at about time and place where a U.S. plane was lost last week. 29 U. S., India signed record S360, 100,000 food-loan pact. SEPTEMBER 3 U. S. Atomic Energy Com mission revealed explosion of atomic blast by Soviet Union in Soviet Central Asia; occurred Sept. 2. 3 New violence in Tennessee over integration. 5 Santa Fe Chief, enroute from Chicago to Los An geles, crashed into parked mail train near Springer, N. M.; 20 killed. 6 Body of 6-week-old Cynthia Ruotolo, kidnaped Sept. 1. found in Lake Whitney (Conn.). 7 Johnny Dio and six others indicted on charge of con spiracy in acid-blinding of Victor Riesel. 7 Sherman Minton announced retirement from Supreme Court. 8 Soviet government an nounced its first guarantee of minimum wage, effective Jan. 1, 1957. 9 Suez talks in Cairo ended in failure. 15 Freighter Pelagia broke in two and sank in Arctic storm off Norway; 31 of 36 crewmen perished. 18 New York Yankees clinched American League pennant. 21 Nicaraguan President Anas tasio Somoza wounded by assassin in Managua. 25 First telephone cable opened between North America and Europe. 27 Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Didrik son Zaharias, 42, died. 27 Marshal Tito flew to Rus sia with Nikita S. Khrush . chev on undisclosed mission. 29 Wiliam Joseph Brennan Jr. named to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton. 29 President Somoza of Nicara gua died of wounds. 30 Brooklyn Dodgers won Na tional League championship. OCTOBER 1 Suez Canal Users" Associa tion formed in London. 7 American Labor Party dis solved after 20 years. 8 Yankee pitcher Don Larsen hurled first no-hit, perfect game in World Series his tory in filth game. Score, 2-0. 10 N. Y. Yankees captured 1956 World Series, defeating Dodgers in seven games. 14 Playwright Owen Davis, 82, died. 19 Soviet Union. Japan signed pact ending 11 years of state of war. 21 Dr. Julio Lozano Diaz oust ed in Honduras by military junta in bloodless revolu tion. 23 Hungarian police fired on rioting Budapest demonstra tors protesting presence of Soviet troops in Hungary. 26 rRebcl forces seized control of most of Hungary. 29 Israeli troops invaded Egypt. 31 British and French joined ' Israelis in attack on Egypt. NOVEMBER 2 Russian troops, planes and armored equipment invaded Hungary. 6 President Eisenhower re elected. 7 Battle of Budapest ended in Soviet victory at 4 p.m. 8 Marshall Field 3rd died at 63. 13 Britain ended military op erations against Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya. 13 Supreme Court ruled bus segregation unconstitution al. 14 Spain's Dr. Juan Negrin, 64, died. 16 U. S. East and Gulf Coast pier strike began. 19 Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce re signed as ambassador to Italy. 20 Gen. Lauris Norsted took command of NATO. 21 David Zellerbach named U. S. ambassador to Italy. 23 Imre Nagy reported kidnap ed by Soviet police in front of Y'ugoslav embassy in Bu dapest. 24 President Eisenhower's use of Taft-Hartley Act brought temporary halt to long shoremen's strike. 24 Italian airline DC-6B. bound for N. Y., crashed in take off from Orly Airfield in Paris; 34 killed. 27 Airliner, bound from N. Y. to Caracas. Venezuela, crashed and exploded near Caracas: 25 aboard killed. 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