Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants dive into a pool at the Women's National AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Diving Championship in Topeka, Kansas. Paul Jean Meyers wins the championship after beating Tahiea Sparling.
British aviation manufacturer de Havilland unveils the prototype of the DH106 Comet 3, a jetliner model derived from the earlier DH106 Comet 1 and 2. The Comet 3 (G-ANLO) reverses into place on the tarmac of de Havilland’s H Hatfield Airfield in Hertfordshire, England. The Comet 3’s tail displays the aircraft identifier (G-ANLO) and the British Union Jack flag.
Steel Company executives arriving at White House after being summoned by the President, along with Labor Union officials to settle labor strife in the steel industry.Those invited included: Benjamin Moreell,Chairman, Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.; Frank Purnell, President Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.; Benjamin Fairless, President, United States Steel Corp.;T.F. Patton, Vice President and General Counsel of Republic Steel Corp.; A.B. Homer, President , Bethlehem Steel Corp. Clarence Randall, President, Inland Steel Co.
Exteriors of the White House. Men picket the White House. Men hold banners in their hands, promoting anti-war messages with the Korean War looming. Few of the banners read, 'Keep Our Fleet At Home- No Convoys No AEFs', 'Student Union Supports Peace Mobilization' and many other anti-war and pacifist banners.
Dr Harry F Ward of the Union Theological Seminary addresses large crowd gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York. Dr Ward condemns President Roosevelt's response to the Nazis in Germany, saying, "It is not enough!"
Thousands of people gathered in streets of a town to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak during the 1940 Presidential campaign in the United States. Numerous signs carried in the crowd display CIO and AFL letters representing unions.One reads: "Labor wants Roosevelt." One refers to New York truck drivers who support Roosevelt. The President addresses the crowd from a balcony overlooking the street corner. He is surrounded by photograpers and newsmen, and others.
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