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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1965
Page
1
U.S. Marines begin arriving in South Viet Nam to defend Da Nang and fight Viet Cong well beyond the capital area. The build up will push total U.S. forces above 30,000 as air raids into North Viet Nam intensify and the possibility of China entering the war looms.
The United States reinforced Da Nang with 1 400 more Marines landing ashore as part of an expanding force around the air base near South Vietnam. Brigadier General Frederick Karch said a second battalion would join soon and be assigned to Hue. Naval craft from the 7th Fleet ferried troops to the base amid ongoing air operations against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
Floods worsen in Minnesota and Iowa as rivers rise and thousands evacuate. In Mankato 8,000 residents flee a river more than 10 feet above flood stage while 6,000 volunteers sandbag dikes. Red Cross reports 450 structures damaged and evacuees housed in multiple Iowa cities including Des Moines and Waterloo.
The first of four convoys carrying 452 soldiers in 103 vehicles reached Berlin via the autobahn under Lt Col Edward J. Geaney Jr. The move marked the first large Allied troop flow since Soviet East German harassment began six days earlier.
Valerian Zorin, a former deputy foreign minister and German affairs expert, replaces Sergei Vinogradov as Soviet ambassador to France. The appointment follows De Gaulle’s February news conference and signals renewed Soviet interest in European reactions to German reunification. Moscow seeks France’s stance on a permanently divided Germany.
Smaller military convoys faced delays up to five hours this week as the Communists closed the autobahn and harassed air traffic to Berlin. The autobahn shut for three hours Friday night as Soviet tanks and East German personnel carriers moved through. civilian lines waited at barriers but no Allied military traffic was reported at the closures.
An explosion at a U S Reduction Co plant in East Chicago Indiana injured 26 workers, one critically, as the single story structure housing aluminum smelting furnaces was ripped apart. Firemen said there was no fire and authorities began a damage and cause investigation at St Catherine's Hospital.
In San Francisco a 48 year old widow Phyllis Edwards, a longtime deaconess, awaits ordination under new canon allowing women to be ordered to holy orders. The California diocese postponed the step for a month at the standing committee's request, while Edwards vows to test the canon's meaning and continues church work with her four children and eight grandchildren.
A wet Sunday is forecast as showers move into the area after midnight and persist through Sunday. By tomorrow afternoon thunderstorms may develop, with warmer temperatures tonight in the lower 50s and a high near 70 tomorrow.
The Senate passed a 1.3 billion dollar education measure aimed at boosting funding for poverty areas and benefiting private and parochial schools. The 73 to 18 vote followed House approval 263 to 15 and awaits President Johnson signature.
Ohio will receive more than 48 million dollars from the first broad federal aid for grade and high schools. The largest share is 36.7 million for programs aiding educationally deprived children, allocated by district based on low income families. The bill totals 1.3 billion and awaits the President’s signature.
The bid to oust David J. McDonald as chief union negotiator failed but produced a plan to speed talks and give J. W. Abel more influence. McDonald refused to step down though Abel supporters pushed for change amid a divided union on the looming basic steel contract.
A light, reflective note about a woman becoming a grandmother just as she feels her main work wraps up. The remark playfully elevates the moment when parental duties shift to new generations.
An earthquake rattled Crete today with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Earlier, a strong quake in the central Peloponnese last Monday killed 17 people and left more than 20 injured, driving over 30,000 from their homes.
The NAACP plans legal action after the Cleveland Board of Elections refused its request for official poll books. The board said it would provide poll books only to candidates political parties or organized groups taking stands on issues. The NAACP secretary Harold B Williams was informed by the board.
Police captured two suspects after three officers halted a car to question robbers. Patrolman Eugene Hooper, 41, was killed. Patrolman Frank Mancini, 25, and Reserve Officer Harold Winthrow, 35, were wounded. The shootings followed a early morning hold up at a service station in Akron and chain of pursuit across Barberton.
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