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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1966
Page
1
Jerrie Mock, 40, returns to Port Columbus after a 31 hour 4,550 mile solo flight from Honolulu setting the longest non stop distance by a woman. She already held the world solo circumnavigation record and adds multiple distance and speed marks while noting fuel concerns and weather challenges over the Pacific and Rockies.
Cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers continue through tomorrow. Tonight's low in the mid 40s, high Tuesday in the mid 50s. Long range calls for near normal temperatures with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s and renewed showers or thundershowers before the weekend. Middle town reported .22 inch of rain over the weekend. Today's 11 am temperature was 52.
In Santo Domingo Juan Bosch, 56, nominee of the Dominican Revolutionary party, was chosen as presidential candidate for June elections. Bosch, seen as a front runner, is a noted writer and advocate for the underprivileged, whose 1963 term followed a 1965 U.S. intervention that preserved his controversial yet popular appeal.
U S air strikes in South Vietnam are sharply reduced due to a temporary bomb and explosive shortage caused by shipping delays. The curtailment, noted after 300 missions on Sunday, is not linked to Saigon unrest. Jets pound North Vietnam, sinking strikes near Dien Bien Phu and Vinh, while ground combat concentrates on isolated outposts including Tuyen Nhon Special Forces camp near the Cambodian frontier.
The Associated Press reports about half the Palm Sunday weekend total as Easter traffic fatalities rose to at least 15 deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Three Cincinnati teenagers died in a suburban crash and two Norwalk youths perished nearby. A plane crash killed two, plus a railroad yard fatality and a garage mishap, bringing the known toll to 19.
In Saigon Buddhist leaders pledged ongoing demonstrations until the U.S. backed junta resigns. They accused the Ky government of stifling civilian rule and urged support for the Viet Nam Buddhist Forces a new anti government group. The monks denied anti American aims and urged elections as soon as possible to stabilize the country.
Soft coal miners in six states walk out over a new contract dispute between the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. About 35,000 miners stopped work in Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois Kentucky Alabama and Ohio as talks continued. The strike delays cover many operations with wage increases and benefits to be included in a later agreement.
Eighteen Irish militants including Dublin University students began a hunger strike to commemorate the 1916 Easter uprising and protest government policies. They blame partition and economic dependency on Britain while recalling the rebellion’s legacy and Gaelic revival aims.
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