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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1966
Page
1
US air forces bombed two Soviet built missile sites on Hanoi outskirts in the closest raid to the capital. The strike damaged a key rail bridge linking Hanoi and Vinh and left two bridges in ruins. Additional attacks near Vinh and Dong Hoi caused casualties and aircraft losses for the US forces.
Two Londoners claim ownership of the Nelson head blown from Dublin's column last month. Benjamin Gray an antique dealer and Butty Sugrue a pub keeper each call the other's head fake while Dublin police and Scotland Yard downplay larceny, noting numerous reproductions and no confirmed missing head.
Barry Goldwater charged that President Johnson politicizes the Vietnam war to aid Democrats in elections. He asserted the United States is not using full air power and warned that civil disturbances in Saigon reflect a Communist influence, while Rusk and McNamara testify on foreign aid before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Tokyo AP reports Beijing cuts economic aid and withdraws experts from Indonesia in response to the sacking of the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta by about 2,000 Indonesians of Chinese descent. The move follows the embassy incident and targets the new Indonesian government.
A witty remark notes that a well-informed man is one whose wife has just told him what she thinks of him. The line reflects sharp social humor about marital dialogue and personal awareness.
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision by Justice Douglas, voided an Arizona loyalty oath requirement for state employees. Barbara Elfbrandt, a Tucson public school teacher who refused to sign, challenged the law which bars non signers from payroll but not formal discharge. she had taught eight years without pay.
A Westchester County Court jury deadlocked in the perjury case of George M. Straehle, a suspended New Rochelle police officer. Judge Robert Dempsy declared a partial mistrial after voice prints were used as evidence. Straehle denied telling a gambler of an impending raid, and researchers note spectographs may rival fingerprints someday.
Deputies in Portage County chased a bright object from Ravenna, Ohio toward Conway, Pennsylvania for about an hour and a half at speeds up to 105 mph. Witnesses described a wedge shaped, brightly illuminated craft with a single solid light and possible antenna. The Air Force was asked for release of a photo, but officials advised against it.
Partly cloudy and mild tonight with showers and a low near 50. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a high in the low 70s. Longer range forecast shows cooler than normal temperatures through Saturday with rain likely Friday and Saturday. Yesterday’s high reached 67 and overnight low 50. today at 11 a.m. the temperature is 74.
Communist Cuba marked the fifth anniversary of its Bay of Pigs victory with a televised display of fire power. Soviet MIG15 and MIG21 jets, along with T55 tanks, sank a small unmanned freighter in Havana harbor as Cubans watched. A TV announcer claimed MIG21 could out-perform any US warplane.
Rand Daily Mail reports Rhodesia receives 140000 to 160000 gallons of oil daily overland, more than the ships Manuela and Joanna V carried. Rail shipments from Beira via Lourenço Marques, trucks by American firms, and Portuguese rail fuel share rise. Manuela heads to Rotterdam after Beira port denial and Beira pipeline fuels Rhodesia as Ian Smith’s government ends Beira pumping plan.
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