19 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1962
Page
1
U S readies Ranger 4 spacecraft to fire toward the moon for closeup TV pictures and moonquake records. After Ranger 3 failed to reach the moon due to guidance and camera malfunctions, NASA plans a launch during a favorable window starting Monday with a May 20 backup.
Congress may delay action this year on tax relief for political contributors and tighter campaign spending rules. House interest waned before elections on a $19 tax credit for donors and a Senate measure to raise party expenditure ceilings. President Kennedy to propose bipartisan tax incentive reforms, including a $10 direct credit and up to a $1,080 yearly deduction for larger donors. Senate bill for stricter accounting languishes in a House committee.
Palm Beach Florida AP reports President Kennedy wife Jacqueline and children Caroline and John Jr with dog Charlie settle into an oceanfront mansion for a 10 day Easter vacation. Father Joseph Kennedy meets them at the airport as Kennedy plans to stay through April 27 before returning to Washington for a banquet with Harold Macmillan and White House correspondents.
An unidentified woman in a bright red car signaled a left turn at a Grand Rapids intersection causing a chain collision. The following driver braked and four more vehicles collided. Patricia Stroh of Bitely was hospitalized with head injuries. The signaling driver continued straight ahead.
In Geneva the Soviet Union pressed a procedural wrangle at the 17 nation disarmament conference to stop upcoming American atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific. US and Britain refused concessions, insisting tests proceed as planned unless Moscow accepts a test ban with international inspection.
Pic Bernis Owen 23 from Seadrift Texas rejoiced after President Kennedy remitted his six month hard labor sentence from a court martial for dis obedience to his general and released Ph D Chidester of Salt Lake City whose court martial was canceled Owen said he would return to his unit and resume duty after three weeks of confinement and a $90 monthly fine was waived in the Easter gesture
The Air Force is training a new breed of officers and airmen to jump with Army paratroopers. At the Strike Command headquarters and air controller units, leaders like Gen Curtis LeMay and Lt Gen Bruce Holloway push for airborne qualification. About 60 controllers have graduated from Fort Benning, with plans to have 10 air force pilots per squadron jump with airborne troops to ensure rapid fighter support after landings.
Belle the elephant and her five day old male calf, estimated at 225 pounds, are doing well as Portland buzzes with pride. The calf, the first elephant birth in the United States in 44 years, has been nicknamed Fuzzy-lace by reporters while offers to buy Belle and her calf flooded in.
The National Guard 35th Division conducted a surprise Wednesday night alert reaching two states. Maj. Gen. Charles Browne Jr said rapid reporting within three hours showed readiness to aid in disasters. The exercise sought to counter Pentagon plans to reduce the division.
The 9 178 ton transport Zui derkruis sailed from Rotterdam carrying 865 troops to reinforce the Dutch garrison in West New Guinea as Indonesia threatens invasion.
An old-timer is defined as a man who lived in an era when the day was done before he was. The quip reflects a nostalgic humor about slower times and changing norms.
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with a low around 36 and a small chance of scattered light frost. Friday should be similar with a high near 56. Yesterday's official high reached 44 by 2 PM and overnight low was 38 at 4:45 AM today.
Troops fortified Buenos Aires as President Jose Maria Guido resisted military pressure to bar Peronists from politics. About 5,000 more troops were summoned, while ministers considered resigning. Peronists warned of unrest ahead of elections on May 1, and leaders planned a meeting to map strategy. The military demanded federal intervention and new measures nullifying elections, banning Peronists, and scrapping favorable labor laws.
Katanga President Moise Tshombe left Leopoldville by plane for Elisabethville despite UN and central Congo officials efforts to stop him. reports say Congolese troops blocked the airstrip and the Katanga leader and 22 passengers stayed aboard the aircraft in stifling heat. Tshombe said he would return next week for further talks after holding unity conferences with Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula.
Prime Minister Macmillan announced that Commonwealth prime ministers will gather in London on September 16 to discuss Britain joining the European Common Market. The event centers on Britain's possible entry and related negotiations among member nations.
Honolulu reports Christmas Island, the U S nuclear test site, as hot and soggy with antennas dotting the coral atoll. About 1,600 civilians work there and at nearby Johnson Island, with blasts planned this month. The island runs a 1,600-foot runway and lies 1,300 miles south of Hawaii as submarines and ships circle offshore.
Washington Court House Ohio Charles E Haigier a well known Hereford cattle breeder died Tuesday night at age 89 his funeral will be held Friday in the community He was prominent in local farming circles and numbered among longtime cattle breeders in the area.
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