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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1966
Page
1
The Defense Atomic Support Agency will abandon the mushroom cloud insignia for a blue shield featuring three golden arrows pointing upward, symbolizing the united armed services. A surrounding chain-link circle represents the atomic chain reaction, with tiny mushroom shapes barely visible upon close look.
In Saigon and surrounding cities 10000 Roman Catholics demonstrated for a stronger anti Communist war effort while political leaders pledge a national election committee. U S air activity over North Vietnam continued with two F105s shot down and new clashes reported near Hanoi as MIG21s face Phantoms in aerial exchanges.
A mostly fair and cooler pattern develops tonight with a low in the 40s. Tuesday remains fair with a high in the lower 60s. Yesterday’s high reached 65 with an overnight low of 52. Middle Town received .92 inch of rain over the weekend, bringing April’s total to 2.58 inches. Today at 11 a.m. the temperature was 68.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey declared that peace in Asia hinges on victory over poverty disease and despair alongside combatting communism in Viet Nam. He urged continued aid and warned that without reducing inequality and offering hope many will turn to unrest or tyranny.
A quip notes that finding money on trees suggests grafting activity. The remark frames grafting as a playful moral lesson about unexpected wealth.
A strike by the Newspaper Guild of New York shut down the merged World Journal Tribune before its launch. Picket lines at Journal American, World-Telegram & Sun, and Herald Tribune halted publication, as unions seek job protections and layoff provisions amid the merger. Publication start was moved to next Sunday.
A California man appeals his drunken driving conviction to the Supreme Court, challenging police blood testing without consent as an involuntary search. Los Angeles argues the test sought evidence and did not violate rights. past ruling allowed drawing blood from an unconscious crash victim.
Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville says France will withdraw from NATO's military command as it is outdated for nuclear defense though it values American friendship. He denies seeking an anti Soviet pact and says France will stay within NATO while adapting to a new security balance and pursuing a peaceful settlement in Vietnam. France notified Allies that US and Canadian forces must leave within a year and NATO HQ depart France, with talks to relocate costs to negotiations under NATO accords.
United States protests Soviet refusal to provide full information on Newcomb Mott's death on a prison train in the USSR. Mott, 27, from Sheffield Massachusetts, was serving 18 months for illegally entering the Soviet Union and reportedly died January 20 by self-inflicted throat cutting.
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