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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1962
Page
1
The June-in-April breeze keeps winter-weary readers settled with fair and mild weather through Friday. Tonight's low near 52. Friday features sunny skies and continued warmth with a high around 86. Yesterday’s high reached 4 with an overnight low of 42.
President Kennedy plans weekend talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan while reports reach him of the first U S atmospheric nuclear test exploded near Christmas Island. He resumes quiet duties aboard the Honey Fitz as his father, Joseph P Kennedy, moves toward therapy in New York after a stroke.
A quip notes the quickest way to finish work is to hand it to a boss who delegates to his secretary. The joke hinges on office hierarchies and the humor of bureaucracy.
Washington AP reports scientists reviewed preliminary data from the first blast in the new US atmospheric nuclear test series. A research device detonated over Christmas Island in the Pacific, signaling aims to improve weapon efficiency. Subsequent shots planned near Johnston Island may occur at high altitudes.
A car rammed a house in Elmwood Park during dawn gunfire killing two men and a woman. The victims were identified as Phillip Scave, Ronald Seavo, and a woman initially named Marianne Martarono. Cash found on Scave and the wallet details tied the trio to the crime scene, with the car crashing after shots were fired. Police investigated the auto wreck and traced ownership to Phillip Seavo.
SAN ANTONIO Texas AP America may survive radiation meteors yet die of common colds in space due to stress effects on viruses and astronauts at Brooks Air Force Base. The Air Force funds studies on how space stresses influence viral behavior and bodily hormones that regulate infection and inflammation. Kalter notes some viruses respond to antibiotics or vaccines, but many lack specific treatments.
In Dayton Ohio FBI agents testified about an attack on June 19 at the Henry DeLove farm in Yorkshire Shelby County The DeLoves Delove and his son Robert 31 are on trial for assaulting and threatening six FBI agents and two deputy marshals The family had earlier been fined 375 for overplanting wheat under farm law A DeLove wife allegedly called agents Communists and warned they would blow their heads off
Washington AP reports the Atomic Energy Commission will announce every nuclear test in the Pacific individually. This marks a shift from prior practice when some tests, including underground Nevada blasts, were not announced after being conducted. The spokesman asserted all tests will be publicly announced.
U S Ambassador Arthur H Dean told the resumed disarmament conference in Geneva that a quick and permanent ban on nuclear testing remains the prime objective of US policy. He spoke with utmost regret, saying the United States hopes for forward progress today at the 28th plenary session.
Dean said the United States would resume atmospheric tests as security needs demanded a safeguarded treaty. Zorin and Tsarkapin offered no immediate response to walkout threats while Bulgaria condemned the tests as reckless. In Cleveland, the ordnance tank plant won a $2.57 million Army contract for engineering services on self propelled armored howitzers.
The Associated Press reports mixed global reaction to the U S resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests. Foreign demonstrations mobilize thousands of expressions across nations with dismay and concern, while Communists denounce and friends offer cautious sympathy. A faint hope persists that an all out nuclear race could still be averted.
In Tokyo 325 leftist students and Japan Anti-Bomb Council members protested before the U.S. Embassy, vowing daily demonstrations during the test series. In London 14 Americans, many students in England, marched with anti-nuclear placards outside the embassy. A Soviet critic called Kennedy's statement a lie, while many Western Europeans accepted the U.S. advance after earlier Russian tests, though regret persisted.
The Virgilia, a 290 ton cargo ship from the Hamburg Chicago line, arrived at Cleveland to open the St Lawrence Seaway season. Captain Willie Wendt greeted by onlookers and a civic welcome committee. The cargo included a 13 pound yacht, wines, steel and beer.
Goldstone Calif AP reports United States achieved a major space milestone as Ranger 4 crash landed on the far side of the Moon. NASA officials say despite electronic failures the mission demonstrates trajectory accuracy and paves the way for future close-up television imaging missions this year.
Goldstone California reports Ranger 4 lands on the far side, marking a major advance in space flight. Argucllo California notes an Air Force mystery satellite launch with a Blue Scout booster. Cape Canaveral Florida hosts an international satellite project from the United States and Great Britain ready for launch.
Engineers at JPL reported a timer fault after launch as Ranger 4 attempted lunar testing. Ground controllers at Goldstone tracked a faint radio beacon from the spacecraft in Mojave Desert near Barstow, California.
London AP reports Moscow Radio announced the launch of a new artificial Earth satellite named Cosmos 4, fourth in the latest series.
Cape Canaveral reports the Thor-Delta rocket lifting off in a joint mission of the United States and Great Britain to launch the world's first international satellite.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Saturn rocket is on schedule to boost the three-man Apollo spacecraft into orbit in late 1964, a key step toward a lunar landing this decade. After two straight successful firings von Braun said the 182-foot booster delivered 1.3 million pounds thrust, burned out 115 seconds after launch, and reached 35 miles altitude in a 100 percent successful test. Saturn faces Soviet lead in booster power, with Russia using a one-million-pound thrust rocket for manned and unmanned flights, while the Atlas AGENA B remains the most powerful US booster. Planned 10 Saturn tests aim to prove reliability before 1964 readiness to carry unmanned Apollo models, with the eventual C-5 providing 7.5 million pounds thrust for the lunar-capable stage.
Two thousand Columbia male undergraduates raided Barnard College early today. They were repulsed by police after blocking Broadway traffic for 15 minutes. Girls hung from dorm windows as officers dispersed the crowd and a second attempt faded after fire trucks were summoned.
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