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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1964
Page
1
Communist Romania proposes a Soviet Chinese meeting to mediate internal Communist disputes and seek a truce. Romania notes Russia generally agrees and urges a three party meeting to set the stage for a unity display among Communist leaders.
Rahman built a hardline stance toward Indonesia while praising a win seen as boosting his ability to resist Indonesia's Malaysia push. He hinted at possible conciliatory moves but sought a decisive victory to counter charges that he and Britain led the Malaysia project without public backing. He claimed voters faced intimidation as Indonesia remained committed to pressing Malaysia.
Pennsylvania voters head to the polls Tuesday for the primary as Republican leaders and observers watch write-in Governor William runs. The outcome could influence party strategy and campaign momentum in Scranton and statewide.
State Republican leaders push a wealthy industrialist to consider a presidential write-in as a fresh draft movement gathers in Kansas City. The Swanton candidate, who says he is not seeking office, would accept only a sincere, unengineered draft if it arose from the voters. Meanwhile the Democratic Senate race draws the most attention in the state, eclipsing the primary's impact on the draft effort.
Republican Hugh Scott is the front runner for renomination. State Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Musmanno and Genevieve Blatt, the internal affairs secretary, lead a strong Democratic bid with Blatt backed by Senator Joseph S. Clark. Blatt stood out as the only Democrat to win state office in Scrawl landslide results.
A light item notes a successful executive known for an endless appetite for air travel. The brief humor highlights his frequent plane journeys as a defining trait.
A party statement and analysis urge a truce in ideological disputes and call all Communist and workers' parties to resolve controversial issues in line with norms from the 1957 and 1960 Moscow conferences on relations between Communist parties.
The Soviet Union pushes for a conference of Communist parties to bolster Khrushchev's line, while China under Mao remains cool to the idea. Romanian press calls for an end to verbal hostilities as Moscow and Peking clash publicly over Trotsky’s fate and past support.
The Peking People’s Daily says it will furnish proof of the charge against Khrushchev, not named directly but identifiable, in an editorial about Suslov’s anti Chinese remarks. The note cites Suslov’s Feb 14 speech to the Soviet Central Committee and Beijing’s critique of Soviet policy.
James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters faces trial on fraud charges over alleged loans totaling 20 million from pension funds. Judge Richard B Austin presides as jurors and more potential jurors are summoned. Prosecutors seek a three to five month trial. Hoffa was previously convicted in another related case.
Holia appeals a conviction and faces potential penalties totaling 140 years in prison and 37,000 dollars in fines per count. The charges involve arranging early loans totaling 200 million dollars from the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, for which Hotta is a trustee. The fund is headquartered in Chicago.
A pension fund set up in 1955 collects contributions from employers for the benefit of more than 177 000 Teamsters across 20 states. Administered by eight trustees for employers and eight for the union, the fund holds about 200 million dollars in assets.
President Johnson told the U S Chamber of Commerce that times are good and there is no inherent hostility between business and government. He pledged government restraint and responsibility as he addressed the chamber’s annual meeting in Washington.
President Johnson sends Congress a plan to fight Appalachian poverty with nearly 1 billion in federal aid. He calls it major legislation and notes the $220 million requested for the next fiscal year comes from contingency funds, not the budget.
Johnson widens Appalachia from western Pennsylvania to Georgia and Alabama as a key battleground in his war on poverty. He said he acted quickly and with other officials to prepare the legislation after a commission led by Undersecretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. produced the program.
Johnson said at a news conference he welcomes proposals for more trade with Communist countries but remained noncommittal about expanding business with Russia or its eastern European allies. On Wednesday the chamber will vote on a resolution urging easing of U S trade restrictions on nonstrategic goods with the red bloc. Convention endorsement is expected.
The Johnson administration considers expanding trade with communist nations notably Romania while urging allies to support the embargo on communist Cuba. The White House weighs sending a delegation to discuss the sale of a synthetic rubber plant.
Oak Harbor Ohio mayor Donald W Foreman has declared a state of emergency in the 3700 resident town until a water line damaged by dredging work is repaired.
Soviet engineers blast to drain flood waters threatening Samarkand and villages along the Zeravashan River after a massive landslide created a natural dam. Pravda reports water backed up behind the slide rising rapidly as the canal is cut through.
UN officials pressed to halt fighting in mixed Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot villages near Nicosia as a confrontation over Avie Theodoros and the Kyrenia Pass escalated. Greek Cypriots pressed toward Turkish positions using mortars and machine guns while denying intent to strike St Hilarion Castle.
Engineers blast out a 985 foot long conduit to drain backed up waters into the river bed below a dam caused by a landslide. Without relief the area feared a breach could unleash a torrent threatening villages along the river and near Samarkand distant from Moscow, at a critical junction of the Soviet Union, Red China and Afghanistan.
Pravda reports no casualties yet as Darnvort Mountain fractured Friday in an earthquake and collapsed into the river, swelling with rains. The mass split the mountain and created a natural dam ten miles upstream from Samarkand, threatening a torrent if it breaks.
American Army Lt Ronald Hines died in action near the southern tip of South Vietnam as government forces pursued Communist guerrillas near Kien Long. He is the 131st American killed in Vietnam and the 33rd this year. His wife Harriet lives in Middletown New Jersey and his parents in Amarillo Texas. Two Vietnamese soldiers were killed and 14 wounded. two Viet Cong also died.
Jack Ruby, already convicted of murder, appears in Dallas court as lawyers seek placement in a hospital for further mental examinations after a head injury from a jail wall collision. Sheriff Decker confirmed Ruby struck his head deliberately at the Dallas County jail. The University of Oklahoma psychiatrist who examined him previously would not disclose findings.
Sheriff reports Ruby bashed with head at about 1 am Sunday after a jailer turned for ice water during card game. Jailer restrained him. Ruby conscious with a knot and scratch. County health officer Dr Pickard said injuries minor. He was taken under heavy guard for skull X rays.
Decker testified that Ruby tried to tear his clothes during return to the cell. In response, guards removed almost all furnishings from the cell leaving only a mattress as a precautionary measure. Dr Louis Jolyon West noted his role as professor and head of the depart.
Ruby's sister Eva Grant visited her brother for nine minutes in the sixth floor cell and told reporters he is sick. Defense attorney Joe Tonahill arrived at the jail and said he expected the outcome and that he needs to be in bed.
Albert Jones of Cuyahoga Falls is critically injured after a car he was working under slipped off a bumper jack in Akron. The incident occurred Sunday in Akron. Jones is 42 years old.
Occasional rain showers and possible thunderstorms are on tap tonight with brisk southerly winds. A few lingering showers tomorrow. Yesterday's high 66 and today's low 54. Rainfall through 8 am today totaled half an inch.
Nelson A. Rockefeller proposes steps to intensify U S efforts in South Vietnam. He criticizes current policy and outlines his own ideas for a stronger anti Communist campaign abroad during the Vietnam conflict.
The Republican governor harshly criticizes administration conduct of the Vietnam situation. In a prepared luncheon speech Rockefeller urged strategic air strikes by South Vietnamese forces against Communist depots in Laos and North Vietnam and called for continued U.S. military presence until the situation justifies withdrawal.
Turkish forces were surprised by an attack on Saturday and risk further loss of ground without control of a northern highway pass. Greek Cypriot forces have moved to within a mile of the highway linking the capital and the north coast. Some expected a full Greek offensive on Sunday, but reports say the Greeks are digging in to consolidate gains and await orders.
Turkish Cypriots hurled stones at a UN peacekeeper Lt. Gen. Prem Singh Gyani as he left Nicosia after talks with Turkish Cypriot vice president Fazil Kuchuk. The unrest follows communal warfare that erupted last December.
A white haired Turk cursed Gyani and warned of death if he returns. Thousands of Turkish women demonstrated to demand Gyani's withdrawal while shouting anti UN slogans. In Athens, Sakari Tuomi met Greek Premier George Papandreou seeking a peaceful Cyprus solution. Costopoulos noted Papandreou pressed for self determination for the east Mediterranean island with a Greek majority in any vote.
Southern opponents of the civil rights bill label a compromise jury trial amendment a sop and refuse a Senate vote this week. Senator Russell notes the unanimous view that the measure remains unpalatable as debate enters its eighth week. The Mansfield Dirksen plan is offered as a substitute for the Talmadge amendment amid southern resistance.
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