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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1966
Page
1
The Lunar Orbiter, launched from Cape Kennedy, is to enter a 1.18 mile high orbit around the moon and deliver 352 photos of terrain. After several initial adjustments the spacecraft used its steering rocket as a kick to align the mission, with nine potential Apollo landing sites identified along a 300 mile lunar strip.
Civil rights demonstrations in a racially mixed neighborhood faced heavy police presence as about 600 officers kept roughly 1,000 white protesters apart from marchers. Fifteen arrests occurred near a dry-cleaning store after earlier clashes. witnesses said a lone Black shooter fired. Judge Claude Clayton ordered a civil contempt hearing over officials failing to protect marchers. Senate leaders moved a civil rights bill around the Judiciary Committee as white Democrats face primaries. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black declined to halt a 13,000-voter addition order in five Louisiana parishes, while Attorney General Jack LemMon sought deferment. In Baltimore, five white men were reported.
Ohio state education leaders and local officials pressed for action to ease certification rules to recruit teachers. Proposals include extending retired teachers' return to six months, using student teachers, and allowing exams rather than hours for certification. Essex cited a 12.2 percent turnover in 1965 and salaries lower than Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
About 18 inmates descended on a locked medication room at the Massachusetts State Prison in Walpole injuring nine guards. The group, armed with shotguns and adorned with gas masks, forced a line for daily packets and caused chaos as they shouted yahoo and grabbed pills. John J. O'Connor, 31, of Boston, was stabbed. guards were hospitalized, none in serious condition.
East Berlin marked the fifth anniversary of the Berlin Wall with a parade and a speech by Walter Ulbricht as workers and soldiers hailed the wall as a victory for socialism. West Berlin officials denounced the celebration as perverse while predicting the wall would fall with German reunification. wreaths were laid along the wall for 58 known deaths trying to flee to West Berlin.
De Graff Ohio sought a doctor with banners reading This Town Needs A Doctor. Dr Gerald R Sprankel, 44, moved from Logan two months ago and served the town until a fatal two car crash in Hardin County left De Graff doctorless again. Local chamber leader Gary Reed said the town needed physicians for its 1 000 residents and 4 000 regional population.
London police carrying arms and tear gas hunted three gunmen who killed three unarmed officers on a West End street. A bystander boy described a tall man with a black beard firing, then driving over a officer as shots rang out. Scotland Yard warned killers likely to strike again and urged investigators not to work alone. The 1910 Churchill-era reference marked the last time three officers died in one incident.
Cincinnati AP Ruth Lyons will resume as host of the 50 Club on October 10 after a leave due to her daughter Candy Newman’s illness and death. The 50 Club, carried by Avco stations, has run for nearly 25 years with an audience of about 500000.
A playful line about a girl who insists she has never been kissed yet asserts the right to make oaths. The remark blends humor with a cheeky defiance, reflecting a lighthearted social quip.
U S. military reports two American planes were shot down by Communist ground fire over North Vietnam on Friday. The week’s losses mark the highest toll of the war and raise total aircraft lost over the North since the air war began.
Tornado damage reported across Louisiana towns with heavy rainfall and debris. Reports indicate near nine inches of rainfall at Wolback and six inches near Ord and Scotia, plus sightings at Homer and near Tampa, Florida.
The Miami Valley will see warmer conditions through the weekend with occasional rain and thunder showers. Lows tonight near 65, Sunday highs in the lower 80s, according to the U S Weather Bureau.
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