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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1963
Page
11
President Kennedy unveiled the C141 Starlifter at Dobbins Air Force Base with a ceremonial key. He said the four engine swept wing jet will bolster U S security and project freedom globally. The aircraft can fly nonstop transoceanic routes with a 154 troop load and 70,000 pound cargo.
Iowa AP report says the Mennonite General Conference elected the Rev Roy S Koch of West Liberty Ohio and Crawford County to serve as moderator for the next two years at its 33rd biennial session today.
Joseph A. Walker reached 351000 feet in the X15 flight at Edwards Air Force Base California but fell about two miles short of his 360000 foot goal. The climb was shallower than planned 44 degrees vs 48 degrees keeping him below the craft straightaway speed record and the ascent was the first with a new electronic brain to aid recovery.
Air Force scientist Dr John W Salisbury reports lunar dust is cake like not a sinking sea but particles cling to metal and glass surfaces complicating camera lenses portholes and mirrors. He describes experiments at Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories Bedford Massachusetts for OAR Research Review.
Robert Vernon Spears 68, a confidence man once linked to a 1959 National Air Line crash death toll, was released from a U S Medical Center and awaits return to California for a two to five year abortion-law sentence. The case involves an alleged plane sabotage theory and a missing Tampa partner. A Los Angeles deputy waited to escort him back. A separate public notice from Butler County Ohio outlines a zoning hearing on September 3 1963 regarding a variance for 8711 Meyers Road.
Police in Columbus charge Staff Sgt. Richard Waldron 28 with traffic manslaughter after a head on crash that killed Fritz Ickert 49 of Mount Vernon. Waldron stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base allegedly crossed the center line to pass.
Madison N Y AP An additional 351 875 in cash was found in a wealthy widow Mrs Grove Hinman's safe, earlier stolen sum 250 000. Police broke into an inner compartment and recovered the money, noting the total missing remained 250 000. Troopers worked clues and opened a second section after she lacked the combination.
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