27 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1963
Page
1
In Hazleton Pennsylvania Henry Throne and David Fellin were brought to the surface alive after 14 days trapped underground. A third miner Louis Bova remains missing, with drills progressing to reach him. Throne and Fellin praised the rescue system and shared jokes during the ascent.
Former President Eisenhower joins Senate sponsors calling for a reservation that would let the United States determine weaponry and timing in any attack on vital interests. Fulbright and Dirksen weigh paths to ratification while resisting changes to the Moscow treaty.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met Ngo Dinh Nhu for more than two hours in Saigon amid martial law tensions and a postponed National Assembly election. Observers say Washington favors military leaders over Diem regime until it reforms.
Washington leaders urge calm as civil rights march nears. Uncertainty over transportation and crowd size lingers amid a looming nationwide railroad strike that could strand demonstrators. Officials estimate up to 250 000 may gather with security plans in place.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Michael Milello blamed arson for a $150,000 blaze at Riverview Orchids in East Liverpool Ohio. The one story brick building burned for over two hours as five companies fought the fire. a storage shed later burned the next day after an unidentified man was seen fleeing. Flowers prepared for shipment to the east were the area of origin.
A Monday night fire at Clapper's furniture warehouse in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, caused about $120,000 in damage. Fire crews fought the flames, with authorities noting the blaze as the main incident in Akron AP coverage.
A humorous note states Chuckle Television earns the label me dium due to scant rare or well done content. It plays on the idea that a medium lacks both novelty and quality in its output.
Washington AP reports the Senate stalled on a crisis bill to stop a rail strike and leaders doubted timely passage while a railroad spokesman said no new work rules would be triggered if Congress moved a measure forward.
Hazleton Pennsylvania reports Anna Fellin, wife of Davey Fellin, who was rescued with Henry Throne from a coal mine entombment, finally persuades him to retire from underground work. Dr Anthony Fedullo relays Fellin’s vow that he will stop mining, saying Anta wins.
Frank Saraceno, 40, a jobless bartender, was named by Traffic Court Judge Casimir Cwiklinski as Chicago’s all time champion of parking violators. Police said he had 223 tickets from 1959 to 1962, with potential fines over 23000 dollars. He had been sought for over a year at four addresses. case continued to Sept 17 to allow a lawyer.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania drilling began at 6 45 am on a 17 and a half inch escape hole for Louis Bova a 42 year old trapped more than 300 feet underground for 14 days without food Optimism ran high as Throne Fellin and Bova relatives waited and a four inch lifeline hole progressed. Previous lifeline attempts failed.
A large high pressure area over Lake Huron controls the weather. The next 24 hours will be comfortably cool under sunny skies. Yesterday's high reached 77 and the low today was 82, with temperatures into the low eighties expected today.
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