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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1965
Page
1
In Ventura California Sharon Evans risked exposing her leukemia stricken four year old daughter Joy to chicken pox hoping to halt the illness. Joy died at Ventura Community Hospital after the plan failed to save her.
In the Mekong Delta a U.S. spokesman said Viet Cong casualties reached at least 50 in a multi battalion operation near Can Tho. Government forces suffered moderate losses as air strikes pounded Viet Cong positions from Saigon to the South China Sea.
A day of rain and brief thunder showers is forecast with a low around 56. Sunday should be partly cloudy with little temperature change.
LA Crescenta California brushfire burns across 500 acres of rugged terrain as 1,000 ground troops and eight water bombing planes battle hotspots. Firemen evacuate 25 families near hillside homes later allowed to return as winds ease and containment improves.
The 112th Ohio State Fair drew 116 350 visitors on Youth Day, surpassing last year’s opening record though under the 125 000 expected. Gov Rhodes opened the fair as showers gave way to sun with free admission for entertainment. Patti Moody of West Alexandria named Junior Fair Queen. Bobby Vinton hosted a lineup including Dick Clark.
The Hollywood star quips about loving simple things and demonstrates it by joining four partners in marriage, underscoring a whimsical, unconventional approach to romance and fame.
Pittsburgh AP Four days remain before 450 000 United Steelworkers members could strike shutting 80 percent of US steel output. Federal mediator William E Simkin said limited narrowing of gaps is possible but disagreements remain substantial. He shuttled between sides ahead of today’s session as union hints at downward demand changes.
In a tense steel city, workers seek wage and benefit gains of 53 cents an hour over three years, bringing average wages to $4.40 an hour. The industry counters with a 40.6 cent package and says it is final, but willing to bargain within the range as the strike deadline nears.
A Greyhound bus and a lumber truck collided on US Highway 9 near Vinton killing 11 and injuring 28. The truck driver and 11 victims were Texans and Louisianans. bus driver Jeff Blankenship of Houston was critically injured. The crash occurred at 11 30 p m with victims transported to hospitals in Lake Charles Sulphur Beaumont and Orange.
All but one body has been recovered from Hong Kong Bay after a U S Marine transport plane crash that killed five American servicemen. There were 13 survivors, with two reported in critical condition in a Hong Kong hospital.
Navy says all systems are go for the descent today of 10 aqua nauts including M Scott Carpenter to Sealab 2 on the ocean bottom 1000 yards offshore. Three teams of 10 divers will spend 15 days each in the 12 by 58 foot cylinder at 205 feet depth over 45 days with radio talk possible to Gordon Cooper Jr in Gemini 5 if Houston approves.
Gemini 5 pilots L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr complete 121 orbits and prepare for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean 200 miles northeast of San Salvador after a final 15 orbit pass. Weather remains favorable though Betsy poses potential changes.
Rov ing ambassador W Averell Harriman accepts invitation to the Finland American Friendship Festival in Turku Finland on Sept 45 marking the 20th anniversary of America Days celebrated annually between the two nations.
In New York City a man named Leo Orenstein is found dead in a Bronx room after a year of living unseen. Police found his skeleton among mail, bank books, and stock certificates worth thousands. His family wondered why no one checked on him after his rent stopped and he vanished.
Cuba's ambassador to London Dr. Luis Ricardo Alonso Fernandez quit in protest of Fidel Castro's regime and went into hiding. In a letter to President Osvaldo Corticos he urged neutrality and an end to totalitarian rule, signaling a broader dissent with the Cuban government.
The US Navy reported one man killed and another injured when the aircraft carrier Shangri La and destroyer Newman K. Perry collided off the west coast of Italy. Both sides remained under their own power to Naples after the Friday incident.
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