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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1966
Page
1
The government moves $4.76 billion to Fan n ie Mae to buoy housing, but experts warn the relief is a stopgap. The rescue may lift private starts by about 100,000 units while potentially driving rates up as Fannie Mae borrows $3.76 billion amid tight funds and near record rates.
President Charles de Gaulle warned in Phnom Penh that the war in Viet Nam could bring misfortune to the world as he arrived for a visit to Angkor Wat. Cambodian leaders announced heightened security and a counter move after claims of Thai based plotters to disrupt his trip.
Two Harlem men Claude Brown and Arthur Dunmeyer told Senator Ribicoff's subcommittee that criminal records bar Negro youths from government work and called for policy changes. They described ghetto life as a war against an uncomprehending outside society and outlined a cycle of drugs numbers running robbery prostitution and illegitimacy as accepted norms.
A lighthearted observation on parental indecision leading to children overstepping boundaries and causing friction at home. The remark highlights the dynamic of gentle parenting lacking firm limits and its unintended effects.
Miami Beach reports a marriage squeeze as baby boom cohorts age. Sociologists Paul Glick and Robert Parks Jr note a shrinking ratio of marriageable men to women from 99 to 100 in the late 1950s to 93 to 100 now, with potential postponements or no marriages.
Senate Preparedness subcommittee members, favoring strong Viet Nam policy, hear Defense Secretary Rusk defend broad military goals. Senator Saltonstall warns war could last five years and Pentagon may need 5 to 15 billion more this fiscal year, with potential tax rise. White House and French sources silent as De Gaulle talks aim to end the war.
Sen. Richard B. Russell questioned House Armed Services Committee plan to authorize Johnson to call 190000 Reservists, calling it a pale substitute. The measure would place about 56000 nondrilling Reservists and 133000 other Reservists on active duty, with broader changes to Reserve organization and pay.
Two escaped inmates with a shotgun boarded a Southern Pacific train at Kelvin and forced a five man crew to move slowly along the Butterfield route while a 70 member posse and state guards pursued. After hours in the caboose, they surrendered near Hayden with hostages unharmed.
Madalyn Murray O’Hair sues former lawyer Walter Haffner in U S District Court claiming he pocketed donations intended to finance her campaign to end church property tax exemption. She seeks 10000 dollars in damages and an accounting of funds including checks for her son John.
Tonight will be fair and a bit warmer with a low in the upper 60s. Wednesday remains fair and warm with a high in the upper 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 88 and the overnight low was 62. At 11 a.m. today the temperature was 75.
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