26 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1967
Page
1
About 100 police faced 47 prisoners after a Christmas dinner riot at Hamilton County jail. Tear gas and shotgun squads restored order, with inmates moved to an empty block as damage and tear gas lingered. No injuries reported.
U S warplanes struck back at Communist convoys as the Christmas truce expired. Air Force Navy and Marine jets reported about 100 trucks destroyed or damaged, with over 300 trucks seen on major supply routes. Carriers in the Tonkin Gulf reported convoys of 150 and 100 trucks.
Julie Rodriguez, recovering from a liver transplant and an earlier liver abscess, was allowed a 120 mile Christmas Day outing from a Denver hospital to Pueblo to visit her grandparents. Doctors required return by 10 p.m. and she enjoyed holiday lights and gifts from across the nation.
President Johnson and family celebrated their first White House Christmas with stockings at the fireplace a turkey dinner and a church visit. He plans to travel to the Texas ranch after New Year’s Day and brought a gold cross from Pope Paul VI for grandson Patrick Nugent.
A light column urges readers to nurture positive routines while warning that negative habits spread if left unchecked. The piece emphasizes daily discipline and mindful choices as seeds for a steady, healthier lifestyle.
Three year old Colleen Sullivan dressed as an angel for Christmas carols suffered a black eye in a head to head collision with her older sister. The incident occurred near a Christmas tree as they performed.
AP dispatch reports Peking remained silent about China’s seventh nuclear test, despite U S AEC confirmation of a Christmas Eve explosion in Lop Nor. Japanese officials noted possible low yield and link to Mao Zedong’s birthday, with speculation about missile delivery and political timing.
Two blasts struck Moscow. an apartment building suffered a deadly explosion with unconfirmed casualty figures, while a bomb destroyed the car of Henry S. Bradsher, AP bureau chief. Authorities blamed a gas main for the building blast but offered no final numbers. The area near Krasnokhimsky Street and the Moscow River faced a midnight, snowbound search as bystanders and officials gathered.
Firefighters described seeing flames through portholes up to the superstructure aboard a ship near New York. The blaze spread quickly as crews battled the inferno and worked to control hull damage and prevent broader danger to nearby vessels.
The Dianet fire killed 3 crewmen and wounded 18 as flames engulfed the ship. Fire Department officials say the blaze may have started up to 30 minutes before an alarm occurred, delaying containment and raising emergency response concerns.
Fireboats responded to the freighter Dianet at anchor off 87th Street in the Hudson. Three women crew members were among the injured. three officers died in cabins Torbjorn Garten first officer Magne Neilsen deckhand Fjalar Lindres seaman. Captain I J Avligavlege and five crew escaped uninjured and remained aboard.
The forecast covers Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley with a cold night forecasted lows 8 to 15 degrees. Wednesday brings clouds and a bit warmer temperatures with a light snow chance by evening. Yesterday's high reached 43 and the low 14.
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