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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1966
Page
1
Partly cloudy and a touch colder tonight and Saturday with a chance of a snow flurry. Overnight low around 18 degrees, yesterday high 31. Middletown had a trace of snow. Temps 7 to 10 degrees below normal, normal 41 and 25. Weekend colder, warming mid week, daily flurries and light snow possible south Monday.
Air war intensifies with two more American planes missing in North Vietnam and a U S helicopter down in South Vietnam. Ground action around Cu Chi remains light while Operation Masher becomes Operation White Wing with an unnamed objective.
A report highlights the worst single plane disaster in recent records with details about the aircraft, location, and casualties. It notes the scale of the crash and the impact on survivors and communities nearby.
An All-Nippon Airways Boeing 727 with 133 aboard crashed into Tokyo Bay on Friday night. Recovery teams found three bodies with no survivors. debris and seats were spotted as search efforts continued amid reports of a engine failure and visual landing attempt.
Senator J W Fulbright, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says the Viet Nam hearings are not a circus and will run as long as productive. Witnesses will testify by invitation. no immediate plan to recall Secretary of State Rusk, though questions may come.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield plans to file a cloture petition to end the union shop filibuster on Taft-Hartley 14B repeal. If the first vote fails another petition would trigger a second cloture vote, continuing dayslong floor fights with 19 states already banning union shop contracts.
A humorous note jokes about dieting as a test of character and compares real children to a blueprint footnote. The lines play on word choices and light social satire.
AP reports a recap of early space milestones from Sputnik 1 to the first spacewalk and rendezvous attempts. The list contrasts Soviet and American firsts with dates from 1957 to 1965, noting gaps such as Apollo space rendezvous and ongoing milestones.
Moscow reports unmanned Luna 9 made a soft landing on the moon after a three day flight from Earth. Tass confirmed reliable radio contact and normal instrument function. Jodrell Bank noted facsimile pictures. size and weight details remain undisclosed. President Johnson hailed the achievement as benefiting all mankind.
May capes Kennedy Fla AP Luna 9 achieves a soft landing and radio contact proving surface viability and boosting Soviet lead in spaceflight while US Apollo and Surveyor programs push toward a May manned lunar landing as Gemini 8 anticipates a March rendezvous.
Jodrell Bank in England reports receiving sensational images from the Soviet Lunar satellite. The pictures allegedly show individual rocks on the moon’s surface, according to a spokesman.
Vice President Humphrey praised Soviet space officials for perseverance in lunar goals. Western experts note both nations lead in different phases with the U S and USSR each holding advantages in rendezvous and soft landing, while the U S leads in flight duration and medical data.
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