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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1964
Page
1
Business leaders across the nation say the mood has improved with President Johnson's first 100 days. Executives from Southern Bell, Ideal Cement, and Montgomery Ward report higher capital plans and cautious optimism, while some warn the optimism may prove illusionary.
United Nations Security Council’s six nonpermanent members seek a compromise as Cyprus deadlock persists. Greek Cypriot leaders demand independence guarantees while Britain and the United States oppose them.
In Los Angeles the rock star Torrence testified he learned of the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping plot about two months before it occurred. He earlier denied knowledge, then admitted Barry Keenan told him of the plan and gave him about $25,000 after the abduction, which he says he returned.
AP dispatches report Herbert Hoover has endured a serious health setback, according to a spokesman. The bulletin also covers Soviet support for Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam, and the selection of the fourth juror in Jack Ruby’s Dallas murder trial, Luther E. Dickerson, 27, a chemical firm vice president.
Grace Metalious author of Peyton Place died in Boston at Beth Israel Hospital at age 38. A hospital spokesman cited chronic liver disease as the cause. The Gilmanton New Hampshire schoolteacher rose to national fame for frank depictions of village life.
Dallas AP Jack Ruby's attorneys announce they may seek Supreme Court review on questions raised by televised scenes of the Oswald killing In a Texas Supreme Court petition they ask if television viewing makes a person ineligible to testify or serve on a jury The trial enters its second week of jury selection with 61 examined and two men and one woman seated
A low pressure system and associated cold front may bring light snow or flurries tonight or tomorrow across the state. Temperatures rise tonight but fall Wednesday afternoon. yesterday's high was 32 and today's low was 1 degree.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes backs a plan to organize a Northern tier bloc at the San Francisco Republican convention. The effort would unite Ohio Pennsylvania and New Jersey with potential add-ons like Michigan and Wisconsin to block Goldwater or Rockefeller early nominations.
A winter blizzard swept south from the northern Rockies, shutting roads in Idaho Montana Wyoming and Colorado. Heavy snow and zero visibility stranded hundreds of motorists and buses and cars near Idaho Falls. A Jeep trapping near Helena caused a fatality. Schools closed early as drifts reached four feet in Powell Wyoming.
Democratic leaders proposed to the President a swap: action on a farm bill in exchange for a brief delay in civil rights legislation. Senate readiness to store the House civil rights bill while debating a wheat cotton measure aims to push filibuster timing to around March 2. Johnson seeks early civil rights progress while farmers face planting season beginning March 1 amid cotton textile aid and wheat support debates.
South Vietnamese troops launched a heavy attack 120 miles west of Saigon on the Cambodian border. Initial reports spoke of strong contact with Viet Cong forces and suggested the engagement was the heaviest since the lunar new year holiday period.
A Navy battleship wall chalkboard humorously warns sailors with the line One good collision could ruin your whole day reflecting crew morale and daily routine aboard.
Cuyahoga County coroner Dr. Samuel R. Gerber urged parole for Samuel H Sheppard aged 41 after paying his debt to society. Gov. Rhodes and the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission will decide, with reactions split from supporters and opponents including Sheppard's brother and his lawyer.
In Chicago a one day boycott of public schools was set, with civil rights leaders split on backing Freedom Day. Police and prosecutors warned arrests for those blocking classes, while organizers claimed the protest is legal. About 100,000 pupils were expected to be absent, roughly half of the October 22 turnout.
Eastern Air Lines flight 304 with 56 aboard from Mexico City to New York vanished minutes after takeoff from New Orleans and crashed in Lake Pontchartrain. Coast Guard recovered seats and communications gear with indications the plane exploded on impact. debris stretched across a wide area six miles south of the north shore.
A veteran eastern pilot said the jet probably reached about 16 000 feet shortly after it got over Lake Pontchartrain. The lake is roughly 3 percent miles across with marshland surrounding the area and an average depth near fifteen feet.
Bobby Baker refused to answer questions about his duties as secretary to the Senate's Democratic majority during a Senate probe into his finances. His counsel accused the Rules Committee of staging a TV spectacle, while opponents demanded his lawyer withdraw the claim or be expelled.
Ohio Democratic officials postponed the Feb. 29 fundraising dinner planned at the state headquarters. State Chairman William L. Coleman said the $100-a-plate banquet will be rescheduled after the May 5 primary election, in hopes President Johnson can attend.
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