26 Feb 1963
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1963
Page
1
New York police released a city study detailing 508 homicides in 1962. Most cases were solved, with 110 on Saturday, 77 on Friday, and 74 on Sunday. May and December were the deadliest months. Husbands killed wives and wives killed husbands in several cases.
Non aligned delegates predicted a possible compromise on nuclear test ban with five on site inspections yearly between the United States and the Soviet Union. They cited remarks by William C. Foster and George Macovescu and noted that a final deal remains distant, potentially tied to Berlin and Cuba.
Quotable quip notes the irony of modern leadership where the line between followers and pursuers blurs. A light take on the pressure of guiding others amid uncertain loyalties and attention.
Venezuelan President Betancourt concluded a three day visit to Mexico after failing to sway President Adolfo Lopez Mateos on Castro as an imminent continental threat. A joint communique sidestepped the issue while outlining talks on raw material prices, petroleum technician exchanges, and a mixed commerce commission.
National Cash Register Co. sues Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana alleging MM&M uses NCR’s process to make “no carbon required” and related multiple-copy papers first sold in 1954. NCR seeks to stop MM&M from producing and selling the paper.
New Orleans turns Mardi Gras into a massive street party with half a million revelers. Mayor Schiro enforces masking rules as parades flow from dawn to midnight. Rex leads the parade down St. Charles Avenue toward Canal Street, then to the French Quarter, while celebrations leave attendees with a famous hangover. An English reporter calls it the city with the worlds biggest hangover.
President Kennedy intensifies his drive for a tax reduction of 10 billion dollars or more, arguing it as top priority despite congressional skepticism and public concerns about deficits. Sources say prospects for a 1963 bill hinge on popular support and the economy's April employment figures as the Ways and Means Committee moves to draft legislation.
Kennedy must win over constituents sending anti tax rent letters to their congressmen and choose careful allies for public appeals. House Ways and Means Chairman Mills may back tax cuts only as part of tax revision, with conditions including lower rate cuts, keeping nondefense spending steady, and signs the economy isn’t improving under the current tax structure.
In Cleveland two people died in separate fires. A three year old girl, Carol Wilson, died at Charity Hospital from burns after her clothing caught fire while playing with matches. A mattress fire fatally burned 62 year old William Curtis George in room 4517 Clinton Avenue, blamed on careless smoking.
In South Viet Nam American troops are said to follow a basic rule of engagement not to fire unless fired upon. A Pentagon spokesman would not confirm possible changes or reports of advisers firing first.
Two business men who vanished within 24 hours of each other in Troy Pennsylvania were accounted for. Jerome Blaine 45 returned home to his wife and ten children while Loren Leonard 38 was preparing to return after contacting his wife from Coral Gables Florida police do not believe the disappearances are connected.
SAN FRANCISCO AP The AFL CIO Brotherhood for Railway Clerks threatens a 6 PM strike by 11 000 workers on Southern Pacific, potentially closing 8000 miles of track across Oregon California Utah Nevada Arizona New Mexico and Texas. Union officials say 39000 other railroad employees will not cross picket lines. The dispute centers on automation and job losses of about 1000 workers in five years.
Havana reported the freighter Priamus delivered 2 500 tons of baby food worth about 1.5 million dollars on Monday. The shipment marks the fourth installment in the price for the freedom of 1 113 Bay of Pigs prisoners.
The Associated Press reports Ohio neared the nation’s coldest readings as minus 23 at 7 am on a Putnam County farm. Weather Bureau observers verified the record, matching a 1890s family log and noting a Marion pumping station read minus 23. Forecasters say the cold air mass will shift but subzero temperatures likely persist tonight.
The text notes zero degree readings in this area while Cleveland reaches 12 below, Toledo 6 below, Akron 9 below and Youngstown 5 below. Temperatures expected to moderate tomorrow after a low of zero to 10 above tonight. Yesterday's high 33 and low zero. today's low at 7 am also zero.
Senate figures say four American volunteers died in the 1961 Bay of Pigs raid after being recruited to train Cuban pilots and fly combat missions. The account recalls a Miami lawyer’s May 1961 disclosure naming four Birmingham area men as killed in a Caribbean cargo-plane incident during anti Castro operations.
London report says Russian scientists revived two prehistoric four toed tritons found frozen in northern Siberia. One lived three weeks after awakening, the other endured a summer. The find suggests vertebrates might survive long hibernation for space travel.
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