03 Jan 1964
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1964
Page
1
Moscow reports Khrushchev urged an international pact to renounce force in settling borders. The plan includes not using force to alter frontiers, respecting territorial integrity, and settling disputes by peaceful means. He cited Formosa as part of China and condemned U.S. intervention.
President Johnson prepares a record budget near 100 billion dollars aiming to curb ink spending. White House sources say deficits drop below 10 billion and tax cuts loom retroactively to January. Postmaster Gronouski pledges 5 thousand postal jobs cut in six months and housing aid expands via FHA. Ellsworth Bunker named ambassador to the Organization of American States.
West Berlin officials and East German negotiators prepare for talks to keep the Berlin Wall open for Christmas visits. No date or demands set. ADN reported 1,262,000 one day permits issued for West Berlin residents’ Dec 19 visits.
A South Vietnamese ranger battalion crossing the Saigon River near Ben Suc faced a Viet Cong ambush. Despite a bold counterattack that repelled the attackers, four rangers were killed and 17 wounded, including a U.S. sergeant. The battle underscored the Viet Cong’s persistent, lethal jungle warfare as the fifth year of fighting continued.
Five men died when boiling tar splashed over a highway department crew after a produce truck overturned on US 3 in Montgomery. Isaac Evans Jr. of Birmingham lost control while trying to pass a car, struck a flagman, then the truck flipped into the tar container and burned three convicts plus Evans.
A twin engine plane owned by Southern Aviation Co of West Carrollton crashed and burned near Morgantown West Virginia. State Police believed no one died. Pilot identified as Paul Hill of Miamisburg Ohio. Company president Pete Graves said Hill was returning to Dayton on a weekly flight from Washington DC.
Weather pattern shows a warming trend across most areas. Light snow in northern Appalachians and central Rockies. light rain along the Washington coast. Strong winds sweep the central United States as a dry cool front moves east.
A brief weather entry records a low temperature of 1 degree and a high of 4 degrees with no precipitation noted. The report clocks a cold day in the region and advises layering for an unusually chilly afternoon.
Low morning temperatures ranged from the 30s along the Mexican border to the 20s in western mountain regions and teens in the West. A pocket of cold air reached parts of the Southeast with 27 in Cross City Florida. Rain and snow were forecast from the Pacific through the central Rockies into western Kansas and northern New York and New England with mixed precipitation westward through the Great Lakes.
A Cincinnati man Roy Comisar, 31, died after his car collided with another vehicle Thursday night on US 25 in suburban Kettering. The AP report details the fatal crash and involved parties.
Searchers comb the Pacific for a downed CIM cargo plane crewed by eight Air Force men and a sailor. A portable radio transmitter, nicknamed the Gibson Girl, relayed distress signals narrowing the search to an L shaped area about 750 nautical miles west of Hawaii.
The piece reflects a humorous take on aging as trips into lighter, more fantastic days emerge. It blends personal observation with playful exaggeration about middle age and shifting perspectives.
The AP poll of Democratic county chairmen shows Hubert Humphrey leading with 185 votes and Robert Kennedy second with 146, amid speculation Johnson may pick Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps director and Kennedy in law. Shriver ranks fifth. Kennedy and Wagner are highlighted as possible dark horses.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller arrives in Portsmouth as he resumes his Republican presidential bid. He cites Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater as his main rival and plans stops in Concord and Portsmouth with a speech to the Portsmouth Young Republican Club. Campaign events include public debates with Goldwater a possibility per Rockeller aides.
The attachment of party leaders to the Kennedy image is seen as benefiting Shriver who is closer to Johnson. Some aides say Shriver is already viewed by the President as a preferred running mate. RFKs poll strength is viewed as transferable to Shriver, easing concerns about RFK's standing with local leaders.
Sandusky Ohio Paul Work Erie County municipal judge since 1958 resigns from office submitting resignation to Gov James A Rhodes effective January 31 1963 or the stated January 31 date given in the report.
In Nicosia Greek and Turkish Cypriots agree to send reps to a London conference with Britain Greece and Turkey to halt bloodshed and revise the Cypriot constitution along with treaties binding the three nations. Duncan Sandys reports the plan to Sir Alec Douglas-Home with delays in exact date.
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater announces plans to run for the GOP presidential nomination while seeking a third Senate term. He hosts a private Arizona gathering and outdoor news conference at his Phoenix home to disclose his decisions amid a major fundraising push and NH primary strategy.
A federal grand jury charged three men with six counts of kidnapping conspiracy and related offenses in the Frank Sinatra Jr. case after testimony including that of Sinatra. Defendants John William Irwin Barry Worthington Keenan and Clyde Joseph Amsler, all 23, will be arraigned Monday.
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