04 Jan 1967
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1967
Page
1
A Pentagon source says the Air Force will return 2,300 older airmen to flying duties after a pilot shortage. The plan involves veterans who left the cockpit in 1960 61 with Air Force spokesmen confirming adjustments underway.
The Pentagon officially denies U S planes deliberately bombed Nam Dinh North Vietnam's third largest city in a letter to Rep Ogden R Reid. The letter dated December 30 responds to Times dispatches about civilian deaths and targets. It confirms the 2300 figure and notes a pilot shortage denial. It also announces Air Force training increases and base reactivations to meet needs.
London detectives recovered eight paintings worth about seven million dollars after a five day global art theft. Rembrandts Rubens and two lesser works were found in a Streatham Common hideout and behind bushes near Dulwich Gallery. Police said some damage occurred but most works remained intact and inquiries continue.
Hanoi denounces the British offer as malicious and aimed at US escalation. North Vietnam demands talks include the Viet Cong and the National Front for Liberation, while criticizing Britain for excluding them and urging talks with North and South Vietnam governments.
Madrid police hunted two gunmen who killed Mohamed Khider outside his apartment as he left with his wife and brother in law. Khider, 13 year veteran FLN official, had been accused by Ahmed Ben Bella of misappropriating 11 million dollars, with Swiss bank ties cited in reports. Police checked Algerian refugees list and questioned Khider’s widow and her brother to identify suspects.
AP reports on Vietnam era slang among GIs. Terms include boonies for bush, ground pounders for foot soldiers, zoomies for jet crews, and phrases like sorry ’bout that for apologies. Expressions such as Troi oi and Dien Cai Dau mark exclamations and madness, while No. 1 and No. 10 gauge quality.
The forecast calls for a cloudy tonight with a chance of snow flurries and a low in the lower 20s. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cold with a high near 38. Temperatures rise Friday and Saturday before turning cold again. Yesterday’s high reached 44 with a 20 degree overnight low. Today at 11 a.m. the temperature was 20.
Campbell Ohio of 4000 faces reduced police protection as officers and firemen call in sick seeking a $50 monthly raise. Mahoning Sheriff offers aid, while Canton officials discuss wage guideline talks. Arbitration board is set for Trumbull County dispute amid wider Ohio unrest.
An unarmed Air Force missile fired in a Florida test veered from its planned path and likely passed over Cuba, the Pentagon said. It was expected to impact at 1 21 a.m. EST about 100 miles south of Cuba's southwest coast, a fast briefing to counter Cuban propaganda.
Chaplin and daughter Victoria will attend the premiere in London tomorrow for his latest film The Countess from Hong Kong which was produced in England.
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