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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1966
Page
1
U S Ambassador Foy D Kohler met with Soviet Foreign Ministry officials to discuss the reported death by own action of Newcomb Mott a young American jailed for crossing the Soviet border without a visa in Moscow.
Riverside AP reports Peter Landerman, 24, a UCLA graduate student, says death by own action might be easier on a prison train. He notes guards on trains can be careless and describes conditions after his own Soviet detention for a fatal traffic accident near Minsk. The embassy orders a full investigation into the case.
Press officer Robert J. Mc Closkey said Washington instructed the embassy to insist on a full investigation and prompt reporting. The embassy plans to send two consular officials to Kirov, 500 miles northeast of Moscow, where Mott's body was taken, departing as soon as transport is arranged. Kirov lies about 1,000 miles southeast of Murmansk along the Moscow to Ural route.
The State Department condemned the trial as extreme and harsh and said the court decision conflicts with past Soviet practices. It voiced deep regret that appeals for a humane disposition were ignored and noted a clemency inquiry filed on behalf of Mott’s parents after an earlier denial.
Newcomb Mott An Antioch College graduate died by own action while serving an 18 month Russian prison term. A faculty member says he was not a political activist and attributes the border incident to incautious curiosity. A cooperative worker as an undergraduate, Jane Ames recalls a balanced personality.
A winter storm moves into Ohio from the southwest bringing two to four inches by tonight. Central Ohio expects one to two inches while the north may see one to three inches. Hazardous driving conditions are forecast for Ohio Kentucky Pennsylvania and West Virginia with lows near 20 and highs around 25 on Sunday.
A 25-pound bomb exploded against a U S billet in Saigon early today killing a U S sergeant asleep inside and wounding a Vietnamese woman nearby as the lunar New Year truce neared its midpoint. Two soldiers and several civilians were hurt.
A Democratic candidate screening committee in Columbus meets to endorse a governor contender amid widespread speculation. State Rep. Harry H. McIlwain, Theo dore R. Laker, and others weigh bids, with observers recognizing potential moves by Frazier Reams, William Coleman, Robert Sweeney, and Mark McElroy as the field shifts after exits by DiSalle and Keys.
U S and Spanish officials press on with the sixth day search for classified material from a bomber crash near Almeria as authorities confirm unarmed nuclear armament on board and report faint traces of radioactivity in guards' urine.
Donald M. Boggs, 23, an ex-convict from Londonderry Ohio, was ordered by a superior court jury to die in the gas chamber for the 1965 slayings of Robert Willis and Halver Johnson in Newport New Hampshire. His girlfriend Dixie Radcliff, 16, faces two murder counts with a trial set for March 7.
A T33 from Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City Florida, crashed short of the east west runway at Hamilton Airport around 9 p.m. killing one occupant and injuring another who was found in his orange flight suit near Mercy Hospital. The aircraft was en route from Tyndall AFB to Wright-Patterson before vanishing from radar.
Nigerian Information Ministry reports Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Balewa killed after kidnapping during a coup. He and Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh were seized by rebels. Okotie-Eboh killed. Army and police forces face potential upheaval amid martial rule in Lagos and Ni geria.
Hollywood mourns Herbert Marshall 75 who died at his Beverly Hills home after a heart attack. The World War I veteran lost a leg in combat and spent 50 years in stage, silent and sound films, radio and television. Marshall starred opposite Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil and appeared in films including Secrets of a Secretary Blonde Venus The Dark Angel A Bill of Divorcement Razor's Edge Duel in the Sun Virgin Queen and Portrait in Smoke.
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