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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1961
Page
1
In San Marcos Texas AP a 14 year old Bobbie Jack McMullin and one of two missing dogs are found. the dog perishes in sub freezing conditions after a search party locates it guarding Bobbie. The boy died Friday from exposure.
A county health officer orders intensified defenses and measures to curb a health threat. The directive mandates faster response times, enhanced monitoring, and stricter precautions across local agencies to protect residents.
A teaching series shows how students can improve grades by speeding up thinking and reading. Joe, a lagging algebra student, learns to push pace in tests, finishing 20 problems in 40 minutes with 16 correct. The clinic argues speed and accuracy can align to boost understanding and performance.
The article argues that academic standards are rising and competition with national rivals makes good schooling essential. It notes rising college enrollment, looming pressure on students, and the need to learn writing, reading for precise meaning, attention, and test preparation to improve grades.
FBI agents and police arrested William Elsworth Spencer in New Castle Indiana for a $110000 Gary bank robbery. He carried about $83700 in two suitcases and had used a false name James McClure to check into a hotel before a train to Cincinnati.
In Havana a military tribunal weighs charges against six Americans accused of aiding Fidel Castro. The trial could result in deportation, long imprisonment, or execution by firing squad. Defense cites recent gestures of goodwill by Castro and Khrushchev as possible precedent.
The article argues you can control brain function to learn faster. It cites Air Force and Navy testing and Thurman Wade of Long Beach who increased from 260 to over 6,000 words per minute with training, noting comprehension also rises 10 to 30 percent.
The Atomic Energy Commission says the United States has built a large and varied nuclear arsenal, with obsolescent models retired. It warns further advances depend on continued testing, notes possible Soviet underground tests, and proposes underground or space testing to avoid fallout.
The Kennedy administration faces a first key vote in the House on expanding the Rules Committee from twelve to fifteen members. Speaker Rayburn insists on adding three members to break conservative Republican and Southern Democrat bloc control, enabling passage of New Frontier measures such as education aid, housing, old-age medical care, and higher minimum wage.
London AP reports the Soviet Union resumed jamming Voice of America broadcasts to its people after a 24 hour period with no interference. The move follows a day of clear transmission in VOA services to the USSR.
Humorous sketch notes that some individuals speak bluntly while others choose tact, highlighting the clash between candor and diplomacy in everyday conversations.
A slow warming trend is forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday with daytime highs in the low 40s and night lows around 10. Colder weather returns Thursday, then another warm spell later in the week. Light snow is possible Wednesday or Thursday. Middletown official high yesterday reached 24 at 2 pm and a morning low of 5 above at 8 am.
Philadelphia AP reports Hamburg Pennsylvania with 3,800 residents rallying behind 8 year old Scott Balthaser. The town gathers to support his heart surgery at University Hospital to close a hole in his heart. Residents donate to meet a 40 point quota for the operation.
President Kennedy in a joint address declares a national emergency as Soviet and global tensions rise. He orders immediate strengthening of Polaris submarines missiles and air lift capacity while seeking areas of cooperation with the Soviet Union to promote science and space exploration. He warns the tide is unfavorable and domestic economy requires urgent action with a fiscal plan to follow.
U S Navy Rear Adm. Allen E Smith Jr agrees to a daybreak Tuesday meeting with Capt Henrique Galvay to arrange the release of 588 passengers aboard the seized Portuguese liner Santa Maria. The Gearing and three other destroyers head toward Recife as planes spot the ship off Brazil.
TOPEKA Kansas AP A Pentagon officer said Capts John R McKone and Freem an B Olmstead do not know what happened to three RB47 crew members missing since last July after a sea battle near the Barents Sea One crewman Captain Willard G Palm was recovered Lt Col Robert Eby relayed that the two fliers remain under interview bans and have not spoken on the case while the missing trio are listed as missing by authorities
A store clerk defied a white boycott by sending his 9 year old son Gregory to McDonough No. 10 with two U S marshals. About 35 protesters gathered, shouting slurs as police kept them back from the neutral ground while the boy entered the school. It marked the largest turnout since November mob scene over integration.
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