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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1961
Page
1
AP reports two full moons will occur this month in Springfield Ohio. Astronomer Dr. Lloyd R. Wylie notes the second blue moon falls on April 30, an event rare as it happens about once every several years due to lunar cycle timing.
Seventy five Cubans granted temporary asylum by the United States await today’s decision on whether they may remain in the country. The group arrived Monday aboard the Spanish ship Cova donga and were landed on parole after Immigration officials conducted screening and consulted authorities in Washington. They dispersed among Cuban organizations and friends as final processing was planned.
A Dutch DCB jet with 86 passengers had to return to Rome Fiumicino airport Monday night due to landing gear trouble. Passengers were moved to a second aircraft after the diversion.
President Kennedy faces GOP resistance as Republicans push for extensive hearings on his economic recovery plan. Dirksen signals a slow path through Congress, warning against rushed approval of a food for peace program, peace corps, and aid to distressed areas. Critics charge the speech mixes bold aims with caution.
Washington AP reports House Speaker Sam Rayburn appears to hold a razor thin edge as a showdown vote looms on his plan to enlarge the Rules Committee. Last minute maneuvers and possible abstentions could swing the outcome, with a potential clash looming between Rayburn and Rep. Howard W. Smith over chairmanship.
The House faces deadlocks on liberal backed bills as committee splits stand four Republicans and two Southern Democrats against six Democrats. Rayburn proposes expanding the committee to ten Democrats and five Republicans to gain an eight seven edge and secure Kennedy backed legislation.
President Kennedy today summoned the U S ambassador to Russia Liewellyn Thompson back to Washington for a comprehensive review of Soviet American relations. Thompson is expected to arrive here by Monday.
A 17 year old boy admitted dropping 8 year old Christopher Mayfield to his death from a hotel roof in Los Angeles. The incident occurred after the boys accompanied by the 17 year old climbed to the roof and wrestled near the parapet. The 8 year old died on the sidewalk five stories below as police booked the teen for murder.
An unauthorized strike by operating employees shuts down rapid transit and buses in Boston area. Gov Volpe calls transit officials to a settlement meeting while traffic officials ban downtown parking to cope with a surge of cars and shaken service continues amid wage disputes and a court-voided contract.
U S Admiral Allen Smith Jr met Capt Henrique Galvao aboard the Santa Maria off Recife as talks on the liner’s fate progress. The ship seized January 22 by Portuguese rebel Galvao carries about 600 passengers and could gain swift freedom if negotiations succeed. Galvao hopes for asylum in Brazil while President Quadros takes power and Guanabara Governor Lacerda weighs safe passage and potential ship return.
A chimpanzee designated No 65 was aboard a Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral for a space test to assess task performance under blastoff and weightlessness. Launch faced delays as engineers evaluated issues and considered replacing the chimp with an alternate.
Five children died in a Montgomery fire blamed on a child building a fire in an unused heater. Firemen found the youths in the shell of their three room dwelling. The couple Fred T. Gilmore and Norma Jean Jones identified the victims as Fred T. Jones Roosevelt Jones Michael Jones Preswood Edward Jones and Norma Jean Jones.
Havana reports a military tribunal found six Americans guilty of attempting to aid anti-C Castro rebels. Prosecution seeks the death penalty after a two hour trial at La Cabana fortress. The regime has not stated a fate for the six and notes on the Kennedy administration influence loom.
A tongue in cheek line asserts that financial statistics prove the best time to buy is a year ago. The quip plays on market timing and cost certainty for readers.
The forecast calls for a warming trend tonight and tomorrow with a low near 20 and a high around 36. Increased cloudiness accompanies the milder air. Yesterday the official high reached 24 with an overnight low of 7 degrees.
Weather Bureau officials say a warming trend in the next few days could keep the Ohio River from freezing after ice thickened and closed in last weekend. Army Engineers report some traffic but slow movement as commercial boatmen wait for a thaw. Temperatures through Saturday expected 4 to 8 degrees below normal with stationary ice at dams from Gallipolis to Cairo.
Cincinnati's North Presbyterian Church will install one of the denomination's few women ministers Miss Joan Youst starting next month She is a native of Richmond Indiana and was ordained in 1958 by the Presbytery of California
Western newspapers from London to Stockholm praised Kennedy’s State of the Union message. Moscow excerpts noted, while London papers urged Americans to wake up. Editors across Paris Rome Oslo Brussels and The Hague described the speech as a call to action and a shift to leadership despite cautions about East-West tensions.
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