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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1962
Page
1
In Brooklyn a 61 year old grandmother scared off two would be gunmen during a mid afternoon supermarket hold up. After a 15 minute shop they demanded cash totaling 10 21. The woman refused to go to the back of the store and yelled causing the thieves to flee leaving groceries and money behind. Police fear retaliation and have not identified the hero.
Spectators watched in horror as three performers fell from a high wire during a Shrine Circus act at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit. Dieter Schepp and Richard Faughnan died from skull injuries while Mario Wallenda and Jana Schepp were injured. others on the wire steadied the act, and Ernie Burch helped calm the crowd. The Wallenda family has long led the troupe, known for performing without a net.
Roberts, a merchant and Texas Senate president pro tem, wins the 4th district seat long held by Sam Rayburn. The Democrat defeats Robert C. Slagle by 16,047 to 13,302, telephones Lyndon Johnson, and plans a victory meeting in Washington. Roberts supports Kennedy era policies but opposes federal aid to education and Communist countries.
Twenty American nations condemned Cuba's regime as US efforts to expel Fidel Castro from inter american bodies fell short. Brazil Argentina Chile Mexico Bolivia and Ecuador abstained leaving Cuba voting no. Ministers endorsed a strong denunciation of Communist intrusion and Cuba's expulsion from the Inter-American Defense Board while backing Kennedy's Alliance for Progress as a self help tool against communism.
UN forces move into Kivu Province to protect twelve American missionaries at Kama Protestant Mission while awaiting word on conditions. The Vintons and Bunch families, two nurses, and two children are at the mission amid recent regional terror by mutinous soldiers.
President Kennedy sent a tough new farm program to Congress aiming to cut $5 billion from farm subsidies over four years while boosting farm incomes. It would impose acreage allotments and marketing quotas on wheat, feed grains, and dairy, with penalties including removal of price supports and potential surpluses dumped on markets if farmers do not comply.
Paris reports and a Vevey meeting secret source say an Algerian settlement amnesty and independence may be agreed with de Gaulle. French troops moved into Algiers center for contingencies while right wing settlers and the extremist OAS fear a FLN deal and possible uprising.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Glenn Jr now must wait at least 13 more days for his historic space flight as an Atlas fueling test revealed a leak. NASA postponed the launch to Tuesday Feb 13 during preparations for a two day countdown.
A lighthearted line about a husband trying a clever deception with his wife, using playful misspellings to imply a humorous ruse. The quip relies on wordplay and domestic setup to yield a quick laugh.
Four Findlay College students confront Soviet counselor Yuri Fillipov during a two hour interview on the cold war and world issues. Savage and three peers pressed questions about one party rule and Molotov while Fillipov defended life under communism and denied China Soviet splits, warning some questions were “out of taste.”
A cold forecast shows a low of 15 tonight and a high of 25 tomorrow. Cloudy, chilly conditions continue into the five day outlook with a chance of light snow or flurries Thursday afternoon. Yesterday’s official high was 37 and overnight low 7.
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