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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
1
About 3,400 U S Marines landed at two points in central Viet Nam with 4,600 more due in the week to raise U S strength near 60,000. Dak district capital reportedly overrun by Viet Cong. U S adviser wounded. B 52s bomb D Zone near Saigon. paratroopers clash with Viet Cong northeast of Saigon.
A US spokesman declined to confirm American casualties. He said Viet Cong broke off the attack after helicopters strafed the area. The operation began Tuesday and blew up tunnels and huts with negligible enemy contact. US officials reported 81 casualties in the past week, including 18 killed, 62 wounded, and 1 missing.
The week’s toll estimated at 1075 with 265 killed on Viet Cong side and 976 Viet Cong killed in clashes. A US spokesman said 28 Viet Cong were killed and 200 buildings destroyed by air strikes against Communist positions in South Vietnam.
Chicago report shows 551 traffic deaths over the Fourth of July weekend, a new three day record. The prior peak was 504 in the 1958 period and 557 deaths occurred in the four day observance in 1963. The National Safety Council projected 470 to 570 fatalities in traffic.
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford proposes U S airstrikes against Russian built missile sites in North Viet Nam to counter threats to American forces, stating the bases endanger troops.
U S decision on striking antiaircraft missile sites near Hanoi and Hai Phong rests with President Johnson. Washington reports U S planes have not approached closer than 40 miles to Hanoi and have avoided Hai Phong. Recon flights monitor two near completion sites and two advanced sites, with no missiles in firing position yet.
Secretary of Defense McNamara warned in late April that missile sites should be assumed to become combat ready and that U.S. plans reflect that stance. He cautioned that any attack on the sites could be costly due to believed Communist concentrations of radar-directed anti-aircraft guns around Hanoi and Haiphong, the industrial heart of North Vietnam.
An early morning blast in downtown Chicago near 29 N Wacker Drive shattered hundreds of office windows up to the 17th floor. Investigators say a powerful bomb filled with black powder caused the explosion, with no injuries reported.
Pasadena Calif AP reports the Mariner 4 spacecraft, 1.5 million miles from Mars and 9 million miles from its July 14 rendezvous, is expected today to feel Mars gravity. JPL says onboard instruments function well as the 575 pound probe continues its 228 day voyage with 21 pictures anticipated.
Parents worried about a missing teenager consider tracing the home line by following the telephone extension cord into the hallway. The anecdote highlights parental vigilance and household routines during a tense moment.
AP reports Ringo Starr turns 25 with a bright future as a musician comic and potential film star. The Beatle rests among Lennon McCartney Harrison ages, noted for natural talent and late October baby expected from his marriage to Maureen Cox.
In Chicago Curt Moberg a 33 year old carpenter reconciled with his wife Cecilia after a year long trial reconciliation following a 31 point list. He agreed to cooperate in everything give up hunting and fishing handle finances and earn 125 dollars weekly. The court dismissed the divorce suit and the couple will continue together with their two small children.
ROCKAWAY BEACH Missouri The City Council will hold a town meeting Friday to plan steps to prevent a repeat of Fourth of July rioting by college age visitors. Peter Rea Taney County prosecutor will decide after the meeting whether to seek an injunction to close the town four taverns coordinating with state liquor officials for a proper course.
Thunderstorms dropped about 0.05 inches of rain in the Middletown area early today and are expected to end tonight. Temperatures will cool to around 65 degrees with a pleasant day ahead and lighter humidity tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 90 while today’s low was 68.
Oxford England AP reports RAF salvage crews combed the burned Hastings wreckage that carried 41 British servicemen to their deaths on a para troop training mission. The four engine plane dived from 1000 feet Tuesday night, struck a wheat field near Dorchester and burned with no survivors.
In Washington the House debates a Republican substitute to the administration voting rights bill. Rep John Lindsay, a GOP mayoral candidate, backed the administration measure, while Rep Howard Smith urged Southern Republicans to back the GOP alternative, calling the administration version vengeful and unconstitutional.
Paris authorities investigate the weekend death of Nina Dyer a 35 year old former British model found by her butler in her Garches apartment Police say no foul play suspected Dyer married Baron Heinrich Thyssen in 1955 divorced 1956 then wed Prince Sadduddin Khan in 1957 the couple divorced five years later Her reported divorce settlements from Thyssen and Khan exceeded 2.5 million dollars.
Senator B Everett Jordan D N C told about 300 attendees at the Bright Belt Warehouse Association meeting in Wrightsville Beach that a health hazard label for cigarettes is acceptable. The Senate passed the labeling bill and sent it to the House despite reservations.
CGE officials announce land purchase at Main Street and Central Avenue for a new multi million dollar CG&E complex. Chester Hodges and Calvin Verity say CG&E has options on the property with a purchase price around 320000 and total project costs exceed 1 million.
Dominican rebels engaged with Inter-American Peace Force units from Brazil Nicaragua and Honduras in heavy exchanges for about thirty minutes in Santo Domingo Tuesday night. The fire included a five minute exchange with U.S. paratroopers and one paratrooper was reported captured. No injuries were reported.
The spokesman said troops of the military civilian junta did not fire at any time during the exchanges. The incidents were the most serious since mid June and threatened negotiations by an Organization of American States mediating committee to establish a compromise government.
Gen Hugo Panasco Alvim, commander of the inter-American force, says rebels staged an unprovoked and preplanned attack. Rebels tell the United Mission that junta troops fired first from behind inter-American lines as the force surrounds the rebel stronghold in downtown Santo Domingo.
Senate opens voting on amendments to Johnson health care bill. The measure would create health programs for about 19 million Americans 65 or older and boost Social Security benefits. Estimated annual cost $6.8 billion, largely funded by higher Social Security taxes on workers and employers.
CG&E obtained an option worth 275000 from Mike Mandzak for two three story brick buildings housing Corner Men's Shop Commonwealth Loan Co and Spencer Jewelry Co plus a 66 by 85 foot parking lot. A second option valued at 45000 was taken from Chris Pape owner of adjoining property fronting 16.6 feet on N Main Street housing One Hour Martinizing. Mandzak option cannot close before January 4 1966 while Pape property sale will close immediately CG&E officials said.
CGE cites Battelle Memorial Institute findings supporting Middletown expansion. Officials say land acquisition leads to engineering studies to decide building type with construction expected next year after current buildings are leveled. CGE currently operates from N Broad Street offices.
The Teamsters Local 100 strike against Greater Cincinnati construction firms may last another week. About 600 drivers remain on strike in two Ohio counties and four Kentucky counties after rejecting a two-county settlement offer. Another 600 workers have returned to work. George Starling, Local 100 president, cites starting times, seniority, and a guaranteed work week as core issues.
Cincinnati AP report says neighbors who filed a warrant charging Wallace M. Power city utilities director with setting off fireworks asked for dismissal and Police Judge George S. Heitzler granted the dismissal on Tuesday.
New York AP Dr Rhoda Lorand psychologist who treats youths links teen riots at summer resorts to insecurity about masculinity and a hostile stance toward parents. She warns alcohol plus large groups trigger loss of self control, while discipline must couple affection with effort to foster inner controls.
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