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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1967
Page
1
The United States has supplied about 46.1 billion in military hardware since 1949. Undersecretary Katzenbach says policy is under scrutiny but no overnight changes are planned. PRIVATE reports warn that most regional conflicts rely on imported weapons and call for a unified government approach.
A Boeing 727 from Atlanta to Washington and a small Cessna collided over western North Carolina near Hendersonville. At least 82 people died including Navy nominee John T. McNaughton and his family. Witnesses described a sudden impact as the airliner aimed to an emergency landing. Camp Pinewood and nearby residents sheltered victims amid wreckage and fire.
Parkville Missouri in the 1858 to 1874 era banned Sunday billiards and nude river bathing near the city, plus smoking near hemp warehouses, driving fast horses, forcing slave labor on Sundays, and cross gender attire. Early city ordinances are kept in the Park College Library.
A unit of the 101st Airborne Division surprised a bamboo prison camp in Quang Ngai Province and liberated 22 Vietnamese captives, including three women, all emaciated and malnourished. No Americans were found among the prisoners. The operation followed a lull in ground fighting with 175 Americans killed last week. air raids on North Vietnam continued.
Thomas J. Walsh, a New York Central railroad executive who died in 1961, left a $1 million estate to fund a memorial scholarship in his wife’s name. Xavier University announced Wednesday that the fund will add more than $40,000 annually for scholarships after specific bequests.
The United Nations General Assembly plans to end its emergency session and send the unresolved Middle East peace issue back to the Security Council. Israel warns it will not withdraw from occupied territories without parallel Arab peace moves, while Dayan says Israel can hold the territories for a long time. Egypt, Algeria, Iraq and Syria pledge to continue the struggle until all occupied lands are regained. Kosygin calls for Israeli withdrawal as the first step toward a settlement and stable peace.
A brief line describes a man pursued by a woman in a humorous pursuit scene. The gag centers on comic chase dynamics and social interaction. The item reads like a light corner gag from a period comic page.
An AP report describes a surge in paper clothing from bikinis to gowns and suits. Industry figures like Melvin E. Dawley of Lord & Taylor and Oliver James Sterling project rapid growth, with shops selling items from paper caftans to double breasted suits.
Partly cloudy and warm through Friday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Tonight’s low 60 to 65. Yesterday’s high 77, midnight low 63, with 0.13 inches precipitation.
Mexican authorities announce the arrest of 13 men in a conspiracy to destabilize the government. The group allegedly aimed to start a guerrilla camp in Chiapas and finance activities with funds routed from Red China through the New China News Agency. One alleged leader fled to China.
In Cairo Illinois the Pyramid Courts housing project endured a night of tight police and National Guard enforcement after snipers and arson incidents. Officials imposed a city wide curfew and closed taverns while around 100 guards patrolled. NAACP officials pressed for federal investigations into the death of a 19 year old soldier amid accusations of a cover up. Residents demand greater participation and equal opportunity, with housing advocates calling for half the city’s staffing to be Negro.
Police say a hose connected to an exhaust was placed in a car where the bodies of Lois Noble 58 and her granddaughter Stephanie Lynn Steinbrook 22 months were found Wednesday in Chillicothe Ohio. The incident appears to be a murder suicide. Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances and motive.
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