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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1966
Page
1
David Fultz, who turns six on June 6 1966, prompted Lancaster Pennsylvania residents to write to governors in all 50 states seeking sample license plates. He heard from 42 states and received 36 plates. Kentucky sent a plate printed with his birth date.
The purge grows tougher amid street protests and an official attack on Peng Chen mayor of Peking. The Peking People’s Daily calls him black antiparty and anti socialist for spreading revisionist poison to restore capitalism.
The forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with continued warmth around 90 degrees, similar to yesterday. By Monday the outlook shifts to partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and scattered showers.
U S jet squadrons logged 86 missions Friday above the 17th parallel in a new yearly high for 1966. Air and naval pilots reported destroying or damaging hundreds of targets while aerial combat left two planes shot down and two crew members missing.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports Gemini 9 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford nearly failed to rendezvous with a target satellite and halted plans for a 2 hours space walk after a long night of fatigue. They postponed the EVA to Sunday morning if fuel allows.
Gemini 9 carries micrometeorite collection packs to test if space dust harbors life as astronaut Eugene Cernan conducts a space walk. One pack is on Gemini 9 and another on the target satellite, with Cernan to remove the second pack for later analysis by Thomas Stafford after returning to Earth.
Middletown faces a municipal building boom as the city engineer questions when routine days will arrive. The note hints at a brighter future for passenger railroading and mentions a debate over Winnie the Pooh revisions.
City Commissioner William Denham announced a formal request to name the Elk Creek recreation area Sebald Park in honor of the Sebald family. The Sebalds recently gave 100000 dollars for development, with C Ed Sebald and Elias H McKnight noted for early city leadership and contributions to Middletown.
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee report questions adequacy of civilian space funding versus aeronautics. It notes aviation contributed 24 billion last year to GNP, space costs about 7 billion, and warns space outlays may obscure civil aviation benefits. It also cites global pace on supersonic transport and potential cabinet department changes.
Chuckle secretary tells office manager she has taken all criticism and asks how to spell quit. The remark frames a tense moment as staff respond to workplace pressures and humor amid workload.
Senator Robert Kennedy began his controversial South Africa speaking tour with a call for open dialogue. He urged frank discussion of shared global problems while noting Africans comprise most of the population and praising diversity amid strong security at Jan Smuts Airport.
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