15 Jun 1961
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
1
Valley Stream New York third graders at Brooklyn Avenue School anonymously shared views on parents. The 33 pupils praised and critiqued parents noting love despite nagging, described school and teachers, and expressed self liking. Teacher Annette Higgins praised the class as sharp and quick.
Cumhuriyet in Istanbul printed a document claimed as a top secret USAFE daily intelligence report on West German army units. The editors said a Rome source signed W.S. provided the material and noted prior documents from the same source. The Herald had reported similar papers earlier in the week.
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is headed to Moscow, likely before Harriman answers his accusation that the U S delegation stalls Laos talks. Harriman will deny cease-fire violations as Pathet Lao forces seize villages near Vientiane, prompting Western walkouts and renewed appeals for a neutral Laos.
A Marion man, Robert Morrison 31, died from abdominal shotgun wounds at a rural party near the Marion Wyandot line. His brother George 28 was wounded in the foot. eight suspects were questioned with several released for further inquiry.
Adlai E. Stevenson carries Kennedy's alliance for progress to Bolivia amid crisis. He meets Bolivian leaders in La Paz to discuss Uruguay conference on improving conditions, while noting renewed confidence in the United States. He continues to Peru and Ecuador before returning to Washington.
Robert McKinney editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican is Kennedy’s nominee for ambassador to Switzerland. The choice, made public Wednesday, requires Senate confirmation. McKinney, 50, is a former assistant secretary of the interior and has served as U.S. representative to the IAEA in Vienna.
Premier Khrushchev declared that a European peace settlement must be reached this year and called for a world war partners conference to reunify Germany. He urged talks between West Germany and East Germany within six months and included the fate of West Berlin. He praised the Vienna meeting with President Kennedy and tied negotiations on a nuclear test ban to broader disarmament talks.
A humorous proverb notes that even a halted clock is correct twice daily, reminding readers that nothing is wholly wrong all the time. The line offers a light moral about timing and perspective.
Several hundred pro-Castro students attacked and set afire the car of U.S. Ambassador Teodoro Moscoso at Caracas University as he viewed an exhibit. Authorities say the act was ordered by noted leftist leaders amid ongoing campus tensions and recent violence linked to anti-U.S. demonstrations. Moscoso, a Puerto Rican appointee of Kennedy, downplayed the incident.
Havana AP reports Fidel Castro requests 28 million dollars worth of farm tractors in exchange for 1,167 captured invaders. The demand equates to about 24 thousand dollars per tractor in the ongoing exchange talks.
Washington reports Kennedy administration officials see the Castro proposal as a possible life-saving move for about 1,200 Cuban invasion captives. Negotiators indicate Castro may accept 1,167 prisoners and 1,000 smaller tractors, with the final deal tied to funds raised for 500 tractors through the Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt.
The text states Kennedy believed Castro could be pressed to curb mass executions to avert a broader Inter-American push against his regime. It argues saving prisoners would counter Republican claims that U.S. tractor trade amounts to blackmail and possible violations of the Logan Act.
A brief warm spell arrives Friday and Saturday with fair skies. Today’s high in the 60s drops to around 46 tonight, with Friday reaching the 70s. Yesterday’s high was 74 at 11:30 am and the overnight low was 52 at 6 am. Rainfall has been light, totaling 0.14 inches since 8 am Wednesday.
In Louisville Kentucky A C Gandy operates a self serve worm stand on the honor system. He leaves boxes of fishing worms on an outdoor table for customers to serve themselves and says the money is never short. He notes sometimes it comes out a little extra and adds he trusts fishermen.
Fidel Castro spent 50 hours addressing American reporters, then guided them on a tour of the invasion battleground. He commented on U.S.-Cuban talks, Kennedy, Cuban socialism, and a mass literacy drive claiming about one million Cubans remain illiterate.
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