26 Jun 1960
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1960
Page
1
U S strategists warn any new Asiatic confrontation with Red China could occur without mass destruction weapons. Moscow withholds nukes and nerve gases from China, yet conventional forces and allied jets trillions threaten neighbors and the United States.
A 1960s Middletown investigation finds bootleg fireworks sold in gas stations and stores, with adults supplying teens and kids ages 9 to 12 driving demand. Despite Ohio law prohibiting sale or use, enforcement is weak as bootleggers adapt, and prices rise while supply shrinks.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused the Eisenhower administration of mismanaging the U2 incident. It urged that the May 1 flight may not have been undertaken and cited poor coordination among the White House State Defense and CIA. The 28 page report noted gaps in information and questioned the direction of U.S. policy.
Rep Mendel L Rivers said the United States should be ready to occupy Cuba if needed to protect American lives and property. He called Fidel Castro crazy and urged firm action to stop further aggression.
President Eisenhower departed Hawaii and heads home to answer critics of his Far East swing. He plans a coast to coast radio television address to defend the trip as boosting American prestige despite bypassing Tokyo due to riots. He and aides note three million welcomed visits to the Philippines Formosa South Korea and Okinawa boosting U S standing in Asia.
Torrential rains across Texas threaten floods from the Panhandle to the coast. At least three to seven deaths reported as two traffic deaths occur near Dallas and a shrimp boat capsizes off Aransas Pass. Floodwaters sweep a car from a Seguin bridge while Linwood Thurston reports 12 inches of rain on his farm. Officials call the deluge a boon to farmers, likening it to a $1000 check for every farmer.
AP reports Khrushchev in Bucharest refused to retreat from peaceful coexistence with capitalist states and the elimination of the cold war. Peiping denounces Moscow lines while Radio Moscow urges unity and counters Western reactionaries as modern revisionism.
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd warned against reading too much into a split between the Soviet Union and Red China over peaceful coexistence. He noted differing emphases in the Communist bloc but cautioned that such gaps should not lead to bets on slips. Soviet Premier Khrushchev had affirmed peaceful coexistence, while Red China insisted coexistence with the United States is impossible.
Navy divers searched Guanabara Bay for wreckage and victims of a Real Airlines Convair that plunged into fog on approach to Rio de Janeiro. Five bodies, four men and a woman, were recovered Saturday. 46 passengers and 5 crew were believed dead. Among the 51 aboard was Newton B. Thompson of Waterville Maine, an official of American Power Co. None of the bodies found were identified yet.
Washington AP Nixon raises his projected margin to carry the Midwest in November. Press secretary Klein says farm problems are serious but not dominant for the presidential race though more so for Congress and Senate. North Dakota June 28 special Senate election seen as close, likely decided by turnout effort. Republican Gov John E. Davis faces Democrat Rep Quentiri Burdick.
A lighthearted quip notes that centuries of thought have failed to solve three simple hair color puzzles. The joke playfully pivots on the idea that hair color remains an enduring mystery.
FBI said Melvin D. Rees Jr. 31, of Washington DC, arrested in West Memphis on flight charge related to a Virginia family killing. Warrants issued in Richmond charging him with murdering Mrs. Jackson 28 and daughter Susan Ann 5. Bodies found near Gambrills, Maryland, and in Virginia in March 1959.
AP reporter Relman Morin recalls the milestone of the United Nations charter signed at the San Francisco Opera House marking the start of the great experiment. Also news on auto insurance rate climbs in Middletown and broader Ohio business updates on pages 26 and 27.
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