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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1965
Page
1
U S advisers and Vietnamese troops patrol a flooded Da Nang rice field under night patrol conditions. A Viet Cong alert prompts rapid fire from three soldiers. The unit, recognized for Viet Cong kills, fights through muddy paddies toward safer ground as aircraft illuminate the area.
A patrol moves through a moonlit path to evade spike traps as mortars thunder nearby. At dawn artillery targets a Viet Cong village. a surrendering man in a white shirt and shorts is captured along with another suspect as the unit retraces its night route.
Violent weather swept 11 states from the Dakotas to Texas with tornadoes hitting Texas Eckelson ND Mount Clare NE hail up to baseball size near Levelland and gusty winds. Three inches of rain drenched areas including Imperial Topeka flood warnings issued for south central Kansas and the Arkansas River watershed.
The Secret Service issued a nationwide alert for Walter Davis a man approx abyear-old who allegedly mailed threatening letters to President Johnson. He was last seen driving from a Utah motel as San Francisco police were informed. Police said the suspect was armed with a rifle and ammunition, and his trail was lost after he left the motel Thursday at midnight.
A light remark notes that most golfers adhere to fair play rules when observed closely, suggesting integrity in casual rounds and competition.
In Nickerson Kansas residents watched the Arkansas River flood crest three blocks away and wait for levels to fall. A spokesman for the Army Engineers called it the most unpredictable flood. More than half of Nickerson's 1 100 residents evacuated. President Johnson ordered all-out federal aid after aerial inspection of flooded areas.
The Weather Bureau expects fair conditions across the Miami Valley and surrounding region tonight and tomorrow. It will be slightly warmer and more humid on Sunday with no rain in sight. Tonight's low around 60 degrees and tomorrow's high near 85 degrees.
Air Force investigators pursued the cause of a four-engine C135 crash that killed 4 people including 72 Okinawa bound Marines. The plane went down in fog and drizzle near Loma Ridge at El Toro Marine Air Station just after takeoff at 1.44 am Friday. The MILATMS plane carried 12 crew from LeGuire AFB New Jersey destined for Honolulu. Marines aboard had been processed at Camp Pendleton for Okinawa's 3rd Marine Division, a Viet Nam staging area. The crash left a mile-square scorched hillside.
CAMP PENDLETON California AP six Ohioans are among victims named in the El Toro crash of a USAF C135 jet transport. Marines Cpl Tucker R Burt Lance Cpl Gail H Haning Air Force Capt William F Cordell Jr Cpl James H Brock Pvt Jerry Skidmore Lance Cpl Charles L Stevens. Rescue crews searched through fog and fires to recover bodies as the wreckage scattered over rolling hills. Radar Chief Warrant Officer John Andre described the scene and noted a cockpit body remained strapped in a mile from impact.
London AP The British Commonwealth urged a Viet Nam cease fire as a prelude to a peace conference aiming to unite the country A four nation Viet Nam peace mission set up this week will seek Hanoi Saigon and other capitals Washington and Moscow have responses Moscow rejected unless Hanoi talks first Peking refused to engage Hanoi silent The mission plans to meet UN Secretary General U Thant in Geneva early next month awaiting Hanoi reply to gauge prospects for peace.
NAHA Okinawa AP LA Richard B Steinke 27 Milwaukee Wis was sentenced to dismissal from the service and forfeiture of all pay for refusing to join a counter guerrilla unit in South Vietnam He could face five years imprisonment The West Point graduate ranked 55th in his 1962 class He objected to combat saying the war was not worth a American life.
Viet Cong forces overran Tou Marong district town 45 miles north of Kontum and hit a battalion post near Duc Hoa 20 miles west of Saigon. Air support hindered by clouds. In the Saigon area, five U.S. Marines were presumed drowned after their M48 tank fell into a stream. An explosion at Bien Hoa air base killed one American and two Australians and wounded 10 Australians. A Saigon restaurant bombing killed 42 and wounded about 80, including 12 Americans. The executed American, Sgt Harold G Bennett of Perryville Arkansas, was said to be killed in retaliation for Viet Cong executions.
Wayne McKay 14, once paralyzed and near death after a wrestling accident, walked from the hospital four months later as his father urged staff to remove his name from the wheelchair. Family faith, friends, and visits from local figures and teams surrounded his dramatic recovery through operations and traction, ending in a standing, straight return home.
Political tensions in San Francisco de Macoris erupted with sudden fury Friday as armed rebels clashed with junta forces. At least 16 people were killed, with most casualties reported when rebels attacked the San Francisco power plant at dawn. An four man OAS team said the fighting centered around the city, located about 60 miles northwest of Santo Domingo, after a quick helicopter inspection.
Cincinnati ap Harry T Klein former Texaco Inc president died January 24 at 79 leaving 2.668 million to a sister brother nieces and nephews. The will filed for probate Friday details the distribution among immediate relatives.
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