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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1964
Page
1
New Delhi India AP. A month after Nehru's death Lal Bahadur Shastri fell ill with what aides called a mild heart attack fueling fears of a leadership crisis. Doctors treated him for overstrain and fever as officials urged calm and said he was resting.
A mother Mrs Billie Eversole 26 and her three children were swept under the hull of a 195 foot barge towed by Ravenswood on the Ohio River near Cincinnati. They surfaced and were saved by boaters with cuts and bruises. Utah Carol Jr. 3 clung to the mother as the others were rescued.
Kuala Lumpur AP report says 41 Chinese student leaders were arrested by troops and police at Nanyang University during dawn raids. More than 500 security personnel targeted the campus, whose student groups are described as hotbeds of Beijing influence.
President Johnson orders more FBI agents to Mississippi amid the search for three missing civil rights workers Michael Schwerner James Chaney and Andrew Goodman The operation widens to include Pearl River drag operations and support from state police Game and Fish officials from Jackson join the probe Neshoba County Sheriff Rainey seeks an auxiliary police force to deter unrest in the racially charged county
Soviets premier Khrushchev wraps up a five day visit to Sweden with mixed reactions in Stockholm. Expressen blasts him for empty words and calls him a liar over Wallenberg claims while Norway awaits his Bashkiria voyage to Oslo and a push for closer Russia relations.
A brief look inside a political convention notes the event is ridiculed as vulgar yet considered an effective method for selecting a candidate. Other features mention Lawrence Welk appealing to general listeners, and a Middletown man who moved west with his paintbrushes.
Sen Barry Goldwater walked his daughter Margaret down the aisle for an 11 minute Episcopal wedding in Phoenix to Richard A Holt 25 a junior oil company executive. The 800 guest ceremony at Trinity Cathedral took place as campaign tensions loomed with a 104 degree heat but air conditioning kept the church cool. Peggy wore a white gown with a pearl bodice and train while orchids adorned her bouquet.
Five boys aged 4 to 11 play cops and robbers when a prowler tries a rear door of a night shift sergeant’s North Side apartment. The youths pursue through alleys, call police, and capture the man after warning shots. he expresses remorse about the incident.
Humor column notes the moon’s pull not only affects tides but also causes HM to stop cars on quiet side roads, a playful observation. The piece blends astronomy with everyday oddities, offering light amusement about celestial forces at work in ordinary traffic.
In Vietnam a US helicopter was shot down by Viet Cong fire near Apiong Hoi nine miles south of Tra Vinh. Two American crewmen died bringing total US combat deaths to 145 and 146. two gunners were wounded and a Vietnamese observer killed. Government troops suffered 16 dead and 18 wounded as a ground battle followed the crash.
Pennsylvania Governor Scranton hosts Nelson Rockefeller at Indiantown Gap to align Lodge support for his presidential bid. Plans include Lodge speeches once he returns to the United States from Saigon and a push before the Republican Platform Committee in San Francisco.
President Johnson told a Democratic fundraising crowd in Minneapolis that Mississippi hardships highlight the painful path to racial justice. He predicted a strong civil rights bill this century, urged lawful enforcement, and stressed a moral law above all. About 50,000 people gathered despite sweltering heat.
Rome Italy President Antonio Segni was asked Saturday to form a broadly based emergency government to pull the nation from an economic slump and political crisis. The proposal came from Senate President Cesare Merzagora, an independent and one of the first leaders welcomed by Segni after Premier Alcide Morosini resigned.
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