Melissa Rohde Heads Mobile Junior Miss Contest
Middletown's Melissa Rohde competes in the 1968 Ohio Junior Miss pageant finals week in Mobile Alabama. Over three days of judging in youth fitness and creative performing arts, finalists are scored during interviews and pageant shows at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium.
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Mobile
Ala
Middletown
Melissa Rohde
Ohio
Rohde
Albert Metzger
Arthur R. Outlaw
Sheraton Battle House
Mobile Municipal Auditorium
Miss Rohde
Walter Rohde
Fullmer Court
Middletown High School
Morton warns GOP to seek new leadership or risk extinction
In a decisive statement, Senator Thruston B. Morton declares the Republican Party faces near extinction unless it chooses imaginative new presidential leadership. He blasts Johnson era policies on Vietnam and domestic race relations and questions party direction and fate.
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Gop
Washington
Thruston B. Morton
Johnson
Vietnam
America
Republican Party
Kentucky
United States
Asia
Inmates Riot in Oregon Prison Holds Four Hostages
Salem Oregon AP reports an undetermined number of inmates rioted at the Oregon State Penitentiary on Saturday afternoon. George Randall Corrections Division director says prisoners held four hostages and a fire may have occurred in the paint shop.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
George Randall
Corrections Division
Rockefeller calls GOP leaders to Sunday political huddle
New York AP Rockefeller invites more than 20 Republican leaders to his apartment for a Sunday session to discuss the party after Romney’s withdrawal from the presidential race. Rockefeller backed Romney and says no commitments are sought.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon Set For Cincy Speech
Mrs. Katharine Kennedy Brown of Dayton, president of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organization, said Nixon, then GOP presidential candidate, will address the 28th annual spring conference in Cincinnati on Tuesday, April 2.
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Columbus
Ohio
Katharine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Ohio Federation of Republican Women’s Organization
Richard M. Nixon
Cincinnati
Inside Today’s Students and Global Movie Ties
A brief note on Today's Student’s commitment and learning culture. A report on how Iron Curtain nations warm to American moviemakers. The first Middletown map is small yet highly accurate.
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Middletown
French General Ailleret Killed in Reunion Plane Crash
Gen Charles Ailleret France's top soldier and his wife and daughter died when a DC6 crashed on a hillside near Saint Denis Reunion Island. A stewardess survived seriously injured. Wreckage spread 330 yards. Ailleret led France's atomic bomb program and eyed massive retaliation. Born 1907, he once defied Vichy before joining the resistance.
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Reunion Island
Charles Ailleret
France
Paris
Indian Ocean
Tannanarive
Ailleret
Madagascar
Sahara Desert
U.S
Charles Louis Marcel Ailleret
Germany
Yanks Crush Large Communist Detachment in Central Vietnam Action
U S infantry supported by armor and air power engaged a sizable Communist detachment nine miles northwest of Tam Ky in Quang Tin Province. 129 enemy troops were reported killed before they broke contact. Casualties among U S forces were described as light with additional clashes near Dong Ha and Khe Sanh. US air strikes and artillery operations continued as the war intensified in the region.
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U.S
da Nang
Tam Ky
Quang Tin
1St Corps
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
Hue
Red High Command
U.S. Americal Division
Americal Division
Dong Ha
Chuckle Disarmament as Hollywood Party Metaphor
The remark likens disarmament talks to a Hollywood party where no one arrives early. It humorously notes that participants wait for others to arrive before entering.
Kennedy Defends McCarthy Against Loyalty Attacks
Sen Robert Kennedy denounced charges against McCarthy’s loyalty amid the New Hampshire primary fight. The Kennedy statement, while not endorsing McCarthy, echoed past defenses of Kennedy supporters as McCarthy gains momentum with students arriving to boost turnout for Eugene McCarthy in Manchester ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
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N.H
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
New Hampshire
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Kennedy
New York Democrat
Washington
John King
Hanoi
Thomas McIintyre
Dn.h
King
Minnesota Democrat
F111A Fighter to See First Combat in Vietnam War
The Air Force F111A swing wing fighter bomber will fly to Thailand from Nellis AFB for its first combat test against North Vietnamese targets this month under the code Harvest Reaper. Six aircraft are planned with secrecy surrounding the operation and Navy concerns over the same aircraft.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Thailand
Navy
Cabbie Slain After Taxi Fire Near Knoxville College
A white taxi driver A J Boruff 27 was found shot dead after radioing for protection from a rock throwing crowd of Negro students near Knoxville College. His burning taxi was found 75 yards away by a women's dorm while a campus demonstration raged. Four students were jailed amid a tense night of unrest and rumors of a dormitory fire.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville College
A. J. Boruff
Boruff
Robert Owens
Arelanta
Weather Sketch for Saturday in March
The weather bureau forecasts cooler cloudy conditions with a chance of rain. Today’s high near 60s, not bad for winter, and similar conditions expected tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
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