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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1967
Page
1
The Associated Press reports a mix of record heat, severe storms with large hail, possible tornado in Meigs County, dense northeast fog, and a flood threat as rivers rise in central Ohio. A tornado near Racine damaged buildings but caused no injuries.
Weather forecast notes drizzly fog tonight with a low near 35. Wednesday turns colder with scattered showers or thunder showers. Yesterday's high 77, overnight low 50. Middle town reports .02 inch rain before 8 am. 11 am temperature today 52.
Senate ethics panel shifts to motives behind fund raising for Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. Documents show about 456,709 raised, with at least 150,000 deposited to Dodd and spouse. Testimonial dinners featured Presidents Johnson and Humphrey. witness Ivan Sinclair questioned purpose of 1961 event. Dodd alleges tax free gifts. he has filed a 2 million libel suit over related disclosures.
The facts show total raised of 456 709 through testimonial dinners and fund raising in Dodd's behalf 1961 to 1965. About 150 000 was transferred to bank accounts held by Dodd and his wife in Washington and New York. Funds in special accounts were used for liquor bills football tickets hotel charges and parking tickets.
In Aachen Germany nine officers and scientists of Chemie Gruenenthal face formal charges of bodily injury and negligent manslaughter linked to thalidomide. The case cites 6500 birth defects across about 20 countries from Austria to the Philippines and notes up to a million pills produced daily at Stolberg near Aachen before the 1961 alert by pediatrician Prof Widuking Lenz.
American warships engaged a 100-foot Communist trawler that shelled a patrol boat before beaching and blowing itself up. Salvage crews recovered contraband while U S forces reported additional mortar attacks in the central highlands and casualties among soldiers amid limited air operations due to weather.
Charles S Wall 27 of West Monroe Louisiana escaped death when a Navy C47 transport crashed near Phan Rang killing 25 to 30 aboard. Wall had been scheduled to fly but did not board and remained with a Navy unit at Cam Ranh Bay. His family learned of the mix up after a chaplain delivered news of a death that proved erroneous.
Fidel Castro denounced charges Cuba planned the March 3 killing of Venezuelan lawyer Julio Iribarren Borges. Speaking at Havana University on the Batista palace attack anniversary, he charged Cuba bears blame for events across Latin America and argued anti government groups act independently of Cuba.
President Johnson's Guam trip draws routine Soviet news coverage with a spy vessel anchored near Agana. Navy officials treat the craft as a curiosity while civilians glimpse exchanges of American cigarettes for vodka. Adm. Horace Bird jokes the sightings give intelligence people something to do.
The NBA announced that players canceled their threatened strike before the league playoffs. Lawrence Fleisher, attorney for the players seeking a higher pension plan, notified NBA headquarters by telephone. Commissioner Walter Kennedy warned that playoffs would be canceled and the $280,000 players pool would vanish if the strike persisted.
A witty remark notes sports like football and baseball persist in the era of TV commercial breaks. The line hints at enduring audience interest despite sponsorship interruptions.
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