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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1962
Page
1
Inside items include a crossword puzzle update and a sequence of funeral notices. SMU hearing covers editorial discussions while markets and wire reports fill the rest. The fragment references broadcast segments and internal notes from a newspaper page.
Youngstown Ohio AP Walter J Campbell editor of Steel Magazine says wage talks in steel may lead to a peaceful settlement and no work stoppage. He notes productivity gains and higher employment costs since 1940 and predicts 1962 steel production between 105 and 110 million tons.
Secretary Rusk outlined a four point plan at the disarmament conference seeking a three year 30 percent cut in nuclear delivery vehicles and major conventional arms. He urged aerial inspection areas ground observation posts and missile firing notifications to prevent war by accident or miscalculation. The plan calls for transfers of 55 tons of weapons grade U235 to non military use and urgent methods for verification of disarmament.
In St Louis a car wash hearse prank ends with a worker fleeing after a mock corpse sits up and peers out from behind curtains. Harold Katz, operator, says a prankster climbed inside as the hearse passed through the wash.
Mrs Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller wife of Nelson A Rockefeller New York governor and possible presidential candidate is expected to file for divorce in a Nevada court after meeting the state six weeks residence requirement. Her attorney says a filing may come Friday. She arrived Feb 1 and lived at a Sierra foothill guest ranch while confirming plans to divorce and has been separated for months.
President Kennedy cautioned the Soviet Union against provoking Western Allies with aggressive air activity around Berlin. He called metal chaff deployments a particularly dangerous action and urged avoidance of incidents that could trigger further escalations. He spoke amid questions at Geneva on disarmament and U S aid, tests, and defense.
Washington AP A prominent writer on military affairs, retired brigadier general S L A Marshall testifies to a Senate sub committee defending American soldiers against derisive portrayals. He contrasts his view with Lt Colonel Mayer who warned of soft youth and weak patriotism.
President states he will not participate in his brother Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Democratic senatorial bid. He notes Teddy is running on his own and will manage his campaign independently.
In Massachusetts the Kennedy McCormack contest for the Democratic nomination intensifies. Edward Kennedy announced his US Senate bid, while Edward J. McCormack Jr. questioned White House pressure on Pittsfield delegates. Robert F. Kennedy praised his brother, while Ted Kennedy said he would campaign independently.
In a Washington press conference President Kennedy and Rep. Thomas L. Ashley dispute Ohio and nearby states' military contract shares. Ashley cites a 10 year decline in procurement, Ohio down 58 percent, Michigan 88.6, with 1961 versus 1952 figures and California's rise to $5.2 billion.
A low pressure system over the Great Lakes brings cloudy, cold conditions through Friday. An outside chance of sun late Friday afternoon. Tonight's low near 30. Friday’s high around 40. Yesterday's official high 35 at 3 PM, overnight low 29 at 7 AM.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy viewed the Taj Mahal with awe as India’s top tourist site. She also visited Fatapuri Sikri on her way from New Delhi and showed interest in a 16th century Mughal emperor’s stone courtyard where chess with a wife used a girl as pieces.
In Algiers three secret army commandos burst into an education workers meeting killing six attendees and wounding others. Three victims were French and three were Moslems. one later died in hospital. Earlier a car attack on a Moslem crowd added to a day of terror, with totals of victims mounting in the capital.
Bartlesville area in Oklahoma launches a large search after Bertha Bartholomew, 39, was shot in a farm home while two children watched. Police believe she surprised a burglar. the children were kidnapped and later released unharmed. Three-year-old Martin Bartholomew led a motorist to the mother’s body in a barn near Ponca City. The motorist, attorney WW Rodgers, found the children tired and dirty along a highway nearby.
Evian negotiations show Algerian nationalist leaders demanding greater army role during the armistice to independence transition. French sources downplay last minute rifts while Algerian sources foresee extended talks to settle terms. Both sides worry a pact might signal defeat amid a seven year civil war.
Soviet aircraft resumed military flights in the Berlin south corridor today despite warnings from Western statesmen. An informed source reports three flights along the corridor used by Berlin to Frankfurt Stuttgart and Munich routes with no incidents and no disruption to civilian air traffic.
Henry Wheatley Crowe, 80, spent about 25000 pounds seeking Charles I restored to the Church of England calendar. He founded The Royal Martyr Union in 1906 to press the issue and estimates 500 members at peak. He says he has no regrets and would try again.
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