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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1966
Page
1
Middletown High School faces Dayton Cham inade tonight at 8 at Cincinnati Gardens for the Cincinnati regional final. The winner advances to the state high school tournament finals in Columbus next weekend.
A West Berlin based USIS radio station RIAS said a secret Soviet letter to foreign Communist parties accused China of preparing for war with the USSR and waging a long war in Vietnam to provoke a US Soviet clash. The letter urged leaders to spread the content by word of mouth and blamed China for blocking Soviet aid to Hanoi and escalating Far East provocations ahead of the Soviet party congress.
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott returned to Cape Kennedy to aid investigators into the tumble of their craft. They will brief officials in Houston after three days at Cape plus six days at the Manned Space Center. Preparations continue for Gemini 9 with Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan as launch targets around May 26 and possible Agena linkups as crews test orbital adjustments. Ground signals sought to fire Agena engines to adjust orbits, with officials noting instability during burns and that the Gemini 8 issue is not linked to the trouble.
U S Air Force B52 bombers based in Guam hit the Ashan Special Forces camp after intelligence showed all Americans there accounted for and survivors extricated. The assault followed a North Vietnamese main attack that overwhelmed the camp March 10 with heavy enemy fortifications rebuilt in days. Marine and Air Force helicopters aided rescue efforts, while ground action near Saigon and Da Nang yielded limited contact and casualties.
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Forecast calls for fair and cool weather this weekend. Tonight’s low near 35 degrees F, Sunday’s high around 55 degrees. Subtle breezes and dry conditions expected with periods of sun.
Five year old Judy Lynn Funsch, undergoing a five hour heart operation at University of Michigan Hospital, has developed pneumonia and doctors changed her condition from good to fair. Her mother, Mrs Clarence Funsch, from Genesee Township near Flint, reported a brief period of improvement followed by new concerns as the girl’s temperature rose and her condition worsened. Judy was born with a blocked pulmonary vein and surgery nine days earlier removed the obstruction but left the left lung nonfunctional due to the missing vein.
A westbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight struck a car at a Crawford County crossing near Bucyrus late Friday night, killing four occupants: Mrs. Harold Kirby, 22, driver. William Thatcher Sr., 24. William Thatcher Jr., 3. and Larry Burling, 16. The warning-sign crossing failed to avert the tragedy.
Police fatally shot Harvey LeRoy Baker, 33, after he held three Keeler family members hostage in their Eugene home for about three hours. A wounded passerby, Milton Seligman, 29, survived. Baker, aka David LeRoy Lathman, died in Sacred Heart Hospital from head wounds. Home towns listed as Modesto and Salem.
New York AP reports one major cigarette maker canceled a planned price increase under White House pressure to curb inflation. Reynolds rolled back Camels to 8.80 per thousand and Winston type prices to 9.00, with 2 percent cash discounts. Reynolds attributed the rollback to the President's urgent request and efforts to avoid consumer price hikes.
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