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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1962
Page
1
The forecast calls for mostly fair late tonight then increasing cloudiness and warmth on Saturday with a chance of evening showers. Tonight’s low around 35 while tomorrow’s high nears 52. The five day outlook shows highs near 57 and lows around 35 with rain over the weekend and again on Tuesday. Yesterday’s official high was 42 at 2 pm and the overnight low 37 at 6 am.
Adolf Eichmann's West German attorney Dr. Robert Servatius asked the Israeli Supreme Court for mercy, arguing Eichmann was involuntarily drawn into Hitler's plan. Israel's Attorney General Gideon Hausner opposed the appeal as the court prepared to hear further arguments.
Washington AP reports ten companies of South Vietnamese rangers being sent to patrol the Laos border to halt Viet Cong flow. U.S. advisers join the rangers, with about 120 men per company likely patrolling up to 25 miles each. Cambodia and Laos border activity also rises as helicopters aid fast attacks.
Secretary of State Rusk accused the Soviet Union of blocking a nuclear test ban while planning new atmospheric tests. Gromyko denied the charge and blamed the United States, saying it sought to avoid a ban and expand its own testing. The 17 nation disarmament conference saw collapse of talks as both sides traded accusations and proposals on international verification and Berlin access.
In Saigon reporters face censorship and limited access as Viet Nam war coverage intensifies. The U S has deployed near five thousand troops with equipment for Vietnamese forces while China North Viet Nam and the Soviet Union observe. Ngo Dinh Diem’s government and Viet Cong activities rise amid Western criticism.
East German police fired on an American mission car in Gotha after stopping it near the West German border. Three shots pierced the trunk, a tire was blown, but the major and driver escaped unharmed as U.S. authorities protested to Soviet officials.
In Rawalpindi crowds greet First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as she tours with a new Pakistani horse. Thousands spread flags and placards as drum and bagpipe bands play along a six mile route from airport to the governor's house. The visit follows earlier welcomes in Indian and Pakistani cities during her 12 day trip.
In Buenos Aires, exiled Peronists call a 24 hour nationwide strike to pressure President Frondizi as military leaders press for his ouster. Police remain on alert while unions mobilize near 2 million workers. key military chiefs convene with a mixed verdict on Frondizi’s fate.
British anthropologist L. S. B. Leakey announced the discovery of an orange farm jawbone in Kenya that suggests a creature not quite man nor ape lived in Central Africa about 14 million years ago. He said the find supports the theory that humans emerged in Africa and noted other 14 million year old animal remains in the same area. The jaw fragments lack evidence of sex, and appearance remains uncertain though likely lighter than a chimpanzee.
In Algiers a night of secret army attacks left French troops ambushed and arms stolen. Five soldiers killed and seven wounded in Bab El Oued, with gunfire across the city as authorities report ongoing harassment by European Secret Army units.
James L. Bearinger, 20, of Lambertville Michigan, is bound to the federal grand jury on a kidnaping charge. He allegedly forced two 16-year-old girls into his car at a Toledo shopping center Monday night.
Richard Davis, 116, celebrated at Drake Hospital in Cincinnati as crowds gathered for his birthday and he reflected on a long life. He recalled the Civil War, spoke calmly of work as a tenant farmer in Lancaster Kentucky, and said he is content with simply living as the Lord intends.
Public Health Service and Weather Bureau officials say most fallout will descend from the stratosphere in coming months with no need for protective measures. Strontium 90, akin to calcium, could contaminate milk and meat via pasture and feed. Peak deposition seen in late April or early May, with gradual fallout through 1963 and beyond. Initial signs would be small increases in milk strontium 90 within about a week, followed by six weeks for precise analysis.
A soldier leaving an army base joked to a comrade that his eight hour pass proves this is love at first sight, offering a lighthearted remark on romance during liberty time.
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