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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1961
Page
1
Weather notes a likely Saturday shower as plans for a golf game are discussed. Tonight drops to the mid twenties with a chilly morning, and Friday warms little, with cool, stable temperatures. Yesterday’s official high reached 52 degrees by mid afternoon.
In Jackson Mississippi police with clubs and trained dogs dispersed about 100 protesters outside a city court after nine Tougaloo College students faced breach of peace charges for a sit in at a white public library. One white man Hydrick was arrested for assault and battery.
Fifteen GE executives sentenced last month for antitrust violations have all resigned from the firm and left the company. The statement calls the resignations the only course serving the best interests of the persons involved and the company.
In Iowa the Cedar River flood caused by its all time high crest threatens Cedar Rapids after devastating Waterloo Evansdale and Cedar Falls. About 6,000 residents were displaced with damage estimates over 60 million dollars as 2,700 youths and 4,000 volunteers rushed sandbags to protect the city.
Ronald L. Stapleton, 35, of Dayton Ohio, an airman first class in the accounting and finance division at K N Sawyer Air Force Base, apparently killed himself with a metal ball point pen driven into his temple. Autopsy found 16 to 18 small palm marks from the pen and the weapon driven about three to four inches into the skull.
Fort Pierce Florida AP reports the fate of Joseph A Peel Jr accused mastermind of the Chillingsworth murders was placed in the hands of a 12 man jury today.
A Bronx man Henry Iszard, 30, was given 60 to 100 years after pleading guilty to raping and robbing 16 women in offices along Madison and Park avenues. He targeted the end of business days in the area between 23rd and 33rd streets, using a gun to compel disrobing before assault and theft.
A humorous bit from today’s Chuckle features a Texan quipping that he does not brand his cattle but takes them to town to have them engraved. The line showcases rural humor and wordplay.
Akron Ohio AP reports Anthony Pesta a garage foreman for a Cleveland trucking firm heard a loud noise in his car on the way to work. He kept driving until the noise recurred and he stopped. A short circuited heater wire ignited three rifle cartridges tearing small holes in the floorboard.
U N diplomats report the United States and the Soviet Union will tell the General Assembly they will continue private talks on a new East West arms negotiating committee. They plan to ask deferral of arms debate until the next session, with negotiations to resume July 31 in Geneva and three neutral members added to the committee.
The Defense Department will close or curtail activity at 52 U S bases and installations and 21 overseas sites. Secretary McNamara says the move saves up to 220 million annually in the long run, with about 15 000 US personnel affected and 19 000 overseas. Relocation will be attempted but not guaranteed.
HOLYOKE MASS AP Four healthy quadruplets born to Mary and Raymond Feyre join six existing children. The non identical quads arrived seven weeks early at Providence Hospital weighing 3.05 to 3.13 pounds each. Doctors expect weights to rise to five pounds in about two months.
Washington reports show the United States pressing a Southeast Asia strategy as no Laos ceasefire is in place. Secretary of State Dean Rusk told allies at a SEA Treaty Organization meeting that Kennedy officials will use force if needed to prevent a Communist takeover in Laos. Officials see a real chance Khrushchev may seek a ceasefire and international talks, with a Soviet reply due by week’s end.
Diamond dealer David Amsel said a gunman wearing a white rubber Halloween mask robbed his midtown New York office on Wednesday. The thief demanded diamonds and fled with four envelopes holding about 100 uncut stones worth roughly 900000.
The Feyre family, after a February 7 fire caused $9,000 damage to their seven room house, moved into a five room housing project apartment. Mrs Feyre rescued the two younger boys from the flames while the other children were at school. Workmen repair the damaged house and Feyre plans to reunite his family there when complete, vowing they will stay together.
Congress adjourns for Easter as members plan home canvasses to gauge public support for Kennedy’s New Frontier programs including federal education aid and elderly medical care. House and Senate actions show partial progress on priority items with debates looming on defense and foreign aid.
President Kennedy arrives in Palm Beach for Easter with plans for a family holiday. Mrs. Kennedy will attend church services and might not join public festivities. The First Lady is preparing for possible weather based fashion and coordinates a White House luncheon for Washington journalists.
President Kennedy flew to Florida for a brief Easter vacation and arranged constant access to urgent Laos situation updates. He departed Washington by helicopter to Andrews then Palm Beach, keeping a White House detail ready for around the clock briefings and a standby jet in case a Russian reply demands immediate return.
Prime Minister Nehru told reporters after talks with the U S that the two leaders agreed very largely on approaches to problems in Laos and the Congo. The discussions occurred as the U S stops in New Delhi on the way back to Washington.
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