04 May 1963
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1963
Page
1
In Birmingham Alabama AP reports that Negro integration leaders promised new massive racial demonstrations will continue. The leaders vow sustained actions to press for civil rights despite opposition.
Ten freedom marchers five whites and five Negroes were arrested after crossing into Alabama as part of a Birmingham integration drive led by Martin Luther King Jr. They faced police in Rising Fawn Georgia and were among hundreds detained in a wave of demonstrations. The group included Bob Zellner William Hansen Sam Shirra Eric Weinberger Zev Aelony Robert Gore Richard Heley Winston Lockett Jesse Harris and Carver Meblett.
About 400 Antioch College students and Yellow Springs residents planned a protest march at 1 30 p m from the student union to the town hall. The action follows a judge ruling that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission did not cover barber Gegner’s shop under public accommodations.
An airliner from Cruzeiro do Sul plowed into a crowded area near an under construction apartment building after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro. Thirty two people died, at least 17 survived, with 13 in critical condition among the 44 passengers and five crew. The crash caused a massive rescue challenge as fire and crowds hampered efforts.
In Rockville Indiana six of eleven residents at the Johnson Home for the Retarded died after a fire started by burning clothes in an electric dryer. Five others were hurt as crews evacuated those with severe handicaps. victims included Muriel Johnson Pamela Taylor Bryant Smith George Spurgeon Linda Landrigan and Tamera Wallace. One child survived, and a Wallace girl later died in Vermillion County Hospital.
A playful note announces a replacement for the late night format titled sleep. The item frames sleep as a humorous antidote to TV's late show, hinting at rest as the new entertainment. It frames the concept with light irony and novelty.
The Soviet Central Committee announced Frol Kozlov, once seen as Khrushchev's heir, is ill. The brief statement, silent on diagnosis, aims to quell Western rumors of Kremlin power struggles after Kozlov had lately vanished from public view.
In Carrollton Missouri a two year old, Dennis Gene Hamblen, wandered onto the Santa Fe mainline Friday night and was killed by a fast freight. Patrolman Gilbert Schwartz said the locomotive crew saw the child between the tracks but could not stop the train in time.
The House Republican Congressional Committee said it cut nearly 1.2 billion from Kennedy's 1964 budget and nearly knocked out 1.6 billion more. Democratic chair Clarence Cannon dismissed the claim as a grandstand play while detailing specific reductions in foreign aid treasury and other departments.
Mountain Home Air Force Base Idaho reports two planes collided while refueling near the Idaho Wyoming border Friday night. A KC135 tanker landed safely at Mountain Home with all five crewmen unhurt. The missing B47 bomber, four aboard, is believed to have crashed in snowbound mountains. A search began in the area at dawn.
A Villa Rica volcano eruption in southern Chile sent residents fleeing as lava flows forced evacuations. Ash covered a wide area of Valdivia Province, about 570 miles south of Santiago, while the 15,000 foot volcano towered in the Andes.
In Santo Domingo reports say Haiti under Francois Duvalier imposed a curfew from 2 PM to 5 AM and martial law amid fears of reprisals before a May 15 revolt. U.S. sources cite a reign of terror with arrests and purges. rumors of an attempted attack on a water installation circulated, but no large clash confirmed.
After the OAS peace mission left Port au Prince, Duvalier declared martial law amid tensions with the Dominican Republic. The mission won assurances that Haiti would protect foreign embassies and Haitian asylum seekers. five refugees in the Spanish embassy were to be flown out on Friday but arrived too late for the flight.
Republican Senator Carl Curtis challenged Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric's Senate testimony on the TFX contract award. Curtis warned the hearing could grow more controversial as the Pentagon and the investigations subcommittee clash. Gilpatric said he worked for Boeing and General Dynamics while off the Pentagon payroll.
Missouri parents rebel against parochial schooling by transferring students to public schools over transportation costs. After initial mass moves in Centertown Osage Bend and Vienna, districts anticipate rising enrollment as Catholic families push for broader access to public education. Officials seek makeshift classrooms as debates over funding and constitutional limits continue.
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