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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
1
Iowa Republican legislator derides White House after hour parties at a Smithsonian fundraiser. He cites a 3 a.m. crowd including Moyers and ambassadors at an opera ball with costly tickets. He questions presidential time away from state affairs and calls it a “mink coat set.”
Forecast calls for clouds and wind with possible showers or thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Temperatures near 50 tonight and about 70 for Thursday with cooler conditions later. Showers likely Friday and Saturday. Reported yesterday’s high 53 and overnight low 41 with 11 am reading around 50.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a new emergency in Southeast Asia could require calling up Reservists to active duty. He did not expect a reserve callup this year but warned Pentagon could resort to reserves if a broader crisis arises elsewhere. He noted U.S. combat troops are in South Viet Nam without mobilizing reserves, stressing preparedness to meet political and military commitments. Lodge will testify on Thursday, and Hickenlooper urged focused discussions on the 3.4 billion foreign aid bill amid ongoing Viet Nam debate.
In Washington, the House approved 192 to 188 a $22 million next year funding for the Johnson rent subsidy program, sending the measure to the Senate where a $12.1 million emergency allocation for the current year was approved 46 to 45.
In Nebraska, Philip C. Sorensen won the Democratic nomination for governor, defeating Norbert T. Tiemann with a wide margin as the GOP candidate in November. in West Virginia, John D. Rockefeller IV led a 56 member Kanawha County ticket to the Democratic House nomination, after changing to Democrat earlier this year. Mayoral races in Trenton and Newark also drew attention, with Holland ousted in a tight race and Newark mayor Addonizio facing a June runoff against Leo Carlin.
A long Island Rail Road walkout over alcohol at an executive luncheon disrupted 15,000 commuters. Federal judge issued a back to work order and crews reported for duty while Pryor and officials debated Rule 6 applicability to all employees.
In Rome the Spanish ecclesiastical secretary Msgr. Marco Ussia was freed unharmed after 12 days in captivity by an anti Franco group. Police traced the location and said the captors released him when they could not breach the police cordon. The abductors had sought Pope Paul VI to intercede for Spanish political prisoners.
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