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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1963
Page
1
NASA and Cape Canaveral prepare for Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 Atlas 130D flight set for Tuesday. The 34 hour, 22 orbit mission aims to 600000 miles, with weather briefing and simulations completed and orbital photos planned for public viewing.
Journal editors question Middletown councilmen and City Manager Charles Thompson about the off street parking system and the Paramount Theater’s fate. The theater owners explain the demise on page 23. Astronaut Gordon Cooper maps outer space for his orbital flight on page 24. Hoofers discuss extra pounds on page 21.
In Birmingham a fragile quiet follows a six week crisis as Negro leaders plan house to house voter registration. More than 500 highway patrolmen remain on duty while Gov. George Wallace condemns the so called truce. The multi‑party committee lacks official status and actions continue under heavy law enforcement.
Pope John XXIII announced that his Balzan peace prize of 160000 dollars would be used to create a perpetual fund in favor of peace. He spoke at the Quirinal Palace during a ceremony honoring Balzan prize winners and gave no details on administration or whether the fund is new or existing.
U S officials believe Khrushchev will try to restore some unity in the Communist bloc and keep East West talks open. Dobrynin met with Rusk on disarmament. no breakthrough in Geneva talks. China accepted a Soviet invitation to Moscow for a new conference, starting mid June.
The Associated Press reports a blustery late spring snowstorm hit the Northeast and southern Quebec, dropping up to nine inches in places and chilling temperatures. New England and New York saw seven inch accumulations while Rumford and Farmington reported seven inches in Maine. the May storm recalls 1945's heavier snowfall.
President Kennedy is presented with an 1840 arrow back rocking chair by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The antique rocker, gifted after a lobster dinner at Kennedy’s Hyannisport home, originated from an old Middleville house in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley.
Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson reached an understanding amid talks at the President’s summer home, signaling possible nuclear warhead deployment in Canadian missiles by year’s end. A U S official noted the pact would address Canada’s defense commitments in North America and Europe and aims to wrap up discussions by early next month.
A Varig Airlines Flight 854 crew including a Stockholm surgeon and a Rio de Janeiro stewardess performed an emergency operation on copilot Geraldo Segala after he fell ill on the Buenos Aires to New York leg. Despite oxygen and external heart massage during the landing, Segala died upon reaching Idlewild Hospital. The autopsy will determine the cause.
Antioch College trustees announced a $100,000 gift from the Vernay Foundation. Twenty five thousand dollars will be set aside for scholarships honoring Dr. Arthur E. Morgan 84 president emeritus. Sergius Vernet of Vernay Laboratories Yellow Springs is a Vernay Foundation founder and trustee.
In Damascus and Baghdad political reshuffles test the Cairo federation plan. Syria replaces Prime Minister Salah Bitar with Sami Jundi as pro Nasser factions seek unity with Egypt. In Iraq Brig. Ahmed Bakr resigns and forms a new government while pursuing the federation aims noted in the Cairo agreement.
A humorous quip notes that true sportsmanship requires accepting defeat to prove one’s character. The line frames a lighthearted critique of competitive ego and gracious loss.
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