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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
1
The Greg Weld team covered the car with a large rain coat to race through rain at the Indianapolis style track. Weld returned to the track after yesterday’s showers and aimed for fast qualifying runs as the May 30 race approached.
The U.S. Command reported 243 American planes shot down over North Vietnam since bombing began on February 7 1965 and 104 lost in South Vietnam since January 1961. Most North Vietnamese losses came from ground fire with only two planes downed by MIGs. The update notes a slackening of fights as more sorties are flown and details paratrooper actions near the Cambodian border with Viet Cong casualties and captured weapons in Phuoc Long Province during Operation Austin Six.
More than 100 industrialists and Cabinet members met at a spring Business Council session where inflation risk dominated talks. Gardner Ackley noted some slowdown already evident but questioned sustainable output without inflation or tax pressures. Officials forecast 732 billion in year output, with slower quarterly gains and a 2.8 percent yearend rise in consumer prices.
Federal officials told the House Commerce Committee that Reed Pigman, pilot of the American Flyers chartered flight, concealed a long term heart condition from the FAA. A post mortem found arteriosclerosis in Pigman and a moderate arteriosclerotic condition in co pilot Wilbur Marr.
AFL-CIO economist Nathaniel Goldfinger urged Washington to end the 7 percent investment tax credit and raise corporate profits taxes to curb a capital goods boom. He warned that a profits surge and investment boom could collapse under their own weight, despite rising profits and steady production.
Ohio Selective Service System confirmed the practice of pre-induction tests for high school juniors as reports noted. Officials said taking the exams does not guarantee immediate call to active duty, and those planning college next fall may be exempt.
The Miami Valley should see a brief weather break as Sunday turns mostly sunny and mild with a high near 70 and a morning low around 45. Monday brings morning showers, then partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, the U S Weather Bureau forecasts.
Public Health officials say fallout will be barely measurable and short lived. The high altitude radioactive cloud from China’s blast moves eastward over the United States and toward Europe, with officials noting the device likely a low to mid yield thermonuclear material but not a hydrogen bomb.
A home improvement note urges buyers to modernize by pricing new fixtures to boost appeal for a 26 year old residence. It frames upgrades as a simple path to enhanced curb and interior allure.
Cargoes piled at British ports as 65,000 seamen vote to walk out Monday. Prime Minister Wilson seeks breathing space amid an incomes policy push. Union seeks 17 percent wage rise and 40 hour week. shipowners offer 5 percent immediately with more over two years. Queen Elizabeth among ships to be docked first.
Eight people died and twenty one were seriously injured when a bus collided with a passenger train at a railway crossing near Yongdong south of Seoul. Local authorities investigated the crash and emergency crews provided aid at the scene.
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