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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1961

Page

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Kennedy Seeks Aid for Latins During Ottawa Visit

President Kennedy met with Canada's Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker in Ottawa to discuss U S goals for aiding Latin America and other regions against Communist influence. The talks followed Kennedy’s wreath ceremony, large crowds, and promises of continued cooperation between the allies.

Ottawa Kennedy Canada John G. Diefenbaker United States Latin America Diefenbaker Carmaddy U.S Government House Mrs Kennedy Embassy Parliament Center Western Hemisphere George Vanier Vanier

Two Women Questioned in Slaying of Oregon Children

In Oakland California police questioned Gertrude Mae Jackson 25 and Jeannace Freeman 19 about the killings of Martha 4 and Larry 6 whose bodies were found in a Crooked River Gorge near Madras Oregon. Each accused the other of beating the children with a tire iron. A warrant charged Mrs Jackson with murder. Letha June Little 21 was arrested with them as a hitchhiker who had been picked up after the killings.

Oakland Calif Madras Ore Jim Spence Leonard Fai Gertrude Mae Jackson Eugene Jeannace Freeman Culver Miss Freeman Mrs. Jackson Crooked River Canyon Spence Letha June Little Oregon

Airlift of Americans from Cuba set for Friday

Havana reports an airlift organized by the Swiss Embassy will begin Friday with at least 91 approved for the first flight to Miami. About 300 of roughly 1,200 U.S. citizens in Cuba have applied to leave. Pan American will operate the initial repatriation flight.

Havana Cuba Miami Fla U.S Washington Fidel Castro Pan American World Airways

Son hides mother’s body to keep oath in fatal case

In Warren Ohio AP report, an 81 year old woman died ten days earlier and her son Floyd Peterson 48 kept the body at home to save money for burial beside her Newark New Jersey relative. Deputies found Mrs Lydia A Peterson on the first floor. coroner says heart attack.

Warren Ohio Newark N. J Trumbull Floyd Peterson Joseph Sudimack Peterson Rose Rosecrance

Suspended Cincinnati Minister Appeals Case to Ohio Synod

The Rev. Maurice F. McCrackin appeals his suspension from office and from communion by the Cincinnati Presbytery after a dispute with the IRS over tax resistance. The Ohio Synod will meet June 13-16 at Muskingum College to review and could push the case toward the General Assembly in Denver in May 1962.

Cincinnati Maurice F. McCrackin Cincinnati Presbytery Ohio Synod Presbytery McCrackin Internal Revenue Service Federal Penal Institution Allentown Muskingum College General Assembly of the Church Denver Colo

Kennedy Khrushchev summit planned for Vienna in June

An informal Kennedy Khrushchev summit is being planned for Vienna in early June, an Austrian official said. Preparations have begun but attendance is not yet certain, with a Washington Moscow announcement awaited. The official noted a likely direct trip from Paris after a De Gaulle meeting ends June 2.

Vienna Kennedy Khrushchev Washington Moscow Paris de Gaulle

New York Harbor Cleaned by Army Officers and Civilians

Seven Army officers and 1,150 civilian workers remove enough junk from New York harbor each year to form a block wide pile 15 times the height of the Empire State Building. Among items recovered were a giraffe carcass and a grand piano.

NEW York New York Harbor Empire State Building

Rusk presses Laos pullout and cease-fire watch

In Geneva, Secretary of State Rusk urged complete withdrawal of all foreign forces from Laos and accused North Vietnamese backed rebels of violating the cease-fire. He proposed a three point plan for Laotian neutrality and warned SEATO would lose purpose if threats from the North persist.

Geneva U.S Dean Rusk Laos Rusk United States Viet Nam Chen Yi Chen Southeast Asia Lyndon B. Johnson Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

Local family uses tombstone to deter solicitors

In Lockport New York a family on a nearby street marks their front lawn with a large white headstone bearing the epitaph Here Lies a Salesman to deter peddlers and door to door solicitors. The precaution illustrates a novel approach to privacy and nuisance in a residential area.

Lockport N.Y

Man Kills Son Over Fear He Will Be Ugly

FAIR LAWN N J Dante Benzoni 48 killed his 16 year old son Daniel with a .22 rifle after deciding the boy would grow up ugly He called the church rectory to confess the act then was arraigned on homicide and jailed without bail awaiting a May 31 preliminary hearing Neighbors said father and son had no visible conflicts and Daniel was a high school honor student

Daniel Benzoni Danny Randolph Gibbons St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church Bergen County Hackensack

Weather Outlook for Middleton Weekend Showers Likely

Showers tonight and Thursday followed by a wet weekend, with highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 50s. The period should total nearly an inch of rain. Tuesday high 64 and overnight low 49 were reported.

Kennedy Rules Out Tax Cut

President Kennedy rejects large spending pushes or income tax cuts to speed recovery. He backs advisers who say the economy is strengthening with housing education highway and Social Security programs already in place amid unemployment and mixed views within the briefing group.

Washington Kennedy U.S Congress

Seoul Quiet as Junta Seizes Control Amid Military Moves

Lt Gen Chang Do young's junta meets Premier Chang cabinet members while rebel troops fortify outskirts of Seoul. Police absorbed by the new regime as 3,600 troops entered the capital, with few outside protests and officials warning of legality questions.

Seoul South Korea Chang Doyoung John M. Chang South North Korea Hamgkook Ilbo Lee Hanlim 1St Field Army Chang Yun Paik-jung Cho Houng-man National Lee Kwang

Children Still Obeying Parents in Backward Country

A humorous observation notes that in a backward country children still obey their parents, reflecting timeless family dynamics and cultural contrasts.

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Frank Morrison Shelby N.C Whitney Shoemaker Livingston T Confederation Square Yank Robert Berrellez Associated Press Foreign Ministry Harold K. Milks Ruby Hart Phillips New York Times Martin Houseman United Press International Rev. McCrackin United Presbyteran Church Crane Theater Valley News Ccscas Hss Pathet Lao Control Commission Boun Oum Ban Namone Fair Lawn Dante Benzoni Danny Benzoni Junta Carter Magruder U.N Korea Oute Crang Marshall Green
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