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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1963
Page
1
A Mitsui Miike colliery explosion in Fukuoka killed 327 and trapped many miners while a double railway crash near Jokohama killed 130 with hundreds injured. The events stunned Japan during a weekend of state visit news and public sorrow.
AP report notes rising frank criticisms of Senate and House leadership as the 1963 session drags toward a close. Dodd calls out leaders amid long sessions and limited accomplishments, while lawmakers fear 1964 focuses on civil rights and tax revision and election-year pressures loom.
Venezuela officials announced that West German President Heinrich Lübke will be invited to visit Venezuela during his Latin American tour next spring.
In Hardin Montana an eight year old girl Signe Timberman was found murdered after missing four hours. Police described a brutal stabbing and noted a bloodstained car seat and burned seat on a rural road. A statewide alert sought a 1963 light tan Plymouth linked to the suspect, described as 25 to 35 years old and possibly insane.
The Senate Investigations Subcommittee plans hearings on November 19 to probe the 1960 TFX fighter contract awarded to General Dynamics over Boeing. Military evaluations favored Boeing’s design as cheaper and potentially better, but Pentagon officials deny any influence.
A Eastern Airlines DC8 with 125 aboard lost a jet engine after takeoff from Houston en route to Mexico City. The aircraft diverted to Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport for an emergency landing. About two people were taken to the base hospital for examination.
A light joke notes many wives think their husbands are the world’s greatest lovers yet they never catch them in the act. The quip underlines humorous domestic irony.
Eight heavily armed French gang members were trapped by Geneva police after a tip led to a gunfight in a villa. Three were wounded and arrested, two escaped, and the rest were arrested nearby. All eight carried counterfeit IDs and crossed from France on Friday night. Authorities did not release names.
Two hundred armed Social Democratic rebels joined the new revolutionary government in Saigon, raising questions about the Viet Cong makeup. Buddhist leaders urged support as Cao Dai plans to back the regime with a private army of up to 3,000. An American serviceman, Sgt. J.C. Everhart of Canton, Kansas, was killed near the Darlac Plateau, the 75th U.S. fatality in the conflict.
Two State Department officials linked to eavesdropping in Otto Otepka's office go on administrative leave indefinitely while an internal inquiry proceeds. John F. Reilly and Elmer Dewey Hill depart, while David Belisle remains involved. Otepka faces dismissal on unbecoming conduct charges and plans to appeal by Friday.
Police and federal agents swept a wide area on Saturday seeking leads in a daylight armed robbery of a gem shipment near the Lincoln Tunnel. Loot valued from 1 to 3 million dollars was reported, with about half recovered in a station wagon used by the AAA Jewelers Service in Manhattan. The heist, involving up to six armed men, topped prior big gem hauls and was insured.
In Middletown the master plan prioritizes streets and playgrounds over library and auditorium facilities, deeming cultural assets as secondary to urban mobility and recreation. The article notes Raymond Massey’s association with a TV series likely to endure for years. Page references indicate a multi-page feature.
Indonesia's parliament approved two bills for eventual nationalization of foreign oil facilities. American firms Stanvac Caltex and Pan American and British Shell have agreed to the plans. Under the deals the facilities become contractors to state owned corporations with profits split 6 to 40 in favor of the government.
In Dallas AP report Democrat J. J. Pickle, a friend of Vice President Johnson, led first returns in the 10th District special House election with 454 votes. GOP Jim Dobbs had WI and Democrat Jack Ritter 312, triggering a runoff if no candidate secures a majority.
A Georgetown University review on Soviet nuclear strategy discusses antimatter research as a path to weapons far more powerful than current arms. The 17 member panel notes Russia risks overreach while pursuing new weapon families and cites claims of 160 megaton yields and a push beyond 100 megatons.
Belgrade reports Borba and Politika say Yugoslavia will open its first uranium mine Sunday at Kalina near the Bulgarian border in eastern Serbia. Uranium ore will fuel nuclear power stations ships and engines.
Ohio Penitentiary volunteers offered to donate bone to help 19 year old Sandra Goldstein walk again after polio. Corrections officials announced 212 inmates volunteered, with letters expressing hope to aid her recovery.
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