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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1965
Page
1
A massive electrical failure plunges New York into a ten hour blackout. Lights and transport collapse, hospitals treat injuries, but no deaths reported. Power returns in stages, with the Statue of Liberty as a lone beacon of light at one point. Mayor Wagner commends public cooperation.
Washington wrestles with a massive power outage that darkened the Northeast for hours. President Johnson orders a nationwide probe led by Joseph C. Swidler as FBI agents assist power crews and civil defense teams mobilize in New York and surrounding states amid questions of sabotage and system strength.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes plans to stay through the Nov 22 wrap up of his trade mission after meeting West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt and touring East Berlin. Rhodes and finance director Richard Krabach travel with about 60 Ohio businessmen and officials and will rejoin them after a conference in Duesseldorf.
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts tonight’s temperatures above freezing at 35 to 40 degrees. Thursday will be partly cloudy with little change. The long range outlook calls for near normal temperatures with rain likely Friday and next Sunday. Yesterday’s high was 46 and overnight low 30 at 8 this morning.
A humorous rule suggests thin people should avoid fast eating while fat people should abstain from eating and fast instead. The quip plays on diet extremes to provoke a smile.
Washington AP report on halted House Un American Activities hearings as Justice Department asks Supreme Court to revive federal indictments in the Penn murder and 1964 civil rights cases. Ed Willis announces postponement after Katzenbach request to avoid prejudicing court actions. 52 witnesses testify amid Fifth Amendment pleadings while the committee notes Klan tactics and finances.
In the first week of November American casualties reached a record 70 killed and 237 wounded, mostly around the Plei Me Special Forces camp in the central highlands. Total U S. KIA 933, wounded 4,801, missing 92. 20 detained. Vietnamese deaths 144. Viet Cong dead about 536. Air power continued against targets in North and South Vietnam as ground actions eased.
Investigation into the New York to Cincinnati American Airlines Boeing 727 crash that killed 58 continues with search for cause. Four survivors remain hospitalized as investigators inspect a damaged flight recorder, while FBI and Civil Aeronautics Board work toward identification of victims and a public hearing planned in two months.
In Xenia, Ohio, a man awaiting transfer to Dayton State Hospital shot and killed his wife Mary Ann and nine year old son Denny in their Beavercreek Township home then killed himself. The mother had phoned a deputy during the attack saying he had a gun and would kill her. The couple had three other children who were away at college.
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