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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1966
Page
1
In Tay Ninh Province Communist gunners shot down three U S Army helicopter gunships shortly after B52 bombers intensified attacks on their hideout near Saigon.
A Pan American jet cargo plane with three crew members crashed in East Germany shortly after radar contact was lost. The Frankfurt to West Berlin flight was eight miles from Tegel Airport when communications ceased at 2:42 am EST. Six factors about the crash remain uncertain, including the fate of the crew.
The forecast calls for a clear, cool night with a low around 30. Wednesday should be mostly sunny and warmer with a high in the lower 50s. Yesterday reached a high of 57 and a low of 31. This morning at 11 o clock the temperature was 34.
Soviet leader Brezhnev backed a Bulgarian plan for a conference of world Communist parties to unite along pro Soviet lines. Romania's Ceausescu opposed any move that could split the bloc and condemned U.S. actions in Vietnam. Brezhnev warned against Beijing's nationalist aims while insisting on unity among fraternal parties.
The jury in Cleveland has heard all evidence in Samuel H. Sheppard murder retrial and will receive final arguments and judge Talty’s charge without Sheppard recounting the 1954 bludgeon slaying of his wife Marilyn. The state presented two rebuttal witnesses, a fingerprint expert and a blood grouping specialist, as the defense rests.
Gemini 12 pilots Navy Capt. James Lovell Jr. and Air Force Maj. Edwin Aldrin Jr. guide the capsule toward a western Atlantic splashdown after circling Earth 59 times in four days. They endure minor thruster and power troubles while setting multiple space records.
Washington AP bishops debate whether American Catholics must abstain from meat on Fridays or seek alternative penances. They condemn government pressure on the poor over birth control and criticize HEW briefings that favor contraception, urging protection of human privacy and liberty.
A folk singer described as a nose-toned vocalist appears in a local entertainment note. The feature highlights his nasal singing style and humorous stage presence.
A machinists strike by 5,200 IAM members halted 80 percent of Air Canada service in Canada. The walkout followed rejection of an 18 percent pay rise on a two year contract, with demands for 20 percent plus 9 percent in fringe benefits. About 4,000 pilots, flight attendants, and agents were idle and 86 aircraft grounded.
Frank Stiltner, 44, died after climbing onto a neighbor’s roof in Fairborn Ohio to install a television antenna and brushing against a high tension wire, police reported.
The Pentagon issued new rules on how polygraph tests are to be conducted and how examiners are chosen and supervised after a House committee urged restraint. The Defense Department reported conducting 14,978 polygraph tests in the year ending June 30, 1963, as Congress scrutinized government use.
The Pentagon reduced its polygraph use to security and criminal cases after a July 1965 directive. Criminal matters allow tests only if the crime is punishable by death or by at least one year in prison. Security investigations require higher than confidential clearance or clear alignment with national security interests.
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