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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1960
Page
1
California absentee ballots narrow the gap as Nixon bites into Kennedy’s national lead in the November 8 vote. With 1,587 of 166,065 precincts counted, Kennedy holds 50.18 percent to Nixon’s 49.82. Houses contests show mixed results as Democrats gain in Missouri Utah and Kentucky amid recounts.
Hawaii audit of island ballots shows Vice President Richard Nixon leading Senator John F. Kennedy by 141 1 votes with Nixon at 1 505 and Kennedy at 92 364 on Tuesday Official totals cite nearly a dozen discrepancies across several precincts provoking calls for a recount while Republicans oppose it.
In Vienna a crowd gathered around a five ton truck from Salzburg carrying 36 dogs saved from extermination. The dogs belonged to Elisabeth Friesl, the aged Salzburg widow known as the dog-countess. She was allowed to keep six after Salzburg officials arranged transport and Vienna rescue aid.
Washington reports indicate the State and Defense Departments favor a NATO strategic nuclear force, but timing hinges on President-Elect Kennedy. A plan would place Polaris submarines under NATO supreme commander, with possible mobile bases in Western Europe, while decisions await Kennedy’s view before Paris council talks.
A humorous note from a era satirizes courtship as a dance between the eager bride and her worried mother, highlighting societal expectations and parental involvement in matchmaking.
Louisiana lawmakers ended a 12 day special session with a closed session and urged white parents to keep children away from two integrated New Orleans schools. They considered impeaching federal judge J. Skelly Wright who ordered integration as about 10,000 white pupils stayed home. Police faced protests while four six year old Negro girls entered the white schools under federal order.
President-elect Kennedy flies from Palm Beach to Bergstrom AFB then to the LBJ ranch near Johnson City Texas for talks to plan the transfer of power and outline a 1960s legislative program. A Florida stay included golf with Gov Ribicoff who said Kennedy offered him a job.
About 1,000 students attacked the homes of Horace G. Underwood acting president and Rev. Charles A. Sauer chairman of Yonsei University board of governors. The houses were empty and furniture was damaged in the unrest. In Augusta, Eisenhower calls NSC meeting to discuss emergency moves to halt gold and dollar drain with leaders traveling to Georgia for a Thursday conference.
In New Orleans demonstrations against school integration grew with downtown protests and a student boycott nearly closing the citys two newly integrated elementary schools. A crowd of about 1000 teenagers, aided by mothers with plaques, marched to City Hall in a loud mid morning protest.
Rep. Morgan Moulder, a Democrat, appears re elected to a seventh term in Missouri's 11th District after an unofficial tally of 17 counties shows Moulder with 74 836 votes to 74 455 for Republican Rev. Robert A. Bartel. Absentee ballots in Randolph County swung the result as four Republican judges refused to sign the canvass report citing challenged and illegal votes.
In Havana, Cuba, President of the Supreme Court Dr Emilio Menendez reportedly took asylum Tuesday in the Argentine Embassy, while Jose Morell Romero, a court member, sought refuge at the Mexican Embassy. No official confirmation was given. Both men held high judiciary posts under Batista and rumors swirl of a sweeping judicial reorganization to fit the revolutionary process.
Vatican weekly L Osservatore Della Domenica praised John F Kennedy's election, saying it eliminated a prejudice without juridical or moral justification. It called Kennedy's win a victory for the American people rather than for Catholicism as such. comments marked the first publication here since the election.
In United Nations debate, Soviet deputy foreign minister Zorin rejects disarmament talks with current Eisenhower team and lines up with a compromise India sponsored plan. Ambassador Wadsworth accuses Moscow of interference and urges amendments to balance the proposal to prevent loopholes.
Rosilee OConnell, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Conrad OConnell of Gilbert Minnesota, has been missing since November 8 from St Marys Hospital where she was a patient. Rev Lawrence Dundin, 47, chaplain at the hospital, is charged with kidnapping the girl and both are still at large.
Wadsworth counters that Zorin cannot dictate the U S position. Zorin hopes President Elect Kennedy will consider this at the spring session to reach disarmament. The Soviet rejection of current U S bargaining and American rejection of the Indian compromise proposal cause gloom among delegates.
David Greenglass, the atom bomb spy who aided the Rosenbergs, was released from the federal detention center after serving 41 years beyond his 15 year sentence. He left with his attorney and faced jeers from onlookers as reporters pressed for details.
President Charles de Gaulle told his Cabinet he intends to seek a nationwide referendum on a new administrative framework for Algeria. The plan would place Algeria under a temporary Algerian administration until the people vote on their future, and the referendum would cover both France and Algeria at an appropriate time. The proposal, allowing an Algerian republic, has drawn right wing opposition among veterans and Europeans in Algeria.
Authorities in Algiers moved to curb unrest by arresting several rightist figures including a municipal councillor known for Algeria-to-France union advocacy and the president of a local pro Pierre Poujade group. They banned today's issues of iFrance-Soir and Paris Presse, citing security concerns. One newspaper quoted a military chaplain's funeral sermon urging soldiers amid fading reasons for sacrifice.
A near record warmth for November 15 1931 was reported yesterday with a high of 73 and an overnight low of 57. Tonight will turn colder into the upper 30s, with Thursday's high expected near the same. The five day outlook calls for highs around the mid 60s to 70s, with chance of showers Saturday and Monday.
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