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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1963
Page
1
Vatican Catholic leaders prepare to debate Christian unity as 2300 cardinals patriarchs archbishops and bishops weigh how authority should share with the Pope. Pope Paul VI reportedly may intervene to break a deadlock amid signs of diverse views within the Church.
Released from a Soviet jail on Kennedy’s demand, Yale Professor Frederick Barghoorn flew to New York, with plans to reunite in New Haven with his 80 year old mother. He faced no public statement until reaching the United States and described relief at his release.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh declared Cambodia will accept aid from any source including Communists. He warned he will turn back U S aid after December 31 unless a secret anti government radio station ceases operations. He accused the U S backed station of urging revolt while China eyes Cambodia as a regional base.
The American Newspaper Guild struck and closed the Toledo Blade and Times in Toledo Ohio after mediation failed to settle the walkout. Publication was called off for the first time in 135 years as printers refused to work beside picket lines and other unions joined. Management and the Guild met with mediator Harry Gray and recessed until Tuesday.
At Bronsea Island in Poole England a wedding for Clifford MacDonald and widow Jane Aiken drew 60 guests who tossed birdseed rather than confetti at the ceremony. The couple are volunteer wardens at the island bird sanctuary.
AFL-CIO President George Meany pledged all men, money, and political weight to defeat Oklahoma right-to-work as fraud claims plagued petitions. He said the 13.5 million member federation would use politics, money, and manpower to win, targeting state and federal proposals nationally.
President Kennedy flies from Palm Beach to Cape Canaveral for a staged space program preview including a Polaris A2 missile launch from a submarine and Saturn rocket tests. He meets astronauts, reviews Gemini Apollo plans, and calls the day wonderful. The visit highlights moon program momentum amid cost criticism.
A saying affirms that when a woman promises a brief wait, she keeps to the time stated. The line captures a common social belief about reliability and timing in personal conversations.
The note recalls Abraham Lincoln after delivering a brief Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg Pennsylvania one hundred years ago this Tuesday. He worried his words had failed, a reflection preserved in the era recount. The feature also teases a separate note about a Middletown gremlin myth and crynthrix on different pages.
Senate leaders called for immediate suspension of U S aid to Argentina after Buenos Aires canceled agreements with American oil companies. They urged action under existing law, risking around 100 million dollars in annual loans and grants, unless compensation to the firms is provided. The move targets retaliation and upholds the Alliance for Progress.
Readers can glimpse a vast estate wardrobe from Violet Wolfner, widow of Walter Wolfner and former wife of Charles Bidwill. The attic collection includes 1500 pairs of shoes, hundreds of hats and gloves, and Dior labeled gowns, many from the 1920s, all in pristine condition as part of a 43 million dollar estate. The sale draws hundreds of Chicago women to inspect the items.
Reports from Buenos Aires say three decrees seek annulment of contracts on grounds they were illegally granted. A second decree targets special drilling deals and a third directs the Treasury solicitor to negotiate a financial settlement with foreign oil firms. Experts expect the third decree to cover compensation and potential tax deductions.
Boris Yudkin a 50 year old chief engineer at the Moscow television station was sentenced to three years in prison for seducing scores of girls aged 15 to 20. Police found stacks of photographs showing the girls in what local press called stupid poses as evidence of lewd practices.
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, 78, left Caly Knoll Naval Hospital where he was treated for a strained tendon. He slipped on a step at the Federal Office in San Francisco last October.
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