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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1961

Page

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Boy Who Lost Family in Carla Has New Guardian

Robert Dunn 15, who lost 11 relatives in Hurricane Carla, will be under guardianship of Mrs. S. W. Swanson and her husband in Angleton. He has lived with the Swansons since being rescued from his demolished home roof. Schools offered him scholarships. he plans to stay in Angleton with friends and local ties.

Carla Angleton Tex Robert Dunn S. W. Swanson Angelton Robert Swansons Swanson Home Texas

Columbus Bus Strike Paralyzes City Transit

Columbus Ohio faces a mass transit shutdown as 550 Trans port Workers Union Local 208 members walk out over a two year contract. Mayor Ralston Westlake and business groups urge motorists to give rides while the union offers courtesy cars. The dispute seeks a 15 percent wage hike plus health plan funding and a 37 cent hourly increase. Bus workers earn about two to three dollars per hour.

Columbus, Ohio Good Neighbor Ohio Ralston Westlake Retail Merchants Association Chamber of Commerce and Automobile Club Columbus Transit Co CTC Transport Workers Union TWU de Boses

Soviet Troika Plan for U N Head Urged by Soviets

The Soviet Union proposed a temporary U N secretary general to be named by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council but with no veto power for three deputies. The plan envisions a term through April 1963, with deputies from the USSR United States and an Asian or African country. The Troika would require daily coordination and mutual agreement while avoiding a veto by deputies.

United Nations, N.Y Soviet Union U.N. Secretariat General Assembly Assembly Security Council Hammarskjold Troika U.N Ireland Norway U.S Secretariat United Nations Ussr United States Asia Africa

Tanker Hess Mariner Abandoned After Explosion Near Jacksonville

A four man skeleton crew spent six hours trying to save the Hess Mariner after an engine room explosion. The ship sank after crew members evacuated to lifeboats and to another tanker, the Texaco Nevada. One crewman was injured, treated by a doctor aboard, as the Hess Mariner drifted 110 miles east northeast of Jacksonville. The Hess Oil Co. owns the tanker, based in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Jacksonville Fla Luftman Flew vDeivic Vach Wney Hess Mariner Texaco Nevada Coast Guard Coast Guard, Search and Rescue Headqueniann Miami Charleston S.C The Hess Oil Co., Inc Perth Amboy N.J

NATO Military Buildup Not Moving Very Rapidly

Paris AP reports European NATO members respond unevenly to the U.S. call for a 20 percent military expansion of Western defenses by 1963. Some nations face financial and political hurdles delaying action while the United States bears up to eight percent of the expansion. The aim is to ready 21 NATO divisions and equip them, with a longer goal of about 30 divisions, as U.S. officials press for broader support. High-level talks, including James Galvin and Thomas Finletter with Lyndon Johnson, followed by a Kennedy survey mission.

Paris North Atlantic Treaty Organization U.S NATO United States James M. Galvin Thomas i. Finletter Lauris Norstad Europe Lyndon B. Johnson Latte Kennedy

Weather forecast predicts warmup and rain in coming days

Weather Bureau expects temperatures to stay 5-8 degrees below normal for five days with morning lows near the 4s. Rain likely to return to the Miami Valley tomorrow and Wednesday. A slight warming trend is seen by Friday. Middletown official high yesterday reached 68 at noon and a low of 39 at 7 am. Rainfall yesterday measured 0.77 inch.

Weather Bureau Miami Valley Middletown

Progress Toward Berlin Accord Brightens European Talks

United States and Soviet Union inch toward a Berlin crisis settlement as Rusk and Gromyko extend talks in New York. A possible East–West foreign ministers conference looms, with Khrushchev's informal message potential and Kennedy to host Gromyko after further instructions from Moscow. Britain backs negotiations as Lord Home, in New York, expresses cautious optimism.

Berlin Dean Rusk Andrei Gromyko Washington Rusk-Gromyko New York Gromyko Rusk Kennedy White House Moscow Khrushchev United States Britain Lord Home London

New Pact Sought By Franco Arouses Nuclear Speculation

Generalissimo Francisco Franco urged renovation of the 1953 U S Spanish aid for bases treaty in Burgos during a cabinet and military command meeting. The move sparked speculation he might seek nuclear weapons, though Spanish and U S officials declined to comment.

Madrid Francisco Franco U.S Franco Burgos

Branch Bank Looted Near Akron

Norton Branch of the First National Bank in Norton Village shopping center was robbed Saturday night. Sheriff’s deputies estimated $28,000 taken from the night deposit vault after burglars forced a back door and triggered no alarm. Police continue investigation for suspects and clues.

Akron, Ohio Summit County Norton First National Bank Norton Village Robert Campbell

Syrian revolt reshapes Arab unity as Kuzbari tightens grip

In Beirut and Cairo reports, Syrian Premier Kuzbari moves to crush protests after a rebel uprising toppled the UAR aligned government. He bans demonstrations, closes schools, extends the curfew, arrests rivals, and asserts Syria will regain constitutional life. Nasser denounces the revolt while severing ties with Jordan and Turkey as Tehran and Guatemala recognize the new regime.

Beirut Lebanon Gamal Abdel Nasser Damascus Nasser Cairo United Arab Republic Mamoun Kuzbari Syria Kuzbari Naional Union Party Abdul Hamid Serraj U.A.R Serraj U.A.B Jordan Turkey China Guatemala Iran Foreign Ministry Wasim Galal Moawad Egypt

Unlucky Irish Head Home

Shannon Ireland AP One hundred three Americans stranded for five days after a nostalgic trip to Ireland were promised a plane home. The Erin's Own Club of Chicago chartered a plane costing about thirty thousand dollars to bring vacationers home from Shannon Airport after delays. Nurses aided the ill, babies cried, and evacuees worried about money and jobs while awaiting departure.

Shannon Ireland Erin’s Own Club Chicago Kennedy Kevin Carty Edward Salmon St. Gabriel's Church

Mantle Doubtful Starter for World Series Opener

New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle, released from Lenox Hill Hospital after minor hip abscess surgery, said he doubts he can play in the opening World Series game against Cincinnati at Yankee Stadium. He feels weak and unable to run, keeping his availability for the series uncertain.

Roger Maris Yankee Stadium Babe Ruth New York Mickey Mantle New York Yankees Cincinnati Mantle Lenox Hill Yankees Yankee

Fire destroys Blue Crystal nightclub in Girard

Fire leveled the Blue Crystal nightclub in Girard near Youngstown Ohio. Damage was estimated at seventy five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.

Youngstown, Ohio Girard Sunday

Irish airport hostel relief after crash survivors numbers

A bus driver and a hotel owner who returned to Ireland with two men sheltered in Limerick. Passengers leaving an airport hostel opened space for women and children of a Chicago party and some men to sleep indoors. The group spent a fifth night on the floor awaiting a DC plane, amid memory of the Shannon Estuary crash that killed 83 on September 10.

Carty President Air Lines Ireland Kay Mellor Hospital of the Little Company of Mary Evergreen Park Chicago Thomas K. O'Malley Tover Limerick Shannon

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