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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1966
Page
1
Hurricane Inez roared across the Gulf toward the Yucatan Peninsula after damaging Cuba’s crops and causing four deaths. Forecasters warned of 110 mile per hour winds possible inland over Mayan ruins near Merida as the storm neared landfall.
In Washington senators praised a halt in U S bombing aimed at restoring the Viet Nam demilitarized zone. Senators Mansfield and Fulbright urged beefed up International Control Commission patrols covering South Vietnam borders with Cambodia and Laos. Canada India and Poland are ICC members.
Nineteen year old Joseph Jones bravely dived into Buck Creek to save five people trapped in a submerged car. He recovered four victims, aiding Fire Capt. William Murphy, but five others died including sisters Marsha 17 Debra 15 Sharon 14 and Elizabeth Vulgamore 15. The victims were Springfield North High School students or associated with the school. Jones planned to start a new job nearby.
Joseph F. McGinnis, identified as the mastermind of the 1950 Brink's robbery, died at 63 in Massachusetts State Prison Walpole after a long case that yielded only about 50 000 of the 1 219 000 stolen. Six other gang members remain jailed in the same block.
The Washington Post quotes Senator Robert F. Kennedy saying he will not run for president or vice president in 1968 under any circumstances. He also states he would not be interested in being President Johnson's running mate even if asked, despite previously indicating support for Johnson and Vice President Humphrey in 1968.
The Associated Press reports Ohio's road death toll reached at least 20 on Wednesday, with two crashes causing half the fatalities. A Columbus-area three-car crash killed a former sheriff's deputy, an Ashville teenager, and a Hocking County mother with her young daughter among others. One life each from several accidents, including a Tiffin couple and a Michigan trucker, and a high speed chase death in Kettering later.
The forecast calls for a clear and cool night with frost likely and a low in the 30s. Friday should be sunny and warmer with a high in the upper 60s, while yesterday’s high reached 62 and the overnight low was 34. Middle town observer C E Morningstar notes the first frost of the season and today at 11 a m the temperature stood at 51.
AP reports about 66 Viet Cong soldiers surrendering en masse as American Korean and South Vietnamese forces close on a fragmented group on the central coast. The surrender brings total prisoners in five days to about 300 with nearly 550 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in the Qui Nhon pincer. US Marines also seize the last hill along a four mile ridge near the DMZ and report weekly American casualties of 99 killed and 642 wounded versus 87 killed and 268 wounded among South Vietnamese, with allied losses including 16 killed and 48 wounded.
A playful look at taxation across the state, using humor to reflect residents’ feelings about income and sales taxes, levies, and the price of living. Citizens weigh the costs and joke about the heavy burden in a lighthearted tone.
President Johnson’s trip to New Zealand Australia Thailand Malaysia South Korea and the Philippines will accompany the October Manila chiefs of state meeting on Viet Nam. Mrs Johnson may join the tour. Dates include Oct 19 to Nov 2 across multiple countries.
A six-physician team led by Dr James R Patrick from District of Columbia Children's Hospital launches a year long study of sudden infant death syndrome. The research seeks viral or other causes for SIDS which strikes mainly infants 2 to 4 months old and has no definite medical name. The project involves NIH supported work and pairs with DC police and coroner on suspected deaths in about 150 Washington area cases annually.
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