21 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1961
Page
1
Former gambler Mickey Cohen encounters a police officer on Wilshire Boulevard when his borrowed Volkswagen stalls. Cohen quips that his license hasn’t shipped from Alcatraz, shows his shirt name, and the officer lets him go with a caution to stay out of trouble.
In Ciudad Trujillo protests against Trujillo intensify with at least two teenagers dead and about 45 injured after Friday rioting. Police report no deaths but confirm injuries including 15 officers. Demonstrations prompt fears of martial law as opposition pushes for a coalition government.
Diane Lymn Cox, 16, of Richmond wins Miss Teen Age America after a week of judging with 101 finalists from 36 states. She aims for diplomacy and world peace, having been George Wythe High School student body president and an A student. runner ups include Holly Mae Shick and Billye Nell Pittard.
At UN headquarters in New York a push by six nations to urged Premier Khrushchev to abandon a 50 megaton nuclear test drew broad support from neutrals. India opposed top priority for the resolution and Guinea bowed out, while an Asian-African group pushed to broaden the appeal to a moratorium on all tests. Canadian Foreign Minister Howard Green warned the fallout would cross borders as the Oct 31 blast date nears.
Federal and local agents hunt for the killers of union leader John Kilpatrick in Chicago. Kilpatrick was found dead in his car with a bullet in his head beside Kilpatrick’s Independent United Industrial Workers of America office. Dynamite was wired under the hood. tensions with Angelo Inciso and past union leadership are noted along with threats and mysterious phone calls to Kilpatrick.
Dayton area sheriff investigators say Charles Lockhart, 36, killed his wife Ellie, 33, and then killed himself with the same gun in their Miami Two home Friday. The couple were slated for a divorce hearing Monday and left two children.
Miami Florida AP Ray mond W Glenn 66 wins roof riding rights for his dog King who lies on the truck cab during trips. He faced a police summons after a dog fall and a judge dismissed the case noting there is little chance of King falling off.
The United Nations Congo command and Katanga Province reportedly won approval from the UN secretariat and the Congolese government for a cease-fire agreed Oct 13 between UN and Katangan forces. A prisoner exchange provision was signed Sept 20. Katanga’s government is not internationally recognized per the understanding.
In a lighthearted quip, the joke notes that some women prefer a man with a past or a future, yet all are drawn to a man who lives in the present. The line plays on time as a playful dating trope.
A NASA style Midas rocket launched from POINT ARGUELLO California carried 350 million copper needles to form a space reflective belt around the globe. If successful the five mile wide hairlike band would reflect radio waves around the world, aiding detection while drawing opposition from astronomers worried about impacting observations and satellites.
Richwood West Virginia 4000 residents melt snow for water as unseasonable storm dumps nearly two feet of snow. Utility services and communications snarled across the state with about 2000 losing power. Emergency conditions persist and municipal water service is shut down in Richwood and Summersville.
In Columbus, Aleatha Germany, 27, was charged with second degree murder after a fatal Thursday night shooting of William H. Hackson, 25, a Columbus bartender. The case moves to court as investigators detail the incident.
West Berlin refugees Horst Staeubert and Bernhardt Heinecke report that many East German police might desert if escape routes opened. They describe their border patrol duties, disguises, and barbed wire exits, noting at least 3 percent would join them.
Dr. William H. Schumaker 49 a Mercy and Timken Mercy Hospitals staff member died in Mercy Hospital on Friday after a heart attack. He was a former resident of Lorain.
AP analyst notes Khrushchev’s propaganda drive targets anti party elements and hints at a house cleaning at the 22nd party congress. Expulsions for figures such as Malenkov Kaganovich Molotov Bulganin and other Stalin era stalwarts could follow as new party statutes allow harsher penalties.
The purge targets Western allied Communist leaders such as Walter Ulbricht as Khrushchev seeks to consolidate power. It signals a potential clash with China over revised ideology, war outlook, and timing of global socialist progress while Khrushchev guards his internal program.
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