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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1966
Page
1
In Sydney crowds along Johnson's route reached about 1.25 million while as many as 500 000 did not see the president. Demonstrators from the Viet Nam Action Committee clashed with police throwing eggs tissue and other objects as the cavalcade altered routes and the president changed cars.
Washington(AP) The 89th Congress adjourned after a tense Senate over a tax bill and lengthy House debates. The tax measure funded presidential campaigns with $60 million split for 1968, sparking Gore’s opposition. A $5 billion appropriations bill passed, bringing total 89th Congress funding to about $234 billion. President Johnson called the session great, hostages to tradition and calls to adjourn reached him from Australia.
Heavy rain threatened a new slide from the 800-foot slag heap at Aberfan Wales as rescue workers labored after the Paniglas Green Hollow School disaster. Officials said the death toll could reach 220 with 17 cottages buried and more than 100 child victims laid out in Bethania Chapel. Prince Philip visited amid the grim scene, calling it dreadful.
President Johnson renewed the U S offer to halt bombing North Vietnam and withdraw troops if Hanoi states what it will do for peace. He spoke during a prepared statement before leaving for the Manila conference, noting prior U S offers and urging a peaceful settlement.
Johnson meets with leaders from six nations in Manila as diplomats from South Viet Nam, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines convene to chart a peace strategy. Officials ease traffic as jeepneys ferry delegates through the capital. The conference aims for peace but warns against expecting miracles.
In South Viet Nam a Viet Cong mine exploded at a river market injuring 54 and killing 41, including a pregnant woman Trinh Thi Xe and 13-year-old Nguyen Van Hot. The blast left the boy without legs and left the woman fighting for her baby as doctors and blood donors from both nations treated the wounded.
Pittsburgh AP Westinghouse Electric Corp and its largest union agreed on a three year contract that could guide settlements with three smaller unions. The AFL-CIO IUE pact includes three wage increases totaling up to 35 cents hourly and 26 pension and insurance improvements, totaling about 50 cents per hour over the term. The IUE represents 40,000 Westinghouse workers at 34 plants in 10 states. Similar offers were made to two other unions.
Rescue craft sped from shore to save 160 people after the Pioneer Leyte and the Golden State collided about ten miles from Manila. The Golden State limped into Manila Harbor with a six foot gash and bodies aboard as authorities and crews search for more survivors near Sangley Point. The Pioneer Leyte, sister ship to the Cebu wreck, sailed from Manila before midnight on a Central Visayan run.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is set to visit Cincinnati next Wednesday for about three hours to aid U.S. Representative John J. Gilligan. He will deliver a luncheon speech to Gilligan campaign committee members at a downtown hotel.
The Weather Today will be partly cloudy and a little cooler with a high around 65. Tonight the cloudiness will increase and continue through Monday.
A retrospective look marks ten years since Soviet tanks entered Budapest to crush the Hungarian revolt. The piece reflects on its meaning and legacy, with cross references to pages on TIME magazine’s coverage and related features.
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