26 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1961
Page
1
A 23 year old Coast Guardsman Phillip J Peters stands on a ledge above a San Francisco street threatening to jump from the fifth floor after previously threatening an eleventh floor leap. Police persuaded him back inside as a crowd watched.
Washington reports circulating in Western capitals suggest the Soviet Union may expel Albania from the Warsaw Pact. U S and allied officials weigh the move as part of a wider Moscow Peiping clash. The dispute unfolds amid a Soviet party meeting in Moscow and hints of Red China backing Albania. The outcome could signal a broader crisis in the Communist bloc.
A terrorist bomb exploded outside the seventh floor apartment of Pierre Brisson editor and publisher of Figaro. Brisson was in the apartment and not injured, though the building sustained considerable damage.
Stockholm AP reports the 1961 Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Yugoslav novelist and former diplomat Ivo Andric, 69. prize worth 48300 dollars. first Yugoslav recipient. Andric famed for historical trilogy The Bridge on the Drina and works on Bosnia. He joins Saint-John Perse as this year’s laureates.
A humorous reflection contrasts past escapes with a modern twist where vacation plans are overwhelmed by ongoing demands. The quip suggests that what once offered respite now winds up pulling you back into stress and obligations.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, addressing the party congress in Moscow, said the USSR is willing to consider the West’s views on Berlin and Germany if the West seeks genuine understanding. He warned there will be no retreat in policy and affirmed a separate peace with East Germany if talks fail.
In a 75 to 10 vote of the U N political committee delegates urged quick General Assembly action on a nine nation backed appeal asking the Soviet Union not to explode a 50 megaton hydrogen device. Denmark and eight sponsors pressed for top priority while the Soviet bloc and Cuba opposed the appeal.
Joan Jones, 36, was granted a divorce after testifying her husband Stanley became violent when she scrubbed her lips. She said he was incensed when she declined to remove lipstick, struck her, and injured her nose. The judge found cruelty proven.
In Tampa, Frederick Tallenbach who died at 86 left over 100000 in stocks and bank accounts to heirs in two countries. Swiss government opposition and Altshuler Genealogical Services clash with the landlady’s attorney over a will deemed worthless in Florida. Eleven heirs have appeared as parties argue before County Judge James Bruton. appeals likely.
Four Senate Democrats rebuked former President Eisenhower for a speech attacking Kennedy era budget policy and the Peace Corps. Senate Leader Mansfield noted the high wartime deficit, urged patience with the corps, while Hart and Neuberger defended the program and criticized Ike's remarks as misinformed and insulting to volunteers.
City Hall was burglarized in Hens Tennessee and a ring of keys was stolen. A schoolboy found the keys by a creek bank and returned them to City Manager Bill Garrett, who said the keys were old and of little value. He noted they fit every parking meter in town, revealing the ruse worked.
AP report from San Francisco says Wednesday teller Margy Prepoutse ignored a robbery note at a Bank of America. When a bandit flashed a pistol and demanded money she left her window and walked away. The robber slammed the counter and fled empty handed.
The Syrian revolt echoes in Egypt with broad arrests and resignations extending into the army and air force. Cairo confirms 40 civilians jailed and 167 confiscated, while Damascus reports property seized from over 1,000 people. Informants say at least 16 air force officers are confined and up to 100 army officers arrested or dismissed, all linked to notables rather than plots. Handbills alleging low pay surface quietly, though no arrested officers are tied to them.
The forecast calls for a slight fall in temperatures with light frost possible tonight. Friday remains fair and cool with a low around 36 and a high near 56. Yesterday’s high reached 65 at 2:30 p.m. and the overnight low was 43 at 8 a.m. today. Middletown received .12 inch of rain in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today.
Berlin AP report details US forces crossing into East Berlin for a second day to assert unrestricted movement. East German police closed and reopened Friedrichstrasse, with tanks and MPs present. A sedan with US plates tested border controls, leading to a brief convoy, stoppages, and a temporary border closure as East German police and military backed by armored units prepared to block traffic.
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