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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1961
Page
1
Milk deliveries to about 10 million people in New York City and Long Island dwindled as the truckers strike persisted. Despite stalled talks between 10,000 Teamsters and milk firms, stores kept stock of powdered, condensed, and evaporated milk, while an emergency plan directs supplies to hospitals, schools, and institutions.
The General Assembly is poised to approve an eight nation appeal urging the Soviet Union to suspend a 0 megaton bomb test. The push comes as Khrushchev set a month end deadline and the Soviet bloc vows to ignore the plea. Nigeria and El Salvador signaled support while NATO maneuvers are blamed for delaying tactics.
The United States and the Soviet Union agree the Burmese ambassador should succeed the late Dag Hammarskjold but remain at odds over the number of principal advisers and their regional origins.
The five day outlook shows temperatures climbing to near highs and 40s at night with a cool breeze by Tuesday. A killing frost occurred last night as temperatures fell to 25 at 7 a.m. Official high yesterday reached 52 at 1:45 p.m. Tonight’s low expected around 40.
Washington AP The Public Health Service will inventory what each state can and cannot do to cope with fallout from Soviet nuclear testing. About 100 federal state and local health officers met for two days to assess legislative personnel and equipment needs and weaknesses. Present fall levels do not demand drastic action but require continuous surveillance and possible protective measures if needed. Working sessions continue today with a news conference planned for adjournment.
Keota Iowa residents will vote for a mayor and five councilmen by write in ballot after all nomination papers were unsigned and notarized by law. City Clerk Jack McFadden said the error was not found in time to fix.
Washington AP Irvin Scarbeck a U S diplomat was found guilty by a federal jury on three counts accusing him of relaying American Embassy secrets to Polish Communist agents. He was acquitted on one count involving removal of a classified document from the Warsaw embassy.
A light quip notes that no one knows humanity’s exact age yet everyone agrees it is old enough to know better. The remark plays on wisdom versus ignorance and invites a smile at universal self rest.
Cape Canaveral AP Saturn the world’s largest rocket scored an unexpected success on its first flight test boosting the U.S. moon program. The 162 foot, eight engine vehicle reached about eight minutes of flight, rose toward space then splashed down 6 miles from the target. NASA plans nine more Saturn tests and aims for manned Apollo flights by 1967 in a race with Russia to the moon. Dr Kurt Debus led launch operations at the control center amid optimistic projections for future Saturn configurations and lunar missions.
In Moscow, the United States and the Soviet Union traded protests over the East West Berlin border. U S Ambassador Liewelyn Thompson delivered a verbal denunciation demanding identification documents from U S officials in Berlin. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko countered with a protest accusing the United States of provocation. Both sides effectively rejected the other's stance.
AP report cites Dr. Thomas Carlile of the American Cancer Society warning that fallout from Soviet nuclear tests could raise cancer and mutation risks for children and unborn generations. He cites bone cancer and leukemia as dangers, with mutations feared in unborn children, noting estimates rely on limited data and may change over generations.
Washington officials pressed the Soviet Union to assume full responsibility for protecting Western officials access to East Berlin. The reply would influence the Berlin conflict as crossings at Friedrichstrasse heighten East West tensions.
In Athol Massachusetts a partridge crashed through a window during an industrial arts class. A student struck the classmate behind him after the bird knocked him to the floor. Instructor Benno Sandberg restored order and sent the wounded bird to the freezer.
MIAMI FL AP The United States must resume testing to stay ahead of the Soviet Union Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged development of more mobile fighter warheads and precision weapons for localized action He urged continued peaceful use of nuclear energy and warned that failure to test could invite Communist conquest Rockefeller spoke amid national issues as a potential 1964 Republican candidate.
Soviet tanks with Russian crews moved into East Berlin overnight, heightening border tension near the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint. Western officials say the move signals potential patience in the crisis, as East German authorities and Vopo patrols tighten controls and question foreign visitors while U.S. forces insist on access rights.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev condemned Western powers for pressuring Berlin, accusing them of trying to push military freight and spies through a held city corridor. He denounced the tactic as a challenge to world peace and declared foreign guest speeches at the 22nd Soviet Communist party congress showed unity of the communist movement.
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