29 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1961
Page
1
Berlin residents face constant strain as Soviet tanks loom near American forces. In West Berlin cafes and streets, locals chatter of vacations and fashion while a crowd confronts a Soviet high command car. An East Berlin man weeps at a ruinous vista as tensions flare and police shield the scene. Berlin endures crisis daily.
Secretary Dean Rusk rejected surrendering Western vital interests or West Berliners in any Berlin settlement with the Soviet Union. He opposed a neutral buffer zone in Europe, warned neutral areas could be exploited by communists, and signaled a new U.S. approach to Moscow next week. American and Soviet tanks faced across the East West frontier but no shooting occurred.
In Berlin the U S Air Force sent a C47 at 600 feet over East Berlin circling for 10 minutes, following a Soviet protest over helicopter flights. Brig Gen Hartel watched from checkpoint Charlie as U S officials say the flight followed normal four power regulations and declined to reveal purpose. The display came after a 16 hour standoff near the Berlin frontier and a tense arms withdrawal by both sides.
Betty Gail Brown a 19 year old Transylvania University coed and honor student was found strangled in her car in Lexington. Police said there was no evidence of a sex attack or robbery and the motive remained unclear after interviews with more than 20 people. 19 detectives were on the case as authorities urged a quick solution.
Premier Khrushchev told the Soviet party congress that Moscow will resume nuclear testing despite Western appeals and bourgeois propaganda. He called the criticism senseless brutality, noted U S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and said tests would occur Monday or Tuesday.
In San Antonio voters prepare for a rare Saturday special election pitting Democrat Henry B. Gonzalez against Republican John Goode Jr. The race features stark liberal versus conservative themes with endorsements from Kennedy, Johnson, Yarborough, and Albert for Gonzalez, while Goode counts Eisenhower and Tower among supporters. The one county district has about 140,000 voters.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia declares a potential complete break with non-Communist nations after Thailand severed relations amid U S military aid restrictions. He cites American aid as the only tie to the free world while reporting Cambodian clashes near Saigon and offering to open borders to prove no Communists operate in Cambodia.
Hurricane Hattie, a tropical storm with winds up to 125 mph, moved north toward Cuba from the western Caribbean. The system, the season’s eighth tropical storm, was about 900 miles south of Florida with its center 125 miles east of Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua and 425 miles southwest of Kingston Jamaica as of Saturday afternoon.
Weather Bureau observers tracked a fallout cloud from Russia's 30 to 50 megaton blast moving east from the Pacific toward the Great Lakes. The 200 mile wide plume swept over Washington Oregon and northern California and was projected to cross the United States in a couple of days toward southeastern Canada. Winds near 80 mph carry the radioactive debris and rain or snow along the path could wash particles to earth.
A light quip notes that all men are not homeless, yet some are more homeless than others, playfully contrasting conditions and social humor with a tidy punchline.
In London AP dispatch states the United States pressed West Germany Britain and France to mount the largest peacetime European military buildup to counter the Soviet Berlin threat. Roswell Gilpatric outlined plans for 57 000 more U S troops to Europe with possible six divisions, urging added German French and British contributions to Allied power and cost sharing for U S facilities to close the dollar gap.
The Monroe High School band, praised by director Paul Morrow for pride and discipline, captivates fans at football games. Journal photographer Bill Verth captured action and Lynn Danner filmed rehearsal, highlighting one of the nation’s finest bands. The full story appears on page 37.
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