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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1965
Page
1
U S Marines repelled a Viet Cong assault 10 miles southwest of Va Nang in Da Nang area. About 56 Viet Cong were killed, including teenagers. U S casualties were moderate. Fresh North Vietnamese regiments reportedly move toward the highlands north of Saigon.
Colette Agnes Daiute 16 of Paramus New Jersey wins the Miss Teen-Age America title in Dallas Texas. Judges including Abigail Van Buren praise her warm personality and potential as an interpreter. She plans a Syracuse University scholarship study to travel and serve as an interpreter.
An 80 000 ton TNT device was detonated 2300 feet underground on Amchitka Island. The blast aimed to test seismic discrimination and produced a sharp brief jolt with ground zero lift estimated at two to six feet. No significant surface effects followed the detonation.
In Painesville Ohio 55 year old Gay Herron was sentenced to one to twenty years in Marysville Prison for manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband at a Perry Township motel. The plea followed a reduction from second degree murder. Herron is a grandmother of 20.
A lighthearted note suggests that while humor alone won’t build friendships, it can keep lines open between parents and children, underscoring the value of laughter in family bonds.
The Associated Press reports 26 people died and three were injured in four crashes Friday night and early today. Casualties occurred in Carthage Texas Emittsburg Maryland Pomona California and Stratton Maine involving two cars a convertible and a drowned vehicle incident.
In Key West Florida five exiles rescued after a 38-foot boat limped into the coast guard offshore. Four crewmates drowned after their vessel sank in the Florida Straits on October 21. Survivor Mario Castellanos and Albio Alvarez, both Newark residents, endured three days on a leaking raft. Esther B. Fernandez died near Key West during the perilous crossing.
The Weather Bureau predicts a pleasant weekend with fair, mild conditions. Tonight’s low around 40 degrees, Sunday’s high near 65 under sunny skies.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson stated Britain will not use force in Rhodesia as a royal commission will study independence options. He and Ian Smith voiced differing views on commission terms, but agreed talks would continue making a unilateral declaration of independence unlikely.
On the Latroun border area ten miles west of Jerusalem Israeli and Jordanian forces fought in a no-man's-land clash. A Jordanian spokesman said 15 Israelis were killed while Israel reported one casualty. The UN truce mission halted the hour and a half battle. Jordanian casualties were later stated as none. An Israeli spokesman in Tel Aviv reported one Israeli wounded.
Flames swept two Hollywood film lots Paramount and Desilu during a banquet for National Theater Owners of America delegates. No injuries reported. 80 firefighters fought the half hour blaze. Damage estimated over 200000. cause unknown.
In Selma Alabama civil rights and religious leaders urged fresh demonstrations across the South. Attorney General Katzenbach ordered federal registrars into 12 more Southern counties to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Andrew Young said 100 to 150 attendees backed protests targeting areas where organizers’ slayings remain unsolved.
Federal registrars are to set up offices in 12 Southern counties to list eligible voters under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Counties include Dorchester Clarendon in South Carolina and Jefferson Hinds Neshoba De Soto Holmes Walthall in Mississippi Elmore Autauga Greene in Alabama West Feliciana in Louisiana. The move raises total counties reached to 32 since the act’s Aug. 6 signing.
Two Ohio residents Henry F. Ischy 75 and Louisa M. Ischy 66 of Sardis Monroe County were killed Friday when their car collided with a tractor truck and another auto seven miles north of New Castle Pennsylvania authorities said.
A massive demonstration in New York's Fifth Avenue supports U S policy in Viet Nam with 50 000 to 100 000 expected. Medal of Honor recipients served as grand marshals. college campuses joined in shows of support across the country including Marquette University Brigham Young University and others.
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