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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1962
Page
1
Across the nation 495 people died on roads during the Labor Day holiday, with boating deaths reaching 22 and drownings 57. Overall fatalities climbed to 668, a holiday record, as millions traveled home over the 78-hour period ending Monday midnight.
Record In Ohio Under Estimate reports 21 deaths during the 78 hour Labor Day weekend from 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday. Traffic accounted for 18 deaths, with nontraffic causes including a drowning, a farm machinery fatality, and an automobile fire asphyxiation. A Sunday single car wreck near Lowell claimed two lives of Clarksburg West Virginia men.
Rebel guerrillas stall a column of Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella's troops south of Algiers and claim to repulse another east of the city. Dozens killed and wounded in attacks on Oued Djenane near Aumale. Guerrillas halt Col. Ahmed Ben Cherif's advance at Brazza. Reinf orcements push toward Wilaya No 4 lines as Algiers remains calm.
A witty urban quip notes that only one man in a million grasps the international scene and humorously observes the rare meetings with him. The line frames global insight as a humorous rarity in everyday life.
A cold front moving across Ohio may trigger showers tonight. Showers should pass the Miami Valley by Wednesday bringing cooler temperatures. Thursday looks fair and mild with a low around 62. Wednesday’s high near 78 follows yesterday’s 85 and overnight low 69. Middletown logged about a half inch of rain.
The United States delivers 93 Nike Ajax antiaircraft missiles and launchers to Yokohama for Japanese forces. They will be deployed at four bases around Tokyo as announced by the Japanese Defense Agency.
AFL CIO President George Meany warned of a winter recession as growth lags behind population. In Seattle he urged faster economic expansion while noting the nation faces strains. Arthur Goldberg, just appointed to the Supreme Court, stressed labor management cooperation amid stress. Kennedy touted record employment and rights as 70 million Americans work.
Weeping workers dug bodies from mud brick ruins after quakes struck northwest Iran. Death toll surpassed 4,000 with Red Cross warning of higher total and injuries beyond counting. Iran ordered mourning as U.S. aid began airlift of blankets tents and hospital units, with CARE and Red Cross pledging substantial relief.
Moscow denounces a U2 reconnaissance flight as a frontier violation and warns of retaliatory measures if repeated. Tass reported the plane hovered nine minutes over Sakhalin and Okhotsk coastal waters near Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, prompting a formal note to Washington.
London AP reports Britain's electricity board halted a cat extermination after 97 felines were killed in two weeks at a power station area near the docks. Protests by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals prompted an investigation. About 200 cats lived near the site, feeding on garbages. two workmen armed with .22 rifles had been sent by an exterminating company after a complaint.
In Berlin the U S command positions troops at Sonnenallee Oberbaum Bridge and Heine Strasse as Western demands press the Soviets to stop using Checkpoint Charlie during daily guard changes. Police reinforce Sandkrug Bridge and Glienicker Bridge sees American personnel as jeeps cluster at Kleeblatt. Western officials warn of a deadline if Moscow refuses to comply.
In New Orleans the archdiocese opened parochial desegregation with about a dozen Negro children at St. Leo the Great and two each at St. Mary of the Angels and Mater Dolorosa. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Pyzikiewicz spoke to mothers outside Mater Dolorosa as the band played after mass. Roughly 9,000 of the city’s 48,000 parish school pupils are Negroes. Public schools begin a third year of integration Thursday.
Berlin police say a refugee attempting to flee over the wall was shot by East German border guards. The man lay about five yards inside the Soviet sector and appeared dead. he was removed shortly after.
Wilmington Ohio report notes Dr. Harry Johnston, assistant professor of biology and director of soil research at Wilmington College, departs for a one year Fulbright stay in Madrid Spain. He will conduct research and teaching exchanges during the grant period.
Pasadena scientists grapple with whether Mariner 2 antenna is pointed at Earth or the Moon as a mid course correction nears. Officials postponed a critical radio command for 24 hours while confirming the craft’s orientation and planning a precise maneuver to bring Venus within 10,000 miles next December.
Negro pupils planned to seek enrollment at three white Albany schools amid a Ku Klux Klan rally urging mass resistance to integration. Klan leaders warned officials to keep them out while promising a statewide drive. clergy protesters released on bond framed Albany as a national issue.
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