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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1965
Page
1
The National Safety Council warned the Labor Day weekend could become the worst on record with traffic deaths rising toward 500 to 600. By Sunday night the toll stood at 420 after multiple fatal crashes as motorists used roads for the holiday, with the 1963 record of 557 deaths in reach.
A sudden rainstorm caused the Virgin River to surge through Zion National Park's Narrows, trapping perhaps 48 to 73 climbers and researchers. Chief ranger Del Armstrong said parties entered Friday for a 200 mile trek, with rescue uncertainty as high water loomed and no firm counts could be confirmed.
The Associated Press reports a Labor Day weekend spike in Ohio traffic deaths. From 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Saturday there were five highway fatalities, then 11 more on Sunday, raising the toll to at least 16 highway deaths and 23 total including miscellaneous and one drowning.
A rescue plane plucked an American pilot from North Vietnamese waters while four US F4C aircraft held off a Communist patrol boat. The downed F105 pilot bailed out north of the frontier and was saved after the patrol boat was bombed. Also, two other US airmen were rescued after a Da Nang takeoff crash. Capt Wilfred C. Hamann and 1st Lt Robert J. Lane were the airmen. B52s bombed a Viet Cong jungle stronghold in D Zone in the war's 19th raid. Details on participants and bombs were not released. Marines and paratroopers crushed Viet Cong units in two separate actions, with a confirmed 25 Viet Cong killed.
Hurricane Betsy pounds northern Bahamas with 75 mph winds and 125 mph gusts. The storm veers toward southeast Florida prompting hurricane warnings from Cape Kennedy to Key West and a hurricane watch for the Miami metro area.
Mourners paddle canoes to report the death of 90 year old Dr Albert Schweitzer who was buried near the jungle hospital at Lambarene. He died after a stroke as work continued at the 550 patient hospital with his daughter and others expressing resolve to carry on his mission.
The provisional government suspends all but three radio outlets in the federal district for political excitability. Only Radio Santo Domingo, OAS radio, and a U.S. armed forces station remain. Radio San Isidro’s critical editorials are blamed. U.S. soldiers assist in dismantling rebel defenses as the junta backs Hector Garcia-Godoy. Commodore Rivera Caminero says the armed forces support the general.
The forecast notes continued mild conditions through tomorrow with scattered showers expected on Wednesday. Tonight's low around 63, tomorrow's high in the 80s.
A humorous bulletin board sign from an employer states your salary raise becomes effective just as soon as you do. The playful note highlights workplace wit and a nudge for staff to take initiative.
Bernard Wieland of Cincinnati survived a 1000-foot free fall when his parachute partially opened and tangled during a carnival stunt near his home. He suffered back and leg injuries, with his emergency chute also failing. his 12-year-old son Randy witnessed the incident. Wieland has been jumping since 1944 as a former army paratrooper.
The Kelsey Hayes Co. announced plans to expand its Steel Products Engineering plant in Springfield Ohio at a cost in excess of 1 million dollars. President W D MacDonnell said the expansion will raise the workforce from 1500 to 2000. The unit supplies transmissions for aircraft firms.
U S Ambassador Goldberg called an urgent U N Security Council meeting on India Pakistan fighting. In New Delhi heavy fighting raged in the Wagh Lahore sector with India claiming initial success and Pakistan saying its troops contained the assault on Lahore. X
Chavan told Parliament India moved troops into the Lahore region to guard the border as planes attacked Pakistani targets. New Delhi reported rocket strikes near Amritsar and Jammu while Pakistan denied the claims and Rawalpindi declared a state of emergency.
Steelworkers, union leaders and industry chiefs announce a 39 month labor contract ending the strike threat seen by President Johnson as potentially crippling to the economy and military. The deal, signed on Labor Day, raises wages and fringe benefits, with raises up to 49 cents per hour and early retirement benefits for about 50,000 workers. The settlement, extending to Aug 1 1968, includes wage hikes of 10 cents first year, up to 19 cents with classifications, a third year 6 cent rise, plus vacations medical life insurance and relocation pay.
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