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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1964
Page
1
Len Brown a 31 year old bus driver told a magistrates court he was sorry after breaking a priceless 42 000 year old stalagmite in a cave at Wells The Witch s Broomstick stood 31 feet high when the fragment was snapped off The court fined him 50 pounds for malicious damage to natural history specimen during a school party visit to the cave
President Johnson tours disaster sites in Florida and Georgia after Hurricane Dora, pledging immediate and future federal aid. He surveys Brunswick and St Simons Island, vows to meet needs, recalls Georgia roots, and emphasizes relief efforts amid the Democratic primary in Georgia and Florida.
Hurricanes Dora and Ethel dominate the storm scene with Dora flooding Georgia and Florida and Ethel accelerating north toward Bermuda. President Johnson pledges federal aid while officials warn of dangerous winds heavy surf and rain as Ethel shifts course from Florida to the Atlantic.
Heinz Barwich a 53 year old East German nuclear scientist defected while in Geneva for a 71 nation conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy. He fled a Geneva hotel with colleague Max Steenbeck and sought asylum in the United States after contacting American authorities in West Germany. Barwich held key posts in the Soviet and East German nuclear programs and was deputy director at the Dubna institute before returning to East Germany.
Four boys aged up to 11 reported witnessing the murder of Marietta Jelks a 39 year old Cincinnati practical nurse on a rural road. They described a husky man beating her with a small hammer after an argument in a car. Jelks mother of six, identified by her husband John Jelks, 41, and employed by A H Darden physician.
Wisconsin Governor Reynolds warned of law and order on NFO picket lines after the National Farmers Organization announced the lifting of its statewide moratorium on demonstrations at livestock yards. NFC President Oren Lee Staley and Reynolds met privately at the state capitol to discuss keeping peace, with Staley asserting lawful demonstrations are the farmers' legal right.
Hubert H. Humphrey campaigned from the Great Plains to Denver urging an end to racism and violence. He warned against the Ku Klux Klan Birchites and Minutemen aiming to threaten justice and tolerance in the nation.
In Seoul today 18 more deaths were reported bringing the encephalitis toll to 617, according to the South Korean government.
Florida Civil Defense Chief Col. H W Tarkington estimates total damage at 200 million with 184 million on private property. Federal aid to flow after disaster surveys while Army Engineers plan beach rebuilding. Dora swept 2.5 million cubic yards of sand from beaches, far more than typical erosion in 20 years. Johnson cites American tradition of overcoming adversity with help from Americans.
A West Winston Salem home fire claimed five lives in a six room brick house. Victims include Fred Wells his wife Shirley Wells daughters Kelly and Ellen and son Rodney. Fire officials reported no other occupants.
President Makarios and Defense Minister Georgadjis warned Turkey against air and naval food shipments to Kokkina. Ankara says aid would end blockade, with Cyprus set to oppose any action deemed an invasion. U Thant proposes three month UN force extension to avert disaster. any unilateral food delivery could trigger dangerous consequences.
Senator Barry Goldwater reports about 250000 people watched his Republican presidential drive across nine states in one week. He touts strong crowds from New York to California and ends with a rally at the Ogle County Fairgrounds in Oregon Illinois.
In North Haven Connecticut Rep William F Miller faced booing at a fair close to his Ale New England tour. The event drew about 4900 spectators for a weight pulling contest and an aerial act amid a large teenage crowd.
A light humor item notes that a fellow behind the wheel is called a motorist until he comes too close for comfort. The quip plays on the shift from casual term to cautionary label.
Government troops and armored cars filled Saigon streets as rumors spread of a potential coup against the US backed government of Premier Nguyen Khanh. U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor returned from Washington consultations amid the rising tension.
Ford officials study the UAW Chrysler three year agreement worth 54 cents an hour over its life. Ford must match or face removal from 1965 model production unless a strike is avoided. The Chrysler pact includes a 400 dollar monthly pension cap at 30 years served and 60 retirement age with a 55 30 year path to 200 dollars a month.
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