24 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1967
Page
1
Baltimore AP report details how Hilda Whitcher's Social Security number 78 05 1120 has caused thousands of errors since 1938. Misprints, specimen cards, and copied numbers led to about 40 000 corrections over 30 years with 150 new errors yearly.
Tass reports major clashes across Shensi Szechwan Kiangsu and Chekiang as anti Maoist units resist Sept 5 orders. About 1000 people killed in Sian as leaflets claim Maoist surround in Hupeh and mass killings in a Szechwan medical institute.
U S Marines and North Vietnamese rocket artillery clash near Con Thien as B52 bombers deliver heavy strikes. Marines fire over 5000 shells daily in a round the clock attempt to blunt enemy barrages and protect Marine outposts amid monsoon conditions.
A Lake Michigan squall lashed 40 miles of shoreline causing hundreds of small boats to capsize. Four bodies recovered and eight injured with reports of a possible additional drowning. Coast Guard, state police, and volunteers searched as seas swelled and visibility dropped. Lieutenant Governor Milliken and Senator Griffin toured the area for a rapid assessment.
The Rio Grande flood prompts refuge for entire cities in Mexico as Matamoros and Reynosa face the crest. Beulah’s death toll rises in Mexico and Texas while 200 residents of Camargo remain stranded on rooftops. Coast Guard helicopters rescue efforts continue amid widespread wind and rain damage across a broad arc from Corpus Christi to Laredo.
Partly cloudy skies expected for today with a high near 70. Monday could feel cooler but still mild with similar conditions.
A look at the space age ten years in, with Werhner von Braun assessing future challenges. The issue also notes Middletown Civic Symphony’s new season and conductor, and guidance on writing the American novel amid tough publishing odds.
In Norwood a crowd of about 60 youths at a drive-in restaurant chanted kill the cops and took maces from patrolmen Harry Bradford and Thomas Williams. The officers were beaten and treated at a hospital. several suspects were taken into custody, with police citing drinking among the youths.
MARION Ohio AP a 42 year old glider pilot Rudi Huffman suffered a skull fracture and fractures of the left thigh and both ankles when his glider crashed on takeoff observers said the tow rope broke at about 200 feet sending the craft downwind into the ground Huffman a Columbus auto agency employee is a member of a Columbus glider club meeting at Marion Municipal Airport.
A playful couple in a city scene is described as the woman admiring dresses in a shop window while the man studies skirts displayed along the sidewalk, suggesting complementary tastes in style.
AP reports nationwide concern centers on Vietnam with fear of racial unrest high and prices and youth turbulence also prominent. In interviews across Chicago Washington and New York citizens cite war taxes and draft as main anxieties and urge policies to end U.S. involvement.
interview remarks show diverse views on Vietnam and race issues. Dentists, students, and safety investigators express fear of communists, cost of war, and calls for tough policy. Responses range from opposition to escalation to urging stronger actions and bombing proposals.
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