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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1969
Page
10
CBS terminated its contract with the Smothers Brothers Hour over breach claims, while Tommy Smothers denied any breach and Dick Smothers warned against litigation. Tom said they might seek other networks to preserve artistic integrity as talks continue.
On Guadalupe Island off Baja California a feral goat population is starving native plants and threatening renderings of nine bird species. Dr. Reid Moran of the San Diego Museum notes vegetation loss reduces food and shelter for wildlife. The goats, introduced by 19th century whalers, erode the island habitat now maintained only by a weather station.
Detroit AP reports Les Brown of Worth Illinois is the new president of the American Power Boat Association succeeding Bo Wanamaker of New Hartford New York The TV guide lists I Love Lucy Jeannie The View from Space Petula Clark Special Music Hall and other programs with hosts guests and plot teasers across channels 2 5 7 9 12 and 22 for the night entertainment lineup.
Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan, last survivor of the 1909 Peary expedition, receives congratulations from President Nixon and Apollo astronauts on the 60th anniversary. At 94 he savor s a model of his schooner Bowdoin by George Hodgdon of Maine. Bowdoin is being restored in Camden, Maine. He expresses wish to join the astronauts, while his health remains good despite reduced eyesight.
Funeral services will be held here Wednesday for 83 year old Mrs James M Walker of Cleveland. She was the first Negro to receive a degree from Miami University of Oxford Ohio having graduated from Miami Normal College in 1905.
Montgomery Ward department managers gathered at Frisch's on Germantown Road to announce fiscal year 1968 sales and earnings. Store manager R Beach announced a 4 percent sales increase and a 2 percent net earnings improvement, praising department managers for their extra effort. Bonuses were paid for 1968 performance and February 1969 checks for exceptional sales were distributed.
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