07 Apr 1975
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1975
Page
1
A team of engineers and architects studied tornado damage to schools and urged avoiding large free span rooms and southwest corners. They recommend interior walls, north facing corridors, basements or first floor rooms, and caution against west or south facing corridors and glass areas.
Miami adoption expert warns that many applicants for Vietnamese orphans are not prepared to raise them. Psychologists say compassion and guilt drive some, while others seek to fulfill personal needs. Officials stress screening to avoid “carnivorous” parents and cultural challenges, noting children will find stability in safe homes.
About 1700 orphans were evacuated to the United States and other nations before Operation Baby Lift ended. Officials said the program met the South Vietnamese quota and aid groups prepare for possible resumption amid an adoption backlog. Many children faced malnutrition and illness, with some dying during the flights.
In Dayton Ohio three month old Aharon Vietz formerly Le Van Tam is adopted from a Saigon suburb. He was among 400 war orphans arriving as the airlift ended. Candy Vietz traveled from Chicago with relatives to meet him. He acts content with care and awaited meeting his new father Lonny Vietz as he recovers from leg inflammation.
Attorney General Edward H. Levi proposes a regional federal mechanism to restrict handgun and ammunition sales in urban areas with rising violent crime. The plan would trigger automatic controls when local crime rates exceed set thresholds and lift them once violence subsides.
Clear skies and overnight lows in the 30s are forecast for the Middletown area tonight. Tuesday looks to bring cloudy skies with highs in the mid-60s, and yesterday’s high was 49 with a 25 degree overnight low. The extended outlook shows a chance of showers Wednesday and Thursday and fair skies Friday.
A warehouse blaze near North Philadelphia forced Penn Central to cut power. Trains on the New York to Washington line halted for over four hours with at least seven trains stopped before service resumed shortly before 2 a.m. Authorities reported another fire in the same area earlier this year.
Bluefish rising from a mullet feeding frenzy attacked swimmers along South Florida’s oceanfront injuring three surfers. Lifeguards said thousands of bluefish entered shallow water chasing mullet and struck bathers with their sharp teeth.
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