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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1971
Page
3
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York starts Birthright, a counseling service offering prenatal and postnatal care, help with keeping the child or adoption, and no sermons. Archbishop Cooke backs a major ad campaign to counter abortion publicity and ease pressures on desperate pregnant women amid liberalizing laws.
James R. Hoffa, 58, returns to federal prison at Lewisburg after a six day trip to San Francisco to visit his wife Josephine Hoffa, hospitalized with a heart condition. His son James P. Hoffa, 30, says their mother is improving and will remain in town several weeks after release. Barbara Crancer of St Louis and Charlies O'Brien of Detroit will stay behind with Mrs. Hoffa. Hoffa's stay included Easter eggs and jelly beans as the family visited. Hoffa has served four years of a 13 year term for jury tampering and mail fraud.
The monthly Census Bureau survey of employment and unemployment will be conducted in the Middletown area by Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson at 4208 Central Ave during the week beginning April 19. The statistics provide a continuing measure of the nation’s economic health. Facts from individuals are kept strictly confidential by law and results are used only to compile statistical totals.
San Francisco teachers voted to return to classrooms at 119 schools after a March 24 strike. About 1,400 teachers from two unions ratified a Friday compromise with the San Francisco Unified School District, amid 30 percent attendance and eight days of disrupted classes during Easter vacations.
Kelley Mitchell a 17 month old from West Texas died after more than a year fighting a mysterious gastrointestinal illness named for her. She underwent 13 operations, four at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and was readmitted to a Fort Worth hospital in March as bleeding recurred. Her parents Kenneth and Mitchell lived in Graford near Mineral Wells. The condition was described as not a malignancy and as unlike any previously seen by doctors.
Five Butler County break ins reported over the weekend with total value of 669.50 Loot included tools from a station wagon owned by Sylvester F. Ruther at Queen Acres James Clark at 1125 Sampie Road Reily lost 270 cash from a padlocked foot locker Kenneth Jacobs at 6650 Trenton Franklin Road lost a mag wheel and tire valued at 60 from a 1969 auto Robert Mainour at 3405 Indian Creek Road Oxford saw 14 sheets of plywood worth 59.50 stolen from a construction site and Raymond Birchfield at 294 Woodward Drive Monroe reported 20 damage from stolen spark plug wires in the Armco lot on S Verity Parkway
Police statistics show nearly a quarter of Baltimore's 28 percent force was disciplined for department rule violations. Commissioner Donald D. Pomerleau called the situation horrendous as records note unusual punishments including a patrolman grabbing a woman clerk's thigh and asking if she were a virgin, then pouring sugar over her. Another officer was punished for acting as a bartender in uniform during duty hours.
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan says Israel should withdraw from the Suez Canal area only if a permanent cease fire with Egypt exists and no Soviet or Egyptian troops cross the canal. He would not specify retreat distance but linked any pullback to a comprehensive settlement. Sadat had proposed a two stage plan toward peace with Israel.
Senator Hugh Scott says a former attorney general tried to uncover irregularities in his income taxes due to the Baker case. He defended the FBI and J Edgar Hoover, saying the bureau has not surveilled any member of Congress since Hoover’s early years.
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