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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1969
Page
1
U S railroad industry and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen announced an 18 month contract just before a 6 am strike deadline. Union ratification by about 10 000 members is required before it takes effect. Details were not released.
AFL CIO chief George Meany led a closed door meeting with Nixon officials in White Sulphur Springs to press that inflation fighting moves not be tied to higher unemployment. Participants included David Kenedy George Shultz Paul McCracken and Arthur Burns with Meany seeking assurances against harsh budget cuts that squeeze jobs.
Governor James A. Rhodes said Ohio may need drastic steps to balance the budget. He ordered a review by Finance Director Howard L. Collier and cited inflation, high interest rates, and Vietnam War uncertainties as factors. Possible actions include hiring freezes, layoffs, delaying capital projects, and program readjustment.
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for continued mild tonight with showers ending gradually Tuesday morning. Tonight the low will be in the upper 50s with variable cloudiness. Tuesday brings warmer conditions and a chance of afternoon showers with highs in the 60s and 70s. Yesterday's high was 73 and this morning's low was 57.
An American scout platoon and air cavalry reinforcements were pinned down by North Vietnamese machine guns near Black Virgin Mountain 45 miles northwest of Saigon. Fifteen Americans were killed and 16 wounded in a four hour battle as tanks and armored personnel carriers finally rescued the trapped unit.
Aida Issa Saeed, 18, an Arab girl, stands in Gaza court charged with throwing hand grenades at Israeli troops last month. She received a 20 year sentence as four soldiers were wounded in the attack amid efforts to curb terrorism in the occupied territory.
Israeli and Egyptian jets fought above the Suez Canal as tanks and artillery fired across the waterway. Israel claimed a MIG21 was shot down, while Cairo Radio said an Egyptian plane made an emergency landing and that Egypt shot down one Israeli aircraft and wounded another.
Flooding across the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa leaves thousands homeless as rivers from the Souris to the Red crest surge. Evacuations mounted in Jamestown Fargo Wahpeton and Lacrosse while Minneapolis Saint Paul braces for higher levels and rising seepage from tributaries.
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