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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1970
Page
1
Apollo 13 wives Marilyn Lovell and Mary Haise accept Nixon invitation to fly with him to Hawaii for a reunion with their husbands in Honolulu. The splashdown of Lovell, Haise, and Swigert eases anxiety. wives recall the longest night and express relief and hope.
About 100 Vietnamese civilians were found shot to death in Takeo Cambodia in what survivors say was a Cambodian army massacre. An army medic and officials claim crossfire with Viet Cong. Saigon sources say Cambodia operations killed 450 enemies with 15 Vietnamese dead and 104 wounded. US pressure unclear as Ellsworth Bunker meets Thieu in Saigon.
Lawrence A. Walsh of New York, chair of the ABA committee on the federal judiciary, says an inquiry into Ackman’s qualifications has begun and the panel may revise or scrap its evaluation system. He notes hearings on Justice Blackmun begin April 29 and criticizes the panel’s role as advisory and possibly unfit for open conflict over Nixon’s nominees.
A low pressure system spinning across the state brings cloudy skies this afternoon and a chance of rain tonight. Expect cooler highs in the 60s, a low around 40, with rain likely tomorrow and possible thunderstorms.
Astronauts James Lovell John Swigert and Fred Haise back from a four day space mission land aboard USS Iwo Jima off Hawaii after splashdown in the South Pacific. President Nixon heads to Houston to honor the flight team and a Hawaii reunion is planned with families.
After four days in space the Apollo 13 crew found comfort in a hot meal and warm bed. Haise and the others returned to Earth aboard a recovery ship with Haise diagnosed with a mild urinary tract infection and treated with antibiotics.
Tornadoes sweeping from a thunderstorm complex struck the Panhandle Plains of West Texas killing at least 13 people. The toll includes seven in a retirement village near Clarendon called Sherwood Shores. Damage runs into millions with hundreds of homes and structures destroyed along a 175 mile path.
In Isla Vista near the UC Santa Barbara campus a crowd of up to 700 activists attacked a Bank of America branch. Kevin P. Moran, 22, of Isla Vista, was killed by sniper fire amid arson attempts as deputies used tear gas to disperse the rioters.
An air-sea search for 13 missing crewmen of the Liberia registered tanker Silver Ocean, split in two by an explosion 145 miles northeast of Durban, South Africa, recovered only debris and an oil slick. Twenty seven survivors were rescued from the stern, while the aft section had sunk and was seen just beneath the surface.
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