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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1970
Page
1
Earth Day activities unfold nationwide with projects on water and air pollution and litter cleanup. Groups rally to highlight pollution from autos, industries, and electricity use while cities host parades, carbonless transport plans, and campus demonstrations.
Washington AP A government weather scientist warns unchecked population and industrial growth will trigger catastrophic warming within 200 years. Dr J Murray Mitchell Jr cites carbon dioxide and thermal pollution from power plants as key drivers, predicting noticeable changes by century's end.
Gov. James A. Rhodes says Ohio will join federal lawsuits against Lake Erie polluters regardless of who they are. He calls for federal help to cover mercury and heavy pollution from the Detroit River basin. Rhodes bans commercial fishing on Ohio shores pending federal probe.
U S Command reports four American planes down in Laos and three helicopters lost in South Vietnam. One American killed, three missing, three injured. Two A1 Skyraider bombers shot down with pilots rescued. A Navy A4 Skyhawk from a 7th Fleet carrier was shot down. pilot missing. All events linked to Ho Chi Minh Trail bombardment.
Cambodia presses for weapons and material to counter Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks, placing President Nixon in a delicate bind as he weighs policy limits and congressional pressure. Lon Nol signals openness to international aid while maintaining neutrality. Senate leader Mansfield opposes any military aid to Cambodia.
Journal staff writer Joy Jones reports on a potential venereal disease problem in Middletown and Butler County. A 12 year old boy casually admits he had the disease, highlighting concerns and public health implications. The first of two Joy Jones articles appears on page 11.
Supreme Court heard challenges to the 1954 Communist Control Act which bans the Communist party and its candidates from elections. Critics call it a classic bill of attainder punishing a group without trial, with earlier Minnesota ballot issues cited and Judge Harry A. Blackmun noting substantial doubts about the law.
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for variable cloudiness with a warm trend tonight and Thursday. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms likely, with a low in the 50s tonight and highs in the 70s to low 80s Thursday. Friday looks partly cloudy and cooler, with yesterday's high around 65 and this morning's low about 45.
Paris AP reports the Salvation Army in France faces a mutiny over commander Gilbert Abadie’s ban on the musical Hair. Abadie interrupted a January performance calling it obscene, then transferred six protesters abroad while Capt Richard Gaume and others resisted, appealing to London.
Gunfire erupts in Port of Spain business district as authorities seek rebels from the Regiment after arrests of Black Power leaders. Three killed two youths and a fireman amid clashes. Navy carrier Guadalcanal sent from San Juan with Marines and helicopters to Trinidad.
Alpha 66 demands all necessary moral and material support from the United States for last week’s two pronged invasion aimed at toppling Fidel Castro. The group calls for a U S declaration that Cuba is already at war. Cuban army forces in Oriente Province say they have surrounded the invaders and expect total destruction within 48 hours.
Walter P. Reuther seeks re election as UAW president at a 3170 delegate convention with 1.6 million members. Art Fox challenges him but is considered unlikely to upset. He aims to leverage a new contract demand stance ahead of talks with General Motors Ford and Chrysler.
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