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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1969
Page
1
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department forecasters warn that grocery and restaurant prices will rise somewhat more than last year's 3.2 percent. Meat costs remain a major driver as beef demand and consumer willingness to pay keep prices climbing, with pork supply outlook offsetting some gains.
In Columbus, Ohio the Legislative Service Commission released an audit Friday showing a projected $141.9 million surplus in the Rhodes administration’s two year budget. The report comes from the legislature’s non partisan research arm.
President Saragat conferred with political leaders to solve the 27 day crisis after Mario Rumor resigned as premier-designate for failing to form a cabinet. Dissolution of Parliament and fall elections likely, with Communist gains and Socialist party splits noted. In Ohio, auditors flag working capital questions as lawmakers push for private CPA review.
Michigan police hold 22 year old John N Collins without bond on charges of strangling Eastern Michigan University freshman Karen Beineman. Investigators probe possible links to six other unsolved killings of young women in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area. Prosecutor and state police officials note connections to victims near Collins home and EMU offices.
Fair and mild weather is forecast for Sunday with a high around 80. Temperatures will dip to the low 60s tonight. Continued fair and mild conditions are predicted for Monday, keeping temperatures comfortable.
President Nixon arrived in Romania after a six nation Asia tour including South Vietnam. He met Nicolae Ceausescu in Bucharest and urged constructive European negotiations to reduce war fears while reaffirming U.S. willingness to engage with Eastern bloc states. The Romanian Army band played both nations’ anthems as Nixon greeted the Romanian honor guard in Romanian.
In Atlanta Judge district court the Justice Department filed the largest federal desegregation suit against Georgia. Gov. Lester Matcor mobilized state resources to resist enforcement as the complaint targets School Superintendent Jack Nis and the Georgia Board of Education for not dismantling a dual race based system.
In Festus Missouri bomb experts dismantled a device strapped around Gary L. Miller a 19 year old. A 60 year old high school teacher Rupert M Johnson admitted placing it claiming it would explode if removed. X rays showed no mechanical parts. a string and battery were found inside the tube device.
In Kampala Uganda Pope Paul VI ends a three day visit with Roman Catholic ceremonies dedicating a shrine to 22 Ugandan martyrs canonized in 1964. He aims to foster peace in the Nigeria Biafra civil war while completing Africa's first papal pilgrimage.
Flight controllers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory ordered a test before a planned series of 34 approach shots from more than a million miles from Mars. Mariner 7 will take nine approach pictures and 24 close ups as it nears within 2080 miles. The camera system was checked after a seven hour silence caused by a meteor strike. The craft views Mars' white south polar cap, hoping to confirm Mariner 6 findings that the edge is ragged and cratered rather than smooth as seen by telescopes.
An executive follows a peculiar daily routine described with humorous tone. The piece frames the person’s steady, methodical approach to tasks and the lighthearted, almost ritualistic habits that accompany their workday.
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