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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1970
Page
1
An Associated Press survey shows many metro areas report more teaching job applications than openings and lower turnover. Factors include more graduates entering teaching, higher starting salaries, and weaker demand in science for industry. Detroit reports 11,000 teachers and 1,000 applicant backlog.
A local survey shows more elementary teachers available than openings in Norman Harsh's Middletown schools and similar patterns in Franklin Carlisle and Edgewood. High school needs are also low with English and social studies in excess. several districts report inflation of applications over positions.
National Guardsmen restore order in Lima Ohio after Christine Rick is killed in a Wednesday gun battle with police. Two officers and at least four others wounded as crowds clash near the downtown area. Governor Rhodes deploys 350 troops and a curfew is imposed.
The Atomic Energy Commission opposed destroying 12,540 nerve gas rockets in an underground Nevada blast. Testimony to a Senate panel says safety, public relations, and current AEC operations shaped the decision. Army plans to sea bury rockets in coffins next week, despite environmental concerns.
A Fokker Friendship domestic flight from Rawalpindi to Lahore crashed in a severe storm 11 miles east of Rawalpindi. Officials said 30 aboard, 26 passengers and 4 crew, were killed with none surviving. An airline spokesman suggested lightning may have struck the aircraft. No foreigners were among the passengers.
Patty Nelson volunteers as prime mover of a program at the University of California, Santa Cruz that pairs 50 college students with elderly residents for personal visits. The coed compares the experience to entering a library of living books, offering wisdom and enthusiasm to both sides as students meet seniors in retirement homes and markets.
Patty, a literature major, studied aging by visiting a retirement hotel in Santa Cruz. She engaged about 500 elderly residents, using conversations on gardening and grandchildren to spark talk and challenge stereotypes about youth. Her program grew despite mixed reception and she plans to expand further in the fall.
A grassroots fund drive nearly matched a state grant to purchase 160 acres of Torrey Pines. The 900000 state match plus 800000 raised will add to the 867 acre state preserve. The site, home to 1500 rare pines, will open to the public in October after improvements.
Amid stalled peace talks, Israeli and Egyptian forces along the Suez Canal exchange fire. Two journalists ducked as bullets whizzed by near sandbag bunkers while troops kept guard in tunnels and trenches.
In Saigon, U S air forces and Marines from Thailand and South Vietnam, along with Navy aircraft from Gulf of Tonkin bases, hit targets in Laos and Cambodia. About 40 B 52s from Thailand, Guam and Okinawa dropped around 1 200 tons along 800 miles of South Vietnam border. Lt Gen Michael S Davison said there is no evidence North Vietnamese base camps have been re established in Fishhook.
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