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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1971
Page
3
In Columbus the Ohio Senate plans floor action on a probate reform bill tied to estate exemptions. House action earlier raised the exemption to 3 10 000 prompting clashes. sponsor Mottl seeks a 5 000 limit and says passage could cut 60 to 70 percent of probate cases.
Huey P. Newton, Black Panther cofounder, faces a possible third trial after an 11 1 hung jury in his retrial on voluntary manslaughter charges tied to the 1967 killing of Oakland officer John Frey. The six day deliberation ended with a deadlock as one juror requested dinner then withdrew.
Prime Minister Brian Faulkner orders internment without trial for Irish Republican Army guerrillas and bans annual parades fueling sectarian tension. British troops arrest 200 republican and leftist leaders in night searches. Violence continues with a soldier and a truck driver killed, mobs rioting, snipers, burning vehicles, and street clashes across Belfast and Londonderry.
The Environmental Affairs Committee holds hearings Tuesday on creating an environmental protection agency. Wednesday brings testimony on reflectorized license plates. The Judiciary Committee next hears a bill to lower legal adulthood to 18 in 89 code sections. House Government begins hearings on lifting the constitutional ban on lotteries by public vote.
Kenneth Burns of Homer and Jethro faces an unsure future after Henry D. Haynes dies at 51 hours before a Great Midwest Fair appearance. The duo, formed in 1932, recorded 50 albums and toured 35 towns this August and September.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader urged Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans to resign, accusing him of siding with business interests rather than the public. Nader blamed Stans and White House aide Peter Flanigan for environmental policy delays and failure to issue air quality guidelines on time, claiming officials do not enforce laws.
Five thousand people gathered at Peace Memorial Park for the 26th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. The death toll reached 43 737 with 2 035 newly identified victims. Observances contrasted with Hiroshima as student groups protested militarism and called on Japan to halt French nuclear tests.
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