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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1968
Page
7
Last November Gary Indiana elected a Negro mayor Richard Hatcher, in a city with about 60 percent Black residents. Six months later an assessment shows he is in political trouble.
In Gary Indiana the 35 year old mayor Dick Hatcher seeks to canalize federal dollars into crime reduction and slum relief while filling city vacancies. Critics call him autocratic and slow to appoint while supporters praise multiracial hiring and federal backing. Local opinion splits along racial lines.
AP reports protein starvation kills hundreds each week in Biafra where war and Nigerian blockade cut off food. Children are the main victims as refugees swell to 4.6 million and death rates in camps and hospitals run from five per day to thousands daily according to doctors and church officials. Biafra blames Nigeria for genocide aims while Nigeria accuses Ojukwu’s propaganda.
Inland Empire Zoological Society seeks a steady sitter for a 4-year-old elephant arriving from Portland for September Interstate Fair exhibition. Committee chair Scott J. Chatteron says the animal will need a regular human companion to prevent loneliness in the new city.
Rome report STATE that the government decided Friday to sign the nuclear anti proliferation agreement before August 29. Foreign Minister Giuseppe Medici presented the Cabinet with the plan and both Parliament houses have approved the treaty.
Locust plagues in Baghdad fade without clear cause and experts debate why swarms start and why they end. The origin of outbreaks remains as obscure as their disappearance despite ample food and favorable conditions.
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