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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1970
Page
1
Tomye Thompson of Yale Oklahoma, a 34 year old mother of three, began prowling oil leases to expose pollution after a Skull Creek fish kill. Her daily search since July 17 has led to the shut down of one lease and warnings to nine others by the state Corporation Commission. She has crawled creeks, fallen, scratched, and worn out two pairs of shoes, with donations totaling 25 dollars.
Herman a 14 year old boy testified he slept in a Gimbels furniture department after shopping July 19 and woke to a locked store. He wandered trying on outfits then tripped a burglar alarm and waited for rescue. Police dogs searched the store while he posed as a mannequin until a guard’s remark broke the tension and he laughed.
Kent State hearing reveals FBI found no shooter other than a guard as the May 4, 1970, killings occurred. George Warren cited a rifle mount camera, a one mile bullet, and rocks collected from the hillside. Canterbury said guardsmen fired in response to disturbance with no orders to shoot.
President Nixon and Diaz Ordaz signaled a probable boundary deal placing the Rio Grande at the center of the Texas Mexico border. They discussed compensating factors for river shifts and salinity concerns on the Colorado River. A 2,000 acre tract near Presidio remains disputed. Nixon expects Mexican Senate approval as a treaty.
A stocky Latino man hijacked a Delta jet from Atlanta to Savannah with 81 aboard, claiming a bomb in a brown attache case. Pilot Capt. Robert Hedgecock, unaware of the device, landed in Havana after Cuban officials removed the hijacker and seized the case. The hijacker refused to enter the cockpit.
Frank Sinatra will produce and perform at a charity concert in Richmond Indiana honoring former police chief Dan A Mitrione killed in Uruguay. Jerry Lewis and Orange Colored Sky will join, with Sinatra Enterprises staff flown in for the Aug 29 event at Civic Hall capacity 4200. Proceeds go to Mitrione’s nine children trust fund. projected profit about 70000. Tickets cost 15 20 and 25 dollars in Richmond Cincinnati and Dayton.
Forecast calls for a cool night with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Saturday brings variable clouds and a chance of thundershowers with highs in the 80s. Sunday will be mild with a chance of showers.
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