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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1971
Page
6
Treasury Secretary Connally says some controls likely remain after the wage price freeze expires. Labor challenges in court loom, mortgage rates may rise, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board plans actions to stabilize rates. The dollar firmed a bit while Wall Street advanced with the Dow up 11.47 points.
Guidelines specify wage increases tied to pre August 15 union contracts may proceed for nonunion white collar workers if the agreement is signed before that date and the raise would align with the union increase. Utility fees and other government charges are frozen for 90 days, while license fees and traffic penalties remain unfrozen. Agriculture offices will handle freeze inquiries, forwarding complaints to the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
Two Middletown men William L. Moore and William G. Marts pleaded guilty before Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer to breaking into Lee's Cafe on Girard Avenue on Aug 12 and stealing 20 fifths of whisky. They also broke into Norbert Wacker's uninhabited dwelling on Aug 14 taking a camera, flashgun, radio and other items. Case referred for pre sentence investigation. no disposition date set.
Roy Crowthers of Darr ytown returned from a Canada vacation to find his Hamilton home broken into on Hamilton Richmond Road. Seven rifles a diamond bracelet cash and a hitching post were taken valued at 1895 dollars. Police reported another theft at LeSourdsville Lake where a camera small radio and clothing vanished from a car. A third entry on Hetzler Road yielded ransacked drawers with no confirmed losses.
Rep Benjamin Rosenthal urged a congressional probe into federal food inspection after botulism toxin was found in Campbell soup and a Bon Vivant product. FDA had not inspected Campbell Paris Texas plant for two years, USDA inspected only sporadically and two inspectors were present during canning. Rosenthal cited recalls, swollen cans and misset equipment as possible causes while Campbell denied a general recall and noted taste issues in July batches.
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