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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
3
Early morning steam around two gas storage tanks at Air Products and Chemicals on Yankee Road resembles Saturn 9 launch pads. Officials say the tanks are stationary and pose no launch risk, though the curious passerby may be misled.
President Nixon expected to announce James T. Lynn as his nominee for secretary of housing and urban development while debating shifts at the Commerce and Treasury departments. Frederick B. Dent slated to replace Peterson as commerce secretary, with Shultz resisting shifts in international policy.
Comptroller General Elmer Staats warned Congress that defaults on federal subsidized housing mortgages could top 532 million dollars by 1978 with as many as 1.4 million homes involved. He blamed weak emphasis on quality as production goals dominated, while noting improved inspections and a call to finance loans directly by the government.
County commissioners set a public hearing for 10 a.m. February 8 to consider annexing 278 acres in Lemon Township to Middletown. A previous hearing was canceled after the petition was deemed inadequate. The land is largely owned by Armco Steel Corp in the Todhunter Cincinnati Dayton Road area.
The article estimates 2 million cats and 32.6 million dogs in homes, 26 million caged birds, and 500 million tropical fish nationwide, highlighting the scale of companion animals and aquarium life.
Four Miami University students were arrested in four Oxford area drug raids. David Harker and Deborah Harsa were found guilty of marijuana possession with fines of 200 dollars and 10 days in jail, suspended to probation for two years. Henry Piper and David Dunfee were acquitted on possession charges. Harker faces federal LSD distribution charges.
New York AP report says CBS has rejoined a pool for Apollo 17 launch coverage after NASA ordered its reinstatement four days after a strike that had dissolved the pool. NBC will relay NASA camera footage for itself CBS and ABC despite labor tensions involving IBEW technicians.
Lemon Township police will switch from green to white shirts as old green uniforms wear out. Chief Tom Shannon says the change will nearly halve uniform costs.
Doctors dispense over fifty million Anacin tablets yearly for pain from headaches to dental pain. The tablet contains the preferred pain reliever most doctors recommend and is pitched as relieving pain fast with minimal stomach upset.
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