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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
6
The Navy ordered a 5.04 million dollar modification to an existing contract with Alsco Inc of St. Louis for 2.75 inch rocket launchers. Alsco and five others were named in an August indictment charging kickbacks and channeling four million dollars from a seventy million dollar contract total into Swiss banks.
November births across Middletown area show 81 baby boys versus 89 girls. Franklin reported 19 births while other communities listed small counts including Carlisle Germantown Trenton Somerville and several towns with single births. In unrelated Navy procurement, Alsco Techfab won a 13.9 million launcher contract for Vietnam needs with two more awards planned for January 1969.
Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew told 3,000 city officials that elected leaders must decide poverty policy, not the poor. He urged community action programs be reined in and argued funds should go to capable, established entities. He spoke at the Congress of Cities and said the federal Office of Economic Opportunity may be ending as a concept.
Historians declare Whittier California the hometown of Richard M. Nixon, with Yorba Linda named the birthplace. Officials from both towns reached a settlement after a dispute over proper attribution, noting unity and the public good. The article also mentions Kilimanjaro visibility during talks about Nixon.
Eighteen boys will be advanced and two boys will receive merit badges at tonight's Boy Scout Troop 102 meeting at Yankee Road First Church of God. First class recipients include Larry Risner Archie Leedy Lanny Thornsbury Homer Johnny Johnson Ricky Collier and Douglas Pelfrey. Second class awardees include Scout Day George Leedy Norman Terr Keynny Olded Kenny Norman Terry Oldfield Douglas Phillips Bobby Ritchie Randy Stout and Dale Spensel. Tenderfoot ranks go to Ernie Nickell Denny Williams and Paul Sizemore. Kenny Norman and Terry Oldfield will receive first aid badges.
Bob Hope leaves Saturday for Vietnam with the largest troupe in 18 years of entertaining U.S. servicemen overseas. The group includes actress Ann Margret Rosey Grier and former Rams star. Stops planned in Japan Korea Okinawa Guam Thailand and Vietnam. The trip is cosponsored by the Department of Defense and the USO.
James A. Profitt, a Middletown High School senior, earns the Bausch and Lamb Honorary Science Award. The winner is eligible to compete for a $2,000 annual science scholarship at the University of Rochester.
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