13 Dec 1974
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1974
Page
1
In Topeka Kansas a curious child was trapped by a bridge railing during a house fire. Firemen paused the blaze fight to free the boy who screamed for help before being rescued. The incident was reported by AP.
Friday the 13th brings superstitions as a partial solar eclipse covers about 63 percent of the sun for the Northeastern seaboard and a further eclipse follows southward. That evening the Geminid meteor shower adds to the night’s eerie forecast.
Fragments of an AP dispatch describe heavy cloud cover with rain snow and unsettled skies hampering eclipse watching from the Northeast to the Great Lakes while snow blankets the Rockies and Missouri Valley. Forecast notes 40 to 60 falling stars from the debris trail as the event passes with mixed conditions across regions.
Ohio's seasonally-adjusted personal income reached an annual rate of 60.7 billion dollars in October, up 8 percent from a year earlier. The 10 month total for 1974 also compares 8 percent higher than the same period in 1973, per Ohio State University researchers.
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger said the United States is weighing a plan to stabilize oil prices to avoid harming future energy alternatives. He reported limited progress on Greek Turkish Cyprus peace talks, noting advances were procedural rather than substantive after a NATO ministerial meeting.
The Blood Lipids Research Center at Cincinnati General Hospital invites Middletown men aged 35 to 59 to free on site tests for blood fats. The study aims to identify high cholesterol risk and provide free medical advice and possible treatment. Volunteers send name age address phone and physician to Lipid Research Center Cincinnati Ohio.
Sen. Robert Taft Jr. writes to President Ford warning public faith in government could erode without urgent steps. He urges strengthening the Council on Wage and Price Stability, possible wage and price controls, and concrete proposals on credit, deregulation, oil financing, tax reforms, energy, and housing to prevent a deepening recession.
Congress moves fast on unemployment relief with a 79 to 13 Senate vote authorizing 7.5 billion dollars for jobless aid and 2.5 billion for extended benefits. It would create about 530,000 public service jobs and fund federal public works loans. The House, voting 322 to 53, adopts similar 2 billion dollar job program and broad compensation, sending the measure back to the Senate.
Norfolk VA AP Charlie Greene a retired Navy warrant officer says the Navy Finance Center wrongly stopped his $630 monthly retirement payment after claiming he had died. He provided a physician’s statement asserting he is alive and needs his check for Christmas turkey. A finance center spokesman says they now believe he is alive but cannot guarantee timely payment for the holiday.
Tonight in Middletown expect snow flurries with temperatures dipping to the mid to upper 20s. Saturday brings cloudy skies with highs in the upper 20s and low 40s, while yesterday recorded a high of 38 and overnight low of 35 with a trace of rain. The extended outlook calls for a chance of snow flurries Monday and Tuesday.
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