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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon on Saturday signed a bill making daylight saving time permanent for two years starting January 6. The act moves clocks ahead to create evening daylight and is expected to cut oil use and electricity demand. An executive order sets up appeals for regional time-zone exceptions.
Egypt announced the Mideast peace conference in Geneva would be postponed for three days after six hours of talks in Damascus between Kissinger and President Assad. Egypt cited ongoing discussions among the United States the Soviet Union France and Lebanon. Cairo also coordinated with Syria on the delay while Kissinger pressed ahead with regional diplomacy.
Shawnee Lee reports on page 47 about how Ohio's criminal code allows bingo for charity but fails to define what counts as a charity. The piece explores ambiguity and potential legal questions for fundraising events.
The forecast calls for snow flurries today with highs in the upper teens to low 20s. Tonight will drop to around 10 degrees, and Monday is expected to stay cold with a high near 20.
Britons rushed shopping across London stores amid energy shortages and looming labor unrest. Executives note strong demand for expensive items as fears grow the pound will weaken next year while stores prepare for reduced hours and a three day week.
Some drivers who halted rigs over fuel costs and speed limits planned to extend the action through the weekend while others in the nation questioned continuing the shutdown. Bob Webb, 33, staffed phones at a truckers information clearinghouse as the debate continued.
The December 1973 report details a sudden truckers protest across interstates in Pennsylvania and Ohio. From Lamar, Pennsylvania to Denver and East Liverpool, thousands join blockades over fuel shortages and price gouging, with leaders wavering and a steel haulers vote signaling possible future strikes.
Capt. Richard Morgan Rees 32 of Kent Ohio was killed near Saigon when gunners struck unarmed U.S. helicopters conducting a search for missing Americans. The Joint Casualty Resolution Center officer had served in Southeast Asia since 1962 and 1967 68 with special forces. His sister Jane Fender recalled him as bright and kind, a historian of the war who opposed U.S. involvement but remained a respected officer. He is survived by his parents and several siblings across Ohio.
Orange police, 115 officers, can earn up to 3 percent extra pay if rapes robberies burglaries and auto thefts fall by up to 12 percent by next March 1 and again in early 1975. City Manager Gifford Miller calls the system a pilot project as Crime Prevention head George F Johnson notes a 16.5 percent overall reduction in the four crime categories.
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