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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1971
Page
1
In a Riverside suburb a man Snyder impersonated a clerk and used a payroll check naming Huml. The teller, Mrs. Miles Huml, saw the mismatch, activated a silent alarm, and halted the scam at the drive-thru window, unraveling the attempted fraud.
Berkeley AP A department store Santa argues adults need a year round listener, not a shrink. He notes many adults seek someone to talk to about home troubles divorce and daily fears, calling for an ongoing adult Santa to provide candid conversation.
In Paris a gas explosion blew out windows with force shocking residents. Victims included passers by and a naked man was found among the dead. Many cars were damaged as the blast spread debris across the area.
Mrs. Klaas reports Santa missing to Dubuque police on Sunday. Police investigate but no sighting yet. She notes Santa is valued at twenty dollars and the seven-foot figure was stolen from a local display.
North Vietnam strengthens defenses around key passes on the Vietnam Laos border making U S bombing harder. Soviet built MIG interceptors join SAMs and antiaircraft fire as crews report several aircraft losses and missing or captured crewmen amid ongoing air war.
In Belfast gunmen forced entry and waited for an army unit, killing a bride-to-be and wounding a 1-year-old soldier, while another woman was shot during a liquor store robbery attempt. A 51-year-old woman prevented a bomb from harming the town center, later defused after hours of work. The incidents mark ongoing religious warfare in Northern Ireland with multiple fatalities this year.
U S Army Easy Riders finish a 90 day 12 000 mile trip visiting 29 states to tell about Army life. Douglas Reitmeyer and Speegle met Gen Westmoreland to discuss Army image and improvements while planning reassignment to Ft Bliss and Seneca Army Depot respectively. Both say the ride was a tour for enlistment and education not a career path.
Washington AP A Senate foreign aid measure would force President Nixon to release over 2 billion for domestic development by forbidding foreign aid funds after April 30 until Congress-approved, frozen money is freed. Fulbright calls the move crucial amid Nixon impoundment concerns, with 2.268 billion involved across Agriculture, Health, and Housing.
The article reports the Bretton Woods era shift as U.S. pledge to pay gold for foreign dollar claims ends. Officials discuss dollar convertibility into value assets like SDRs while Europe frets over a 45 to 50 billion dollar overhang.
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