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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1971
Page
1
Law and order legislation advances in the Senate aimed at aiding innocent victims. The bill consolidates key features of various measures from the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on criminal laws. Critics warn the administration may pack the bill as the session ends.
Gilligan used the veto to curb park funding citing limited state resources. He pointed to Maumee River Parks at 500000 and Geneva State at 182000 with 170000, West Branch State Park at 579000, plus 6000 for statewide latrines as examples of inadequate allocations. The latrine appropriation drew criticism for being insufficient.
Government lawyers sought a court order to force 16 antiwar veterans to remove barricades from the Statue of Liberty after occupying the site in protest. VVAW activists rejected a proposal to reopen the monument to sightseers while preserving their protest on Liberty Island.
U S air force fighters pounded North Vietnam for a third day as raids persisted into Laos and Cambodia. Five South Vietnamese and three enemy troops were killed amid silent U S loss reports. The Paris peace talks session was canceled with no resumption date. The Pathet Lao claimed victory with thousands of Thai and Lao troops killed or captured in the four day battle. the Plain of Jars was recaptured.
Gov Gilligan vetoes funding for nine state park projects totaling millions including Burr Oak Crane Creek Deer Creek Delaware East Harbor Geneva Indian Lake Paint Creek and West Branch. Two projects Portage Lakes and Mohican State Parks pass due to available debt service funds. Other cuts include 6000 for highways land plans and 467415 for employment services offices in Fosteria Salem and Defiance.
A sharp cold snap followed a high of 62 degrees yesterday with this morning's low near 30. Forecasters warn of subfreezing conditions tonight and urge residents to prepare for freezing temperatures.
Laird defends limited bombing of North Vietnam and says U S troop withdrawal will not slow. McGovern condemns escalation, warns prisoners won t be released, and accuses Nixon allies of pressuring for concessions. Democratic critics urge clarity on war wind down and expansion of bombing in Laos and Cambodia.
State Prosecutor Nicholas Curci and Lima State Hospital director Dr Theodore Reshetylo discussed the death of key witness Robert Schneider a 30 year old patient found dead Christmas Day from a heart seizure The case concerns three former attendants charged with aggravated assault in the beating of Schneider and another patient Washington The witness had testified before a grand jury investigating brutality at Lima State Hospital
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