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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1974
Page
1
President Nixon warned Americans facing higher prices and rising unemployment as the economy slows toward mid year. The 1975 budget projects a 9.4 billion deficit, defense spending up to 87.7 billion, with unemployment near 6 percent in early 1975 and inflation easing after mid year.
Demands for lower fuel prices and higher cargo pay triggered a truckers strike spreading across parts of 20 states in the East, South, Appalachia and the Midwest. Scattered reports show parked rigs in California and Arizona with several thousand drivers involved.
Indefinite strike by area independent owner operated trucks began at midnight with light traffic reported as the shutdown continued. Local officials urged calm and advised drivers to seek updates on road conditions and potential detours.
Hundreds of independents gathered at the Dayton South Union 76 Truck Plaza in Franklin to extend a fuel price rollback protest. The National Steel Carriers Association sued Carl Bray and others in Cleveland federal court, seeking a restraining order over alleged conspiracy.
A spokesman said Governor Gilligan has no immediate plan to deploy the Ohio National Guard to curb the independent truckers strike. In neighboring Pennsylvania, Governor Shapp was reported ready to send troops as a rock thrown through a truck driver's windshield killed a rider there. Ohio industries face impact with Youngstown Sheet & Tube suspending flat rolled steel production affecting over 1,000 workers and others like Ohio Corrugating and Transite and Williams Forging warning of idling and potential shutdowns within days due to trucking shortages.
Cloudy skies and low 30s forecast for the Middletown area tonight with a chance of rain Saturday. Highs tomorrow in the low 50s. yesterday's high 55 and overnight low 25. Chance of rain on Sunday and Tuesday, with highs in the low 40s and lows around 25.
Washington reports the unemployment rate climbed from 4.8 to 5.2 percent in January, the largest monthly gain in four years. About 370,000 jobs were shed, with aviation, auto, and recreation hit hardest as gas shortages loom.
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