05 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1976
Page
1
A Michigan judge ruled the Edmund Fitzgerald captain and 28 crew members are presumed dead after the Lake Superior sinking during a November storm. The decision supports estate settlements, with 60 surviving relatives listed, as Coast Guard and company representatives testified at the brief hearing.
Italy moves toward a Moro led minority Christian Democratic government after Socialist leaders unanimously pledging abstention. The plan aims to curb 7 percent unemployment and 17 percent inflation via tax hikes, wage freezes, anti evasion drives, higher utility charges, and a budget watchdog group. In Ohio, a Wauseon crash kills four crewmen when two trains collide. a jumper from the westbound engine survives, investigations seek cause.
A Dayton man faced a parking fine from Municipal Court Judge Maxwell H Stamper and quipped it would require more time to pay. He paid with a penny, claiming ice and snow caused his curbside position while the judge upheld the law and the punishment as just.
Aid poured into Guatemala as the quake's death toll rose to more than 2,000 with officials warning the figure may be higher. At least 3,000 injured, roads blocked, and relief efforts stretched by widespread damage across Guatemala and neighboring nations. Architectural losses include the Metropolitan Cathedral and several churches.
Donald Luft 25 shot his father Walter 58 mother Dorthy 53 and sister Sherry 22 during a family argument. He loaded the bodies into his mother’s car trunk and left it at Columbus airport parking. Each victim died from several .38 caliber shots. Detectives say motive unclear.
Ohio State University Cooperative Extension Service faces 19 percent travel cuts and hiring freezes to protect programs. Roy M. Kottman says 26 of about 400 faculty spots are vacant with 24 more expected, totaling 50 by year end. Staff focus on in office work, slide shows, radio tapes, and TV films while cutting part time staff and supplies.
Five local residents working with Grace Pentecostal Assembly on a Bible school mission are reported safe in Guatemala after an earthquake yesterday. The team includes Dave Armstrong, Randy Wheeler, Dutch Sheets, Tim Sheets, and Dorothy Culbertson, who left New Orleans last Saturday.
A weather forecast for Middletown expects rain this afternoon mixing with snow tonight. Lows in the low 30s, with a chance of snow early Friday and highs in the mid to upper 30s. Yesterday reached a high of 40 and a low of 26, with rain or snow possible Sunday and Monday.
The National Safety Council reports 1975 had the lowest highway death rate in 52 years at 3.5 per 100 million miles. There were 45 600 traffic deaths in 1975, down from 46 200 in 1974, with 1.8 million disabling injuries and 1 315 billion miles logged.
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