08 Feb 1974
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1974
Page
1
Pittsburgh cardiologist Dr. Lawrence N. Adler warns motorists facing empty gas tanks or long service lines should stay calm. He cites evidence linking stress to heart disease and urges walking to work instead of stressing over shortages.
The page features a 09 Crossword Puzzle and Want Ads for Middletown area readers. Advertisements and a few column notes fill the 18 page region alongside TV listings and women’s news.
President Nixon initiates first discussions with the House Judiciary Committee as part of the impeachment probe. The move signals a formal step in the investigation led by the committee.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. says he expects more guilty pleas from Watergate indictments and that the committee will postpone its final report to avoid interfering with legal actions. He seeks a three month extension to May 28, and notes three recent guilty pleas by Watergate figures.
Daytona Beach mother Connie Ward campaigns after her children played with Gumniks capsules she says resemble pills. Topps agrees to redesign capsules to resemble jelly beans and local officials push resolutions. Ward seeks recall and broader action.
Federal grand jury questions Ohio National Guard troops about the 1970 Kent State shootings near an end with testimony expected from the campus field commander. Retired Brig. Gen. Canterbury and Sgt. Pryor testified about actions during the May 4 1970 confrontation that left four students dead and many wounded.
Light snow and teens tonight in Middletown with partly cloudy Saturday and highs in the upper 20s. Yesterday reached 25 with a low of 20. Extended outlook shows a chance of snow Sunday then rain Monday and clearing Tuesday as highs rise from the 20s to the 40s.
An Ohio trucker, Lawrence Huff, 48, of New Waterford, was critically wounded by a gunman in a field along Ohio 11 near East Liverpool while driving a tanker in a convoy. A second driver, Bobby Horn, 42, of Flint, Mich., was shot in the leg on the turnpike near Elyria and treated for injuries. A separate incident saw a truck windshield shattered by a falling object on I 70 east of Columbus with no injuries.
Astronauts Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson end an 84 day mission splashing down in the Pacific aboard Apollo taxi under orange and white chutes. Recovery ship USS New Orleans stands by 176 miles southwest of San Diego for medical checks after 34 million miles of travel and extensive data gathering.
Thousands of independent truckers rally against a proposed nine day shutdown settlement. Leaders like Jd. W. Edwards push for lower diesel prices as several states report continued stoppages and additional truck stops closing. Governor Shapp aims to mediate and win broad support for the agreement.
Five masked terrorists freed the Japanese ambassador and 11 hostages unharmed after boarding a Japanese airliner flown in from Singapore. National Guardsmen kept peace across eight states as trucks moved fuel and supplies amid a tense security posture.
Britain headed for a miners strike after union leaders rejected Edward Heath’s last minute plea to delay action until after the February 28 elections. Some 280,000 miners were set to walk out from midnight Saturday, risking nationwide electricity shortages and industrial paralysis through the three week campaign.
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