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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1969
Page
1
Divers checked rigging as Sealab 3 was lowered into the sea off San Clemente Island on Saturday afternoon. The craft descended to a depth not specified in the readable text.
A Hong Kong cruise to Macao for the Chinese New Year led to reports that Communist China captured three yachts and detained four Americans among about 15 holidaymakers. Royal Yacht Club sources noted the cruise was discouraged due to tense Peking Hong Kong relations.
A high AFL CIO source says no judgments on Nixon as labor leaders reassess hopes for Republican outcomes and focus on bringing one million farm workers under federal labor law. They consider taxing reform, a $2 minimum wage push, and tackling strikes by public employees while addressing the New York AFT fine.
World Bank President Robert S. McNamara announced plans to triple Africa loans over the next five years. A World Bank mission will visit the Congo to study financing for agriculture transport and communications during a four day stay.
A lighthearted note remarks that men call money dough, while contrasting its sticky, finger coating tendency to humorous effect. The quip plays on the sensation of handling cash and the colloquial term used.
LA teenagers call 666 1015 for anonymous help on sex studies drugs and family issues. The 30 listener staff from Chidren's Hospital Adolescent Unit includes students, psychologists and social workers. The Rosenberg Foundation funds another year at an estimated cost of 25000.
U S bombers resume heavy attacks after a 24 hour Tet cease fire. B52s drop explosives near Saigon while Marine forces confront Viet Cong bunkers and a heaviest blast hits central highlands near Kontum. Allied and South Vietnamese troops press to prevent a Tet repeat.
San Francisco State College opens the spring semester under acting president S J Hayakawa after two bombings of the administration building injure a security officer. Two youths seen fleeing. The Black Studies program is delayed, and plans for an ethnic studies college are unveiled amid campus protests.
A 13 year old Fort Myers boy, Larry Bellanger, was bitten on both ankles by a diamondback rattlesnake in a cypress swamp. Doctors began repeated small doses of antivenom due to an allergy, hoping to build tolerance for larger doses. A 15 year old Eagle Scout led the rescue and a 10 mile transfer to hospital followed.
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for variable cloudiness with little temperature change tonight, then Tuesday in the mid to upper 30s. Lows tonight are expected in the mid to upper 20s. Yesterday's high reached 38 degrees with this morning's low mild.
Police arrested a plane passenger on an Eastern Airlines Boeing 720 en route from Boston to San Juan after an unscheduled stop for radio trouble at Kindley field Bermuda. The man attempted to hijack the flight to Cuba and was subdued by officers after a brief struggle.
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