20 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1972
Page
1
The West Coast dock strike looks near settlement as 11,083 ILWU members vote on an 18 month contract. Ratification across major ports including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle is reported, with pay raises of 16 percent to $5 per hour retroactive and 8 percent after July 1, amid steady man dispute pending arbitration.
SAIGON AP reports intensified attacks across South Vietnam with an outpost in the Mekong Delta overrun and Ba Xuyen Province fighting as 38 enemy sallies were counted in 24 hours. South Vietnamese defenders suffered 34 killed and 87 wounded. U.S. air raids shifted to Laos and North Vietnam to hit Ho Chi Minh trail targets, with 10 South Vietnam raids that day.
Washington AP report says Peace Corps pay will be cut off after Monday night unless Congress funds the agency. Blatchford, the action director, warns volunteers and staff that operations must stop without new money as the agency has operated on a $7 million annual rate under a continuing resolution since December. The issue stems from the agency being tied to the foreign aid bill and Congress’ reluctance to appropriate funds.
In Wapakoneta Ohio sixteen year old Timothy James Donnerberg a New Bremen High School sophomore suffered a heart attack and died Friday night while watching a basketball game at the school. The tragedy occurred during the event and investigators are reviewing medical details. Friends and classmates mourn the loss as the community seeks answers about the sudden death.
Britain neared normal power supply after 80,000 miners won a six week strike with pay raises and fringe benefits worth over 314.6 million dollars annually. Prime Minister Heath’s government faced a political setback as talks at Downing Street produced a peace plan still needing rank and file acceptance. The disruption limited coal to power stations and caused electricity restrictions that may ease by Easter.
Brig. Gen. Mildred C. Bailey head of the Women's Army Corps says women should see military combat if needed and emphasizes a future expansion from 13,000 to 21,000 by 1978 with women taking some non combat Army roles.
President Nixon begins a 20395 mile journey toward China from Hawaii and Guam with prayers for humanity. He aims to open a Washington Peking communications belt and possible hotline, while cautioned no dramatic results expected. A ground station license to RCA signals U.S. steps to improve China links.
An embalming student from Cincinnati and his bride, Brenda Roush, an obituary writer for the Charleston Daily Mail, married Saturday at Snodgrass Funeral Home in South Charleston West Virginia. James Wilson, who aims to be a mortician, said they chose the funeral home with no special reason beyond a fitting setting.
Partly cloudy and cold today with a high in the upper 20s and a low around 10 to 15 tonight under fair skies. Monday should be fair with a high in the middle 30s. the precipitation chance is 20 percent today and near zero tonight.
A look inside President Nixon's evolving stance on Red China from labeling it a threat to supporting its UN membership. The article notes his planned peace mission to Peking and contrasts with stalled congressional bills in an election year.
Peking readies for President Nixon with renamed hospitals and downscaled anti-US signs as officials hope for constructive talks. Chinese officials urge understanding of China’s views, stressing cautious optimism and a desire to avoid new confrontations despite long-standing tensions.
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