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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1970
Page
1
A presidential commission recommends scrapping the draft next year and returning to an all voluntary force with an effective standby draft. It calls for higher pay, open end enlistment, and major reforms to start this summer, with a projected total defense budget rise.
A Swissair jetbound for Tel Aviv exploded after takeoff from Zurich and crashed near Wuerenlingen, killing all 47 aboard including 12 Israelis. Israel blamed saboteurs, with a Jordanbased group named. Swiss officials noted no conclusive evidence of sabotage. Security heightened. passenger list to be released.
The American Bar Association's Federal Judiciary Committee reaffirmed Judge G Harrold Carswell as qualified for the Supreme Court. All nine present supported the second endorsement despite reviewing a 1948 segregationist speech and clubs he allegedly helped form in Tallahassee. The judging panel, chaired by Lawrence E Walsh, held a unanimous, limited review of professional confidence judicial temperament and integrity. The Senate Judiciary Committee had previously approved the nomination 13-4.
North Vietnamese forces hidden in hedgerows ambushed a U S armored unit in the Que Son Valley near Da Nang. Fourteen Americans were killed and 29 wounded in a five hour engagement. Four NVA bodies were found. a Saturday ground sweep added three weapons. The battle followed prior high casualties near Da Nang and Landing Zone Ross.
Army Captain Jeffrey MacDonald attended a Roman Catholic funeral for his wife Colette and two daughters Kimberly and Kristen, all stabbed to death. He sobbed at the end as state security and Army investigators sealed the apartment and pressed a secrecy cloak over the case.
Forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions with temperatures in the mid twenties to near thirty today. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows in the 20s. Monday expected to bring cloudy skies and cooler temperatures.
A survivor writes a memoir honoring the dead and cautioning the living and unborn, reflecting on Iwo Jima’s D-Day plus 25 years. The feature appears on page 41 alongside brief items about desert progress, actor Andy Griffith returning to TV, and local notices.
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