26 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1976
Page
1
The government labeled it a simple clerical mistake a bureaucratic error but Louis R Altmark spent more than a year in custody due to the error. The case underscores how a file mix up can alter a person’s freedom and life trajectory.
The Navy will name the first Trident submarine after the state of Ohio. The keel for the Ohio will be laid April 10 in Groton Connecticut. The 560 foot, 16 800 ton vessel costs 1 7 billion and will carry 24 long range missiles.
The Federal Trade Commission launched a nonpublic investigation into Blue Shield to see if physician control of the 72 million member program reduces competition and raises health costs. FTC will study all 71 Blue Shield plans and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans as physicians’ influence and its fiscal impact are examined. Blue Shield officials said they would cooperate and defended physician involvement, stressing no illegality is indicated.
Partly cloudy skies and upper 30s tonight with highs near 60 Friday are forecast for the Middletown area. An extended outlook calls for fair skies through Monday while concerns rise over Blue Shield physician control and its influence on prevailing fees. The AP notes doctors influence pay, while public board representation may be doctor-influenced, with physician fees up 85 percent in 10 years against 68 percent overall inflation.
In Covington, Kentucky, widows Shirley Sizemore and Rowena Sizemore file federal suits seeking 250000 each against the United States and others for negligence tied to the October 1 1973 mass murder tied to two federal jail escapees. The suits note killings in a Falmouth motel and a later related deaths.
Fragmented OCR text lists sections and page numbers from a Middletown area newspaper including columns such as Ann Landers advice, TV, theaters, vital statistics, want ads, and women’s news. Reading issues obscure exact content but indicate a typical daily edition layout.
A new book titled Republican Humor features 58 Ford anecdotes and pieces from Reagan, with no Will Rogers material. Stephen Skubik and Hal FE Short edited it to raise funds for the Republican National Committee, selling for 4.95 starting April 1. Skubik predicts at least 50 000 copies will be sold.
Three men broke an unbreakable window and breached a 10 foot fence with barbed wire while monitored by TV cameras. Deputies found the day room empty about 7 p.m. and a massive manhunt followed with roadblocks, a patrol helicopter, and local police assistance. Two men were later arrested for driving the escapees to Dayton. Suspects are Tommy Walker 21 of Knoxville Tennessee awaiting auto theft and parole violation, Glenn Williams 17 of Fairfield charged with aggravated robbery, and Steve Plummer 17 of Lebanon awaiting presentence after auto grand larceny and criminal trespassing convictions. Williams and Plummer are adults. The jail features 20 surveillance screens with no camera in the day room cited by deputies.
Dr Irving J Selikoff of Mount Sinai warns asbestos health risks are hard to detect due to widespread past use. He notes officials keep finding new pollution sources and that fine fibers can cause lung cancer and scarring with inhalation.
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