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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1974
Page
1
Gallup poll of 1,550 adults from November 30 to December 3 finds 85 percent expect economic difficulties in 1974 and 84 percent foresee rising unemployment. Only seven percent foresee prosperity and eight percent offer no opinion.
Federal kidnapping charges filed against Sharon Banchereau 18 for abducting 15 month old John Glenn Lawrence after his brother James Timothy died of viral pneumonia. Police traced the pair to Phoenix with a note of hitchhiking toward Texas. Mother Johnnie Lawrence voices fear and hope for the remaining child.
Gov. John J. Gilligan said he will not seek Ohio exemption from the nationwide daylight saving system set to begin Sunday. Pressure from northwest Ohio prompted the request from 21 legislators led by Kurfess and colleagues, who argued DST would add early morning traffic and yield dubious energy savings.
The Federal Energy Office rejected Saturday closings as a fuel cut measure and focuses on Sunday closures for 225,000 stations. Energy chief William E. Simon said the plan would hurt recreation and business, though voluntary 10 gallon limits and a looming price rise are in effect to curb consumption.
Two near death patients, a 39 year old woman and a 64 year old man, survived after internal warming on New Year Eve at Hennepin General Hospital. Doctors connected them to heart lung machines and raised blood temperature to about 98 degrees. The method, led by Dr. Ernest Ruiz, is described as safer than external immersion.
Weather: Middletown area expects clear skies with teens tonight and mid 30s Saturday. Yesterday's high 24, low 14. Extended outlook shows snow risk Sunday and Monday with mid-30s highs and mid-20s lows. In a separate report, a patient survived a cardiac arrest after hospital treatment including chest compressions and a heart-lung machine, warming blood from 72 to 98 degrees within 15 minutes and considered to have recovered with no permanent damage.
President Nixon signed a law boosting Social Security benefits by 11 percent, with increases phased in through April and July. Individual averages rise from 161 to 181 dollars and couples from 276 to 310, while earnings Subject to taxes increase to 13 200 dollars.
William Saxbe takes over the Justice Department as the 70th attorney general amid a shift toward allowing political influence in the department. He vows immunity from improper political pressure and signals changes to a prior order requiring officials to document contacts over specific cases.
Middletown realtor J. D. Sawyer, a longtime Saxbe ally and former campaign manager, is expected to be named associate attorney general by Attorney General William Saxbe in the coming days. He lacks a law degree and recently completed a term as president of the National Association of Realtors. Sawyer resides at 6103 S. Dixie Highway.
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