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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1970
Page
1
Bitter winds and sub zero temperatures force several Middletown area schools to close and curtail Armco Steel operations. Heating failures and impassable roads as well as a chilling high of one degree above zero and a record gas demand strain local utilities.
Myrl E. Alexander, retiring director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, argues reforms are under way with community involvement as a core aim. He notes shifts to learning centers and job training for youths under 30, and he rejects capital punishment as a policy option.
Union reformer Joseph A Yablonski his wife and daughter were buried as the Labor Department prepares a full scale probe of the United Mine Workers presidential election. The investigation follows claims the election fueled the triple slaying and broader labor turmoil in Washington Pennsylvania.
AEC scientists study gas pressures and radioactivity from the Project Rulison underground blast near Battlement Mesa Colorado. A court case threatens the Plowshare program while Austral Oil and the AEC plan a mid March reentry to assess gas release in the cavern.
TEL AVIV AP Israeli jets attacked targets in the northern Suez Canal area for 75 minutes then withdrew. An artillery exchange farther south wounded an Israeli soldier. West Bank near Bethlehem Israeli forces killed one suspected saboteur and captured 20 others.
Washington AP reports four soldiers face charges in the My Lai killings. Sgt. Charles Hutto and Pvt. Gerald Smith are charged with premeditated murder and related sex crimes. Court proceedings loom as investigations continue for 22 other involved servicemen.
North Vietnam’s Dan Giap argues in seven December essays that victory remains distant and the war may continue indefinitely. He warns of higher sacrifices as American forces persist and Tet’s impact lingers, underscoring a grim, extended conflict.
Cincinnati strikers vote on returning to work as city officials seek a federal mediator to resolve a five day stoppage affecting garbage, street, and water maintenance. Hayward Monroney may be appointed to aid talks while police and firemen consider a raise package and non uniformed workers push for equal pay.
A 20 year old Frenchman armed with a rifle and pistols hijacked a Trans World Airlines 707 from New York to Rome with 19 others aboard and forced a Beirut diversion. He claimed to protest the Israeli border raid and to hate all Americans. The plane landed at Beirut International. no one was hurt and the hijacker was captured after disembarking with others. The flight originated in Baltimore with a Washington stop and carried passengers who boarded in Paris and the United States.
The Middletown area expects cloudy skies with gradually moderating temperatures and diminishing winds tonight. Lows range from 5 above to 5 below. Partly sunny and warmer Saturday with highs in the mid to upper teens. Sunday outlook calls for continued cloudiness and a chance of snow with milder cold. Yesterday's high was 1 degree above zero and the low 2 below.
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