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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1972

Page

16

School Bias Shifts South North Desegregation Gap Grows

Government data show Southern states for the first time have fewer Black students in all black schools than the North, while Northern districts show halted integration. The report notes a rise in segregated Black students in several border states and in Washington DC, with broader implications for desegregation progress.

Washington Mason-Dixon Line US Office For Civil Rights District of Columbia Delaware Kentucky Maryland Missouri Oahoma West Virginia D.C J. Stanley Pottinger

Wallace Turns Demo Enters President Race

Wallace changes stance and runs in the Florida Democratic primary against Muskie and others. He will not abandon his American Independent campaign apparatus and seeks to overhaul the Democratic Party from within. He says Florida offers a grass roots move to take back control from intellectual snobs and liberal elements.

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Grass Fire Damages Small Patch North of Ohio 123

Carlisle firemen were summoned about 8:30 this morning to extinguish a grass fire along a section of the Penn Central Railroad tracks about 100 yards north of Ohio 123. The blaze burned about 8 by 50 feet, caused no damage, and no injuries were reported. Fireman Jack Shotwell suspected a discarded flare from a passing train started it, but the flare was not found.

Carlisle Jack Shotwell Ohio 123 Shotwell

Couple In Tornado Area Safe After Alabama Twister

Lt. Gary Weikel, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Weikel of 3949 S Dixie Highway, reported safe today after a tornado struck southern Alabama near Enterprise. He is stationed at Ft Rucker. his wife Sonia resides in Enterprise and her father Ray Standafer of 212 N Marshall Road says efforts continue to contact her.

Gary Weikel Harold Weikel S. Dixie Highway Alabama Weikel Ft. Rucker Enterprise Sonia Ray Standafer Marshall Road

Health Board Elects Lewis President Pro Tem

Richard L. Lewis of Lewis Drugs was elected president pro tem of the Middletown Board of Health, succeeding Dr. Ann Over of Middletown Hospital. William K. Robinson was elected vice president, succeeding Dr. Leland Lynch Jr. Robinson is linked to George Henkle Associates in Lebanon.

Richard L. Lewis Lewis Drugs Middletown

Monroe Band Tops Fruit Sale Goal

The Lemon Monroe High School Band exceeded its citrus sale goal with a 12000 dollar orange bowl for the Middletown area holiday period. The sale, run by the Lemnon Monroe Band Boosters, doubled last year’s take, yielding 4000 dollars for new instruments and a drum major uniform, per director Tom Buchanan.

Monroe Lemon-Monroe Middletown Lemnon-Monroe Tom Buchanan

Viet forces strike South Vietnam as US planes enter North

Communist forces attacked more South Vietnamese outposts on day three of renewed ground action. U S fighter bombers reportedly fired missiles at a surface air missile site and an adjacent site inside North Vietnam for the first time this year. No damage to U S aircraft was reported and the results of the air attack were unknown.

Saigon U.S North Vietnam Air Force Command

Week of Viet Nam combat toll tops values with 25 killed

Five Americans and 20 South Vietnamese troops died in action last week as Viet Nam fighting continued. The U S command reported 47 Americans wounded and 221 government troops killed, with 497 wounded in the same period. Eleven Americans died from nonhostile causes. The tally marks the 14th straight week with more than 10 American deaths.

South Vietnam Satgon U.S South Vietraamese Stamey Salde Isequiad

Cleveland Press Gunmen Loot $91,000 in Tuesday Robbery

Audit shows three ski masked gunmen escaped with more than $91,000 from the Cleveland Press. Cash tied to the Fourth Estate Credit unit and circulation funds were taken. Cashier William McGhee and district manager David Rush were threatened and forced into a vault before police were summoned.

Cleveland Fourth Estate Press Willam McGhee McGhee David Rush Rush MicGhee

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