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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1971
Page
1
The United Auto Workers and Chrysler reach a three year national pact covering about 110000 UAW members in the US and Canada. Local units threaten strikes to press plant level demands while retroactivity and salary boosts remain unsettled.
Betty Grissom filed in Brevard County Circuit Court alleging negligence by North American Rockwell Corp and three subsidiaries over the 1967 Apollo 1 fire that killed Virgil I. Grissom Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II. The suit targets a defective extinguisher system and lack of emergency egress, seeking $5 million for the widow and $5 million for the estate, executrix. The action names North American Aviation and Rockwell subsidiaries, with comments from other widows and attorneys noting the delay in filing.
Clearing skies bring a sharp chill tonight with lows from zero to 5 below. A gradual warmup starts tomorrow as highs reach the 20s, following yesterday’s 24 degree high and this morning’s 5 degree low.
Postal unions led by CAPE condemn Postmaster General Blount for a directive forbidding direct contact with congressional offices. They seek a face-to-face meeting and warn of court action, arguing the rule violates the Lloyd-La Follette Act by restricting workers right to approach Congress about Postal Service matters.
Comptroller General Elmer B. Staats told the Senate monopoly subcommittee that federal drug spending climbed from 514 million in 1967 to 975 million in 1969, with Medicare and Medicaid driving much of the increase. Agencies such as the Veterans Administration and Defense Department reportedly failed to use bulk, quantity procurements, costing taxpayers.
The AP reports a malfunction in a Washington computer operated by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees led to complimentary newspaper copies and misaddressed union cards. The machine warned that 1971 dues bills would follow, then issued an apology. The sentence ends with the computer joking about the operator.
An increasing number of women are taking up the study of law while the usual number continue to lay it down. The remark points to changing gender dynamics in legal education and calls for further attention to barriers and opportunities for women pursuing law.
On Flamenco peninsula in Culebra Puerto Rico fourteen Marines and about fifty demonstrators clashed as the Navy prepares to use the beach for ship to shore bombardment and aerial gunnery exercises beginning Thursday. Demonstrators including nine mainland pacifists built a chapel and camped on the beach while police warned of trespass penalties. The protest, led by Ruben Berrios of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, coincided with Operation Springboard involving 60 000 sailors and Marines.
In the Montana House debate on a bill to grant full adulthood at 18, Rep. Henry Cox asked if adults have as much fun in adultery as infants in fancy, prompting laughter. Rep. John C. Hall responded that Cox should speak only for himself.
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