19 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1972
Page
1
The nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise returned to the Tonkin Gulf with 75 planes joining the U.S. air campaign against the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
The 96,000-ton carrier led a task force from Tonkin Gulf on Dec 9 and returned to Vietnam by Jan 10, stopping in the Philippines for crew leave. The Enterprise and Constellation raid the Ho Chi Minh trail while B52s strike Cambodia. Cambodian officials report 65,000 to 70,000 North Vietnamese in Cambodia, with massing near Route 7 and Mekong River areas as fighting lulls in Cambodia.
In Juneau Alaska two Soviet fishing ships refuse to sail under escort after being seized for violating U S territorial waters The Storis icebreaker maintains a lock on the scene with armed boarding parties and a potential court action looming against the Lamut and Kolyvan
An evangelical group launches the worlds first antiwitchcraft traveling mobile unit touring 45 cities. World Evangelism Inc led by Morris Cerullo says witchcraft and the occult affect about 10 million Americans and features items including books and a human skull in the display. Michael Warnke, once a satanic priest, mixed potions aboard the trailer.
A novelty promotion targets married men seeking to preserve masculinity with tweed aprons. The product is advertised as a humorous solution for household tasks and domestic chores.
After a decade of combat and over a thousand enemy hits, the twin engine C123 Patches is retired and headed to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson. Pilots cite its reliability and four purple hearts on the cockpit as proof of its rugged service.
U S District Judge Robert Merhige Jr says his order mandating an integrated merger of Richmond area public schools prompted numerous threats to his family. He defends his decision amid protests in Henrico and Chesterfield counties and notes his 11 year old son attends Collegiate School, citing education quality.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his early twenties left four coded diary entries dated 1902 1903. Dr. Nona Ferndo n a Brookline based researcher notes the sequences of letters dashes lines and squiggles. She believes the code was a private device not containing critical historical content.
Increasing cloudiness tonight brings lows near 30. Thursday will reach the upper 40s with likely rain. Yesterday’s high reached 50 and overnight low was 38. Middletown logged 0.03 inch of rain.
City commissioners plan a study of the 1913 charter with revisions. Aimed items include the Jan 1 swearing in time, a $500 annual salary, administration and department reorganizations. A revision committee led by Robert Crooke will report by Aug 1 for ballot consideration in November.
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