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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1976
Page
1
A congressional subcommittee states taxpayers pay many millions of dollars annually due to fraud and abuses in the Department of Health Education and Welfare programs.
In Santa Clara California thousands of teens and job seekers queued for 2000 low paying seasonal posts at the new 50 million Great America park. Traffic backed up on highway 101 as applicants flooded the scene and park officials said they handed out about 14 000 applications in hours. Police noted cars abandoned on the freeway amid the crush but no injuries were reported.
Militiamen evacuated Beirut's fire damaged hotel area as the Syria backed disengagement program moved forward without notable obstacles. Palestinian guerrilla groups pledged sovereignty over Lebanon while Christian leaders urged full security control by Lebanese forces.
Akron AP reports Springfield High School seniors chose a red white and blue Bicentennial gown outfit for June graduation. Girls wear white gowns boys wear red gowns white caps with tri color tassels and a star striped yoke. The cost is 7, about 2 more than a standard gown. Senior Kathy Lesh calls the Bicentennial outfit a special one time in 200 years.
Clear skies and low temperatures around 10 to 15 degrees expected in the Middletown area tonight. Wednesday brings sunny skies and a high in the low 30s with yesterday's high at 34 and overnight low near 20. A trace of rain was recorded yesterday and the extended outlook shows a chance of rain or snow on Thursday and Friday with fair skies by Saturday.
Brief pages show Ann Landers and Heloise columns along with market notes and local commentary. Middletown area items cover community updates and social signals.
East Ohio Gas Chairman Francis Wright held a news conference about Carl Zenner, found frozen in Akron. He denied gas heating caused the death and said Zenner used a coal furnace not gas, while relatives and a neighbor said the stove provided heat. Police noted Zenner's body was found January 19 after gas service was cut off for nonpayment.
A 12 year old boy Bradley Baise was attacked by a runaway coyote while walking to school in Westfield New Jersey. His 15 year old friend Brendan Shea defended them with a bookbag injuring the coyote. The animal named Baby was captured after escaping from Trailside Museum during vandalism.
The $22 million Interstate 471 bridge linking Cincinnati Ohio and Newport Kentucky will open at 1 p m Wednesday according to Kentucky Transportation Secretary John C Roberts. The upstream span is delayed due to earth slippage on the Ohio side with northbound traffic using the upstream span and southbound traffic using the downstream span. The new span will ease congestion on Interstate 75 between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky at Brent Spence Bridge. Original contracts were let in 1970.
The Palestine Liberation Organization vows to intensify armed struggle after the United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution calling for an independent Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal from 1967 occupied territories. Britain Sweden and Italy abstain while China and Libya abstain.
The Soviet-backed MPLA opens a three-front assault against UNITA in central Angola. Reported by British correspondents from Luanda, the drive includes at least 50 old T34 tanks targeting Huambo Silva Porto and Lobito with more tanks possible. MPLA sources claim UNITA-FNLA coalition fled Huambo for Silva Porto.
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