01 Jul 1973
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1973
Page
1
Seven week old Kristen Bullen, abducted from a baby carriage five days earlier, was located by Scotland Yard in a heavily wooded area of Keston southeast of London. Doctors warned the child needed regular drug treatment for a nervous condition to avoid brain damage and convulsions.
Mitchell faced questions on his role in paying hush money to Watergate defendants to spare Nixon's re election. He headed the campaign until after the 1972 break in and advised Nixon afterward. Senate investigators see his testimony as potentially pivotal despite his denials. He was reportedly indicted in a separate campaign financing case the same day.
On a Caribbean cruise the Norwegian Skyward carried nearly 1000 people when a dysentery outbreak traced to contaminated water forced an abrupt return to Miami. Two hospitalized passengers dehydration, others in wheelchairs. Cruise line estimates 300000 dollars in costs and canceled next voyage. Passengers recount illness and honeymoon disrupted as health officials warn of possible lingering infection.
The measure raises Social Security benefits 5.6 percent for 30 million recipients starting July 1974 and includes a payroll tax increase for high earners. The plan also raises minimums for aged, blind and disabled programs and increases earnings exempt from benefit reductions. House and Senate conferees worked through Saturday to finalize the bills and the President sign is expected.
A twin jet Soviet airliner with 84 aboard crashed on takeoff in Amman and hit a house at the runway end. Eight people died including three children. 79 were taken to hospitals, 20 hospitalized, 59 treated and released. Princess Dina and Sherif Ahmed al Haymak escaped uninjured.
A strong earthquake struck Tehran and surrounding regions causing panic but no damage or casualties. The Geophysics Institute reported magnitude 6 on the open ended Richter Scale, with readings from Shiraz and an epicenter 435 miles north of Tehran.
The Red Cross declared a blood crisis in northern Ohio with only 350 pints available for 81 hospitals. Emergency collections will run through next week in Cleveland as officials warn the shortage may last for some time and prioritize critical cases.
Chilean President Allende urged Congress to declare a state of siege following a Friday armored regiment uprising that killed eight and wounded 34. Castro praised the government’s handling as a Bay of Pigs echo, while a curfew was set in Santiago and media outlets faced censorship and shutdowns.
In Columbus officials of a new state employees union claim temporary recognition from the State Personnel Department to halt liquor store closings. A state liquor official denies any recognition, while the union postpones strike action and plans a Sunday meeting to decide on a walkout.
A 15 year old Columbus boy won 51000 dollars in the Irish Sweepstakes Derby at the Curragh in Dublin on Saturday. His father Joseph D. Karam said the prize would be shared six ways among the other family members as they had agreed beforehand.
The St. John's bells will resume after a three week silence at 9 30 this morning. Sandy Pawelkoski reports on page 26. The paper also notes a blue ball family discovering a deep hole under their living room floor on page 25 and highlights the American War Mothers Chorus on page 15 with stories by Iona Asher and Nancy Vorhis about the chorus director and an orphan member.
Forecasts predict warmer weather today and tomorrow with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Variable clouds and a risk of afternoon or evening rain cover Ohio and neighboring states.
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