14 Jul 1974
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1974
Page
1
Staff writer Bosnak covers a smash hit performance of Hansel and Gretel at Gardner Park this past week. The piece highlights audience reaction and theatre quality. Page 27.
Hook Field marks its 50th anniversary with a day full of events. Attendees include founder George Wedekind and state aviation director Crabtree. Schedule features fly-in breakfast, bi-plane and monoplane rides, model demonstrations, parachutists, and balloon ascent.
Federal authorities press for a bloodless resolution in a three day stand-off with two convicts who seized hostages. Negotiators report calm conditions and readiness to provide basic supplies while demand for safe exit remains rejected.
Convicts freed 14 inmates in the U S District Courthouse cellblock during a Thursday afternoon takeover. The sole woman, Almeda Washington, 24, remained behind, with conflicting accounts from sisters Donella Washington and Deatrice Brown on her voluntary stay.
Reports say the search for about 1100 missing American GIs is suspended as four party talks stall. Rumors of bounties on remains spread, attracting amateurs and locals. Officials warn tampering could destroy clues while authorities deny any bounty payments.
Airlifted food medical supplies and relief workers arrived as National Guardsmen man towers at Ohio prisons amid a wildcat strike by state workers. Nine facilities including Indian River School Massillon Apple Creek Institute Wooster and Hawthornden Hospital Cleveland faced walkouts with picket lines forming. A court restraining order against pickets at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was granted as unions plan Monday meetings to consider widening the walkout.
United Auto Workers Local 1112 leader Marlin Ford said talks at the Lordstown Ohio General Motors assembly plant produced very little progress with 41 issues still unsettled and about 4 000 grievances outstanding. Talks resume Sunday at 10 a.m. The plant builds Chevrolet Vegas and van trucks, with the Fisher Body plant nearby also affected by the strike.
Temperatures today reach the low to mid 90s with a drop to the mid 60s at night. A 20 percent chance of showers is listed for today and tonight. Monday is expected to be cloudy with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
Rep. Peter W. Rodino chairman of the impeachment inquiry was pelted with water eggs and bottles at Columbus Homes in Newark during a housing tour with Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson for Rep. William A. Barrett. No injuries or arrests reported.
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