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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1970
Page
1
Circus star Karl Wallenda crossed an 1100 foot cable stretched over Tallulah Gorge Georgia to set a claimed world record stunt. He stood on his head twice during the walk and finished in under thirty minutes amid cheering spectators.
A White House study group suggests U S population growth may level off within a decade, while proposing policies on pollution pricing, rural growth, city planning, and education reforms to shape balanced growth and regional distribution over the next thirty years.
A feature notes Black Studies shifts from campus turmoil to scholarly tone. The piece outlines evolving perceptions of Black Studies and its public reception across campuses.
Two white officers Sgt. James Severin and patrolman Anthony Rizzato were shot dead on a baseball field near Cabrini-Green on the Near North Side. Police seek over 100 suspects including a gang leader as residents express fear and support for continuing the community relations walk.
President Nixon plans meetings with top Vietnamese strategists to craft fresh approaches for Paris negotiations. Officials see the move as testing Communist intent after Cambodia bases were lost, with a possible offer to give Communists a voice in South Vietnamese politics to end the war.
Partly cloudy and warmer today with humid air. Highs in the 80s and tonight lows in the 60s before dawn Monday. Monday remains cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers and highs in the upper 70s to near 80.
The Kopechne family, visiting Plymouth Pennsylvania, paid a somber tribute at Mary Jo Kopechne's grave a year after her death in the Chappaquiddick incident. Rosemary Keough, a participant at the party, also visited and left flowers.
TEL AVIV reports an Israeli plane was shot down during a strike on Egyptian missile sites near the Suez Canal. The mid day attack targeted a Soviet built missile network as three other Israeli aircraft had earlier been lost in similar strikes. Two crewmen bailed out over Egyptian soil.
An unidentified young man in Times Square drenched himself with gasoline and ignited flames after declaring I ve had it witnesses said. Police reported he died instantly on 42nd Street near Seventh Avenue around 2 15 p m as bystanders attempted to help.
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