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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1970
Page
10
The Air Force reports tests of a ballute device a combination parachute and hot air balloon to keep a bailout pilot aloft for about thirty minutes at up to 10 000 feet. Dummies only so far, with no test details disclosed.
In Piqua Ohio Kimberly Murray age 14 months of Tipp City was killed when a car backed down a driveway striking her. The accident occurred Sunday and involved the grandfather operating the vehicle.
Middletown Civil Service announces Examination No 341 for the LABORE position. Applications available at the Personnel Office City Building 1425 Central Avenue and must be filed by 5:00 PM Friday July 24 1970. J D Bates Civil Service Secretary July 13-20
Hollywood AP reports the ABC Movie of the Week How Awful About Allan filmed in 12 days starring Anthony Perkins Julie Harris and Joan Hackett from writer Henry Farrell. Producer George Edwards recalled Farrell first heard the idea 742 years ago and actors discuss speed spontaneity and on set work while Perkins balances directing Steambath and acting.
TV lineup includes Cincinnati Reds at St Louis, It Takes a Thief, Gunsmoke with nuns and a motherless child, Doris Day volunteers at a gas station, Wild Wild West sea monster case, The War Lord set in 11th century Normandy starring Charlton Heston, Red Mountain with Quantrill raids, Night Passage with James Stewart.
An Illinois Commerce Commission hearing on a proposed 9.1 percent rate increase by Illinois Bell Telephone Co. was canceled after no one showed up to protest. A Chicago hearing was also canceled earlier for the same reason, leaving officials puzzled.
In Manhattan Chelsea, 35 adults and children occupy a four story brownstone as part of a widening squatters movement. Neighbors joined an all night vigil to prevent eviction while the landlord plans luxury renovations.
In Toledo Ohio a firebomb damaged apartments during an urban renewal project. A $40000 blaze struck Schwartz quarter leaving families displaced after eviction. Firemen found a broken base near windows as origin. no injuries reported amid housing shortage and protests against slumlords.
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