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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1975
Page
2
A 65 car grain freight derailed yesterday about 10 30 A M on a B and O side track across from the Carlisle post office. No injuries reported though grain spilled and traffic was diverted off Ohio 123. Cars spread debris and a section of track was bent but quickly cleared.
More than 50,000 Socialists protested in Lisbon demanding the ouster of premier Vasco Goncalves as the Revolutionary Council met in emergency session. Checkpoints ringed the capital, military helicopters hovered, and troops were placed on alert after Communist factions attempted to disrupt a Socialist rally in Oporto earlier.
Robert H. Adams 68 of 128 East Fifth Street died yesterday at St Elizabeth Medical Center Dayton. Funeral services are at Robinson Vail Road Free Pentecostal Church with Rev. Sherman Cook officiating. Burial will be in Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call at Anglesby Funeral Home from 4 to 9 p.m. today.
Franklin Air Force captain Gary Weikel 27 of 3949 S. Dixie Hwy is recommended for Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Star for his Mayaguez island rescue actions. He piloted an HH53 helicopter to recover a downed crew and led Marines to free a shipping crew from Khmer Rouge forces.
Steven Weed, Patricia Hearst's former fiancé, says his book will be a truthful account of the kidnapping and her life before it. Patricia's mother Catherine Hearst warns of possible defamation actions if the work harms her daughter's reputation. Weed notes the manuscript is about two-thirds complete and includes efforts to secure Hearst's release from SLA captivity.
A break-in at the Denny Lumber Co. on Michael Road was reported early yesterday. Police said two calculators valued at 250 dollars were stolen.
In Tegucigalpa, the Honduran Catholic Church excommunicated those who killed two foreign priests whose mutilated bodies were found with five others in a dynamited well. The Rev. Michael Cypher and Rev. Ivan Betancourt were named. arrests include three military men and two landowners, with formal charges pending. Memorial masses were ordered for the dead.
In San Salvador a bomb exploded at the national tourist office door amid protests against the Miss Universe pageant. No injuries were reported though a storage area and nearby shops were damaged. Security was tight around the gymnasium and city, with tanks and planes warned not to protest.
The Teenage Association for Police Support will discuss a fund drive to purchase portable radios for city policemen at a 7 p.m. meeting at West Side Federal Savings & Loan. Coordinator Nancy McNeill notes the force has only 20 radios needing 14 hour recharges. Capt. Robert Walton says no new radios until the city moves to the new building next summer. Youths from grades five through seniors are invited.
In Pickaway County near Columbus on Wednesday two building dedications will take place at Orient State Hospital. Dr. Timothy Moritz will speak at the 11 a.m. dedication of the new 115 bed hospital while Dr. Norman Niesen will dedicate a separate rehabilitation center at 9 a.m.
Calvin Verity of Middletown Area Neediest Youth reports 8496.30 raised for needy students over three school years with 4591.57 spent on emergency items. The organization, founded in 1972, uses voluntary contributions to provide shoes coats and other essentials to children while reserving funds for schools at the September meeting.
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