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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1970
Page
1
An unidentified American serviceman attempted to hijack an Air Vietnam DC4 flight from Pleiku to Hong Kong. He threatened crew with two knives and surrendered after a two hour standoff at Tan Son Nhut airport in Saigon as 63 passengers disembarked.
In Lawrence Kansas a bomb blast damaged the Credit Bureau building and nearby homes as clashes between police and youths flared near the University of Kansas. No injuries reported. Gov. Docking visited the troubled area amid ongoing confrontations following a deadly shooting the prior week.
Storm Becky weakened to a tropical storm near Florida's Panhandle with hurricane warnings lifted along 100 miles of Gulf Coast. Forecaster Ray Craft said the storm is weak with most of its circulation over land and little chance of intensification. Expect heavy rains and winds to 40 mph, with tides 2 to 4 feet and up to 8 inches of rainfall possible to southwestern Georgia. Thousands evacuated inland.
The Nixon administration claims its orthodox policies slow inflation and avert drastic steps. Labor data show prices up four tenths of a percent in June, a 4.8 percent annual rate, easing from 6.1 percent in 1969, with Hodgson and Kennedy urging inflation under control as Nixon faces Congress. The House Banking Committee proposes standby authority to freeze wages and prices at May 25 levels.
In Tel Aviv, the Israeli military denied Egypt’s claim that 20,000 Americans serve in the Israeli army. Officials said a few American-born Jews are citizens, not foreign troops, with estimates ranging around 300. An Egyptian minister alleged an American pilot in the Israeli air force, which Israel rejected, citing no publicity for airmen.
President Nixon declares I am a political man and plans to prove it over the next 100 days before the November elections. He focuses attention on Middle America as part of his battle plan to win broader support.
Senators probing terror bombings heard that The Chosen Few motorcycle gang based in Youngstown Ohio supplied dynamite to an interstate network. Police seized thousands of sticks in Hubbard Ohio and Buffalo New York with gang members allegedly selling 1100 pounds at about 50 dollars per two pound stick.
Federal Judge John P. Fullam names the potential trustees for Penn Central as the railroad undergoes reorganization under bankruptcy law. Jervis Langdon Jr., former Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific leader, discussed the role with the judge. Approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission is required for the trustees, who may earn about 75000 dollars annually.
American fighter bombers attacked an anti aircraft position about seven miles west of Dong Hoi, 65 miles inside North Vietnam, after North Vietnamese fire on a U S reconnaissance jet. No U S aircraft were hit. This marked the first such strike in nearly a month with the last action on June 25.
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