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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1971
Page
1
The Ohio Senate voted 23-8 to reconsider a lottery bill and 21-10 to pass it after no floor discussion. A Legislative Service Commission study projected the state could net up to 50 million dollars in the first year.
Republicans switched votes to pass a lottery legalization measure in the Senate while two Republicans were absent and a Democrat supported it. If House passage occurs, the issue would go to a statewide vote this November. The bill would repeal lottery prohibitions but require a new General Assembly system.
A survey of Republican leaders across states shows most expect Vice President Spiro T. Agnew to be renominated in 1972, with some dissenters in the East Midwest and Texas calling for change. Texas and other officials debate Connally as a possible No. 2 while Nixon weighs China policy and convention sites in Denver.
The Agriculture Department will announce revised proposals to increase aid to the poorest families while tightening eligibility. The April plan faced Capitol Hill criticism for restricting many and shifting costs. the new plan aims to add about 1.7 million low income users, though up to 350,000 could lose eligibility and 1.75 million higher income recipients could pay more.
Cloudy night with a chance of thundershowers and lows in the mid 60s. Tomorrow, cloudy with a mid-80s high. Yesterday reached 82, this morning 58.
Peter Bressler, 25, designed a standup wheelchair using springs and knobs to tilt the seat toward a standing position. The prototype, aided by ALCOA, won a special Aluminum Co. of America award, is patented, with manufacturing rights for sale, and aims to be operable by most wheelchair users.
In a chaotic incident at Benghazi, a BOAC jet bound for Khartoum landed unscheduled, two Sudanese junta leaders disembarking as Libyan forces surrounded embassies. Reports tied the event to a broader crisis including an Iraqi airliner crash and mass arrests in Baghdad.
A witty remark notes that an optimistic groom believes his flaws are nonexistent, framing humor about marriage and self perception.
A CH47 Chinook carrying U S and South Vietnamese troops crashed near Saigon killing 21 South Vietnamese servicemen and injuring 31 Vietnamese and five American crewmen. The report notes fewer U S casualties in the week and lower enemy tolls as U S forces withdraw.
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