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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1970
Page
1
The United States proposed a ceiling on strategic weapons to match current levels, with caps on ICBMs submarines and bombers and limits on ABMs. The plan aims to preserve parity, enable verification, and exclude multiwarhead missiles and other items.
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told congressional committees that the Soviet Union could start the war tomorrow and likely hold a larger fleet of atomic powered submarines, including Polaris type boats armed with intercontinental missiles. He urged restraint against unilateral disarmament and criticized defense cuts as worsening U.S. military posture.
Israeli leaders urged caution while backing approval of the U S Middle East peace plan. Egypt accepted the plan with a 90 day cease-fire among Israel Egypt and Jordan and indirect talks under U N mediation. hawks and doves debated conditions including Russian troop withdrawal and international arms supervision. Nasser framed acceptance as a tactic to curb Israeli arms while signaling Soviet aid to Egypt continues.
NASA's Apollo 11 command module exhibit will tour the 50 states and be shown at the Ohio State Fair in September. It features the command module from the first moon landing, a lunar rock sample, and space suits worn by Armstrong Aldrin and Collins.
A two part series begins on page 37 with Wilfred D. Vorhis recalling teen life a century ago in Middletown. The newspaper highlights modern street crime in the black ghetto on page 23 and notes the Middletown Job Opportunity Committee offers summer work for local youths on page 30.
President Nixon begins a 10 day stay at the Western White House in California as aides plan early week meetings on the 1972 defense and domestic budgets. A Mexico trip is scaled back to a brief official visit with outgoing President Diaz Ordaz and incoming president Echeverria.
U S air cavalrymen in a firefight with two enemy soldiers 95 miles northeast of Saigon were wounded when hit by a rocket from a supporting helicopter. About 150 U S troops took part. The incident is under investigation as three American helicopters were reported lost in separate actions.
Promoter Ray Hill says the rock festival now shifts from Kenton County Kentucky to a 112 acre farm in Friendship Indiana for August 21 to 25. He compares the site to NRA rifle gatherings as a reassurance of large turnout. Hill asserts residents are protected and no protests will halt the event.
The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions through Monday. Daytime highs reach the lower 90s with temperatures near 60 at night. Indiana and Kentucky expect scattered thundershowers while Southwestern Ohio remains dry.
Vietnam veteran S. Sgt. Larry J. Dawson 23 of Olmsted Falls says the Army plans to place him in a training program with a new MOS after doctors concluded he cannot return to combat. Dawson, injured in 1968 helicopter crashes with a broken back and paralysis risk, cannot stand long and faced possible paralysis from back surgery. U. S. Rep. William Minshall intervened on his behalf.
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