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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1970
Page
5
Circleville Ohio native entertainer Ted Lewis will be honored with two June celebrations at the county fairgrounds. The events mark his 80th birthday and his 55th anniversary in show business, reflecting local recognition of the veteran performer.
Self proclaimed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair performed the first atheist wedding in the United States Sunday night. The couple, Robert Egan 22 and Shelley Hill 20, joined hands outdoors with about two dozen friends watching.
Jerome Schwartz a four year old accountant staged a picket at his mother-in-law Mrs Gena Wilimczyk’s Chicago home during a wedding for his wife Yolanda. He carried a sign calling his mother-in-law a home wrecker amid claims of nightly calls and a May 18 departure. A porpoise note is added about jumping.
Sen Margaret Chase Smith, then 72, reflects on her 1950 declaration of conscience on the Senate floor amid McCarthy era allegations. She recalls seven signers of the statement and notes McCarthy listened without comment. Only she and George D. Aiken remain.
At Linwood Methodist Church in Kansas City Black activists clashed with congregants after services. Police jailed four people including four juveniles on disturbing a religious service charges. Rev Ralph Roland said activists demanded reparations and ripped the American flag. Several injuries occurred but none serious. All released on $100 bond. to appear in Municipal Court June 4.
In Melbourne Florida 12 year old Bruce Yeager Jr. grabbed a 32 inch coral snake on the way to church. He thought it was a harmless king snake and was bitten while changing after Mass. Antivenom serum was flown in by troopers and guardsmen and the boy recovered.
During 1969 U S fishermen landed 195.5 million pounds of shrimp and earned 125 million dollars, 12 million more than in 1968, reflecting strong demand and harvest levels for the year.
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