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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1971
Page
2
In Cincinnati a robber fired into a counter while taking $135 from the M A Poney Keg in Walnut Hills. Owner Mike Russo, 51, was forced into a walk in cooler before the bandit escaped. Russo vows to quit after three prior gunpoint robberies since January.
O'Brien, Democratic National Chairman, says Nixon failure to use presidential power risks economy collapse and could force him from the 1972 race. He urges wage and price controls via jawboning and cites Johnson's 1968 exit as a warning while speaking at Xavier University commencement.
President Nixon dedicates the 1.3 billion Arkansas River Navigation Project praising it as a model of clean water and a catalyst for rural to urban migration reversal. Officials estimate 25 000 to 30 000 in attendance as he notes the waterway connects Port of Catoosa to the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. He foresees absorbing up to 10 percent of America's population growth through 2000 and creating new maritime states in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Police were told a husband flashed a gun at nurses at Middletown Hospital yesterday afternoon. Nursing supervisor Elizabeth Lisca said a woman admitted with brass knuckles had them on dismissal, and nurses refused to return them. Officers advised nurses of their rights and asked them to call police if the couple returned.
Cincinnati AP Leonard Woodcock predicts health plan fight will be the era’s key issue, criticizing Nixon Family Health Insurance as sickness insurance. He backs the Health Security Act with Kennedy Saxbe and Griffith, saying it would cover all Americans funded by payroll taxes and general revenues.
A model bill to nearly phase out phosphates in detergents sold around Lake Erie by 1973 was approved by a four state committee and will be introduced in Ohio Pennsylvania and Michigan. New York already has a similar bill.
Fire at 3915 Vannest Ave sent Ace Gibson, 47, to Middletown Hospital by private car after illness. Merlin Pope, 53, injured while on a ladder at 1008 S. Main St and taken by ambulance. William B Johnson, 3B, sustained a laceration from broken door glass at 1100 Baltimore St and went to hospital in a private car. Park Ridge Square D Company declares a regular cash dividend of 2 cents per share payable July 1 to shareholders of record June 15.
A 21 year old, Kenny Linton of 1527 Lawn Ave was admitted to Middletown Hospital after convulsions following a fight in Overpeck. Two other youths were treated at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. names withheld per police request. Firemen reported he swam the lake to escape his assailants.
Fifteen hundred Warren Countians are invited to a 4 pm open space meeting on Corwin Skeets Corwin’s farm on Oregoria Road east of Lebanon to urge land donations and site proposals for Warren County Park District. Fred, park board chair, says the county needs green space as cities grow. land orders exist but remain undeveloped and at risk in 20 or 30 years.
The week of June 14 Census Bureau interviewers will survey households to measure employment, unemployment, and job seeking. Elizabeth Henderson leads the effort from 4208 Central Ave, with confidential responses aiding demographic projections.
June brings heat and motorists still using snow tires risk faster wear and higher costs. Don McFall of the Butler County Automobile Club warns that winter tires on dry pavement reduce tire life and fail to save money.
New York AP Arnold Paglia cannot play Little League baseball as his father a surgeon was too busy to help umpire announce games or get the field in shape. State Supreme Court Justice John A. Garbarino up held the league rule requiring parents to attend three work details. The ruling says the rule is not unreasonable. Paglia plans to appeal during playoffs and potentially the World Series.
Continuous high speed on deep tread snow tires causes excessive heat buildup, stressing the tire more than standard tires. AAA warns that heat is the tire's worst enemy and accelerates wear on extra duty winter tires.
Oakie R. Grooms of 155 Market St Springboro was injured when his car jumped a curb at Nelbar Street and Atco Avenue striking a utility pole. He was treated then moved to Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati. police charged him with speed excessive for conditions. Ray Gayheart 17 of 1817 Clarendon Ave was treated and released at Middletown Hospital.
United Nations undersecretary general Ralph J. Bunche remained in serious condition at New York Hospital after falling at his home last Friday. He fractured his upper right arm and suffers chest congestion and weakness from an earlier hospital stay.
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