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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1972
Page
10
A bridge towed up the Saginaw River to a Michigan marine yard was removed from its AuSable River pilings at Oscoda and transported across Lake Huron. It carries a price tag of 50 000 dollars and is not installed.
The Senate confirmed George P. Shultz 83 to 0 as secretary of the treasury designate after a Senate Finance Committee approval. Shultz, 51, has served as labor secretary and director of the OMB, and is seen as a close Nixon adviser. Also approved were Charles Walker deputy secretary Edwin Cohen undersecretary John Hennessy and Lee Henkel as IRS chief counsel.
Hamilton Butler County commissioners ordered a 0.3 mill mental health levy placed on the November ballot. If approved, the budget would rise toward 600000 with 209000 for new programs and about 9000 kept in the general fund. Edward Swain outlined funding details and United Community Services contributes about 47000. Commissioner Reiff voiced doubt on passage but supported ballot placement. The board also discussed a fall mill levy for children's services and bid submissions for road paving and land annexations in the county.
All 19387 graduates of Middletown High School are invited to a reunion committee meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Community Service Room of the First National Bank Branch on Breiel Boulevard. Chairman James Sexton says help is needed to locate about 50 members ahead of the Aug 12 Congress Inn event.
A church bazaar will be held tomorrow at Greater Missionary Baptist Church starting at 10 a.m. The event invites community members to browse and purchase as part of church activities.
Greg Senf, Middletown High School graduate, won one of 81 National Presbyterian College Scholarships. He will study speech and English at Muskingum College New Concord Ohio, scholarship worth 2000 dollars. Senf chaired school activities, NHS member, It's Academic team participant, Quill and Scroll member, and active in choir and plays.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. Sunday for the Jaycee sponsored Junior Champ Track Meet at Madison High School. Open to boys and girls up to 18 years old, events exclude pole vault high jump and shot put. Trophies awarded to winners, said Jon Wolfe Jaycee second vice president.
Mark Petty a former Hamilton mayor and Democratic candidate for county recorder told Middletown Democrats a branch office would serve the area. He said residents now travel to Hamilton to access services and the current courthouse hours create work-day conflicts. He proposed a low cost setup staffed by a retired or handicapped person.
Awards and pins will be presented this evening to piano students of Mrs David Dirksen a member of MEN C at her Monroe home 442 Britton Lane. Three year pins go to Christa Lisa Cruse and Dawn Sanders. Certificates of achievement for piano and theory will be given to Annette Brumberg Christa Cruse Lisa Cruse Stephen Dunbar Robert Hirt Barbara Hughes Amy Youtsler Linda Myers Carol Myers Daryl Miller Kevin Miller Missy Oellerich and Sanders.
A three judge Clark County Common Pleas Court panel found Cynthia Moore not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1970 strangulation of Nellie Hall. Moore was ordered committed to an indefinite term at Lima State Hospital.
The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations warned of a worldwide 24 hour strike on June 19 if the UN fails to act against hijacking. The move followed a Czech hijacking to West Germany that killed a pilot and left authorities seeking trial for the hijackers.
Civil Aeronautics Board chairman Browne urged a single federal security force to combat hijacking and extortion, and warned that security is a national duty not to be left to airlines. He cited fragmented authority and slow responses during hijackings. Browne argued government should lead, not airlines or nongovernmental groups, and criticized current regulations shifting blame to carriers.
The FAA imposed maximum penalties of 1000 dollars on United Air Lines for the April 7 hijacking Denver to Los Angeles and on Pacific Southwest Airlines for the April 9 Oakland to San Diego incident. Richard McCoy Jr. and Stanley Speck were later identified and the ransom money recovered in separate cases.
The Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico spans more than a mile in length and covers a floor area of 14 acres.
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