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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
1
Hundreds of cars clog the new Tomei expressway toll booths at Tokyo entry as the highway linking Tokyo and Nagoya opens. The scene highlights the immediate surge in traffic and high demand for the freshly opened route.
U S Marines clashed with North Vietnamese forces inside the DMZ. Two helicopters were shot down during a rescue, all crewmen uninjured. The patrol, about a dozen men, evacuated over mountains and jungles over two days, with seven wounded.
In Paris at the Vietnam peace talks the Viet Cong's new provisional revolutionary government took seats at the National Liberation Front table during the weekly session. No new faces appeared at the negotiating table.
AP reports last week 252 Americans killed in action, 2,125 wounded. South Vietnamese forces lose 457 troops, up from 325 prior week, while U S deaths dip from 261 to 252 as enemy activity climbs before Midway summit.
A bill to permit Sunday liquor sales won narrow House approval 50-45 and faces a rough road in the Ohio Senate. Opponents led by Rep. Robin Turner say hearings will test the measure, which would allow limited Sunday sales 1 PM to midnight after local referendum.
The Pentagon forecasts the Soviet Union will spend over $12 billion on SS9 anti missile rockets by 1975. Analysts estimate 420 SS9s by mid 1970s with 230 active or building. The $30 million SS9 is set to threaten U.S. Minuteman silos, while Safeguard costs loom at about $10.8 billion if deployed nationwide.
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for scattered showers and thundershowers late this afternoon and tonight. Lows for tonight will be in the 65 to 70 degree range, Friday will turn cooler with showers and a high in the 60s. Outlook for Saturday is partly cloudy and cooler. Yesterday's high was 86 with this morning's low at 72.
In a quoted outburst, an ex husband tells his wife to stick to washing ironing scrubbing and cooking insisting no wife of mine will go to work. The remark reflects domestic tensions and traditional gender role expectations.
Detectives say a $150,000 three alarm blaze gutted the Merryweather Foam Latex Co. plant on Howard Street. Capt. James Wise, 55, collapsed at the scene and died possibly of a heart attack. One firefighter was treated and released. no Merryweather employees were injured. A nearby service station also suffered minor damage from firebombing. No definite link between the two incidents was established.
John L. Lewis, labor leader and former United Mine Workers Union chief who helped create the CIO, died at Doctors Hospital at age 89 after internal bleeding. Survivors include son Dr. John L. Lewis Jr. of Baltimore. a daughter Kathryn died in 1962. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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