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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
3
In Garrettsville Ohio Paul Newman and Robert Dyson were in Datsun 510s during the SCCA Cumberland National B Sedan event at Nelson Ledges. Dyson diverted to the track center near an overpass, lost control and struck a barrier, launching his car into the air and onto Newman's car, which escaped injury.
The SS South America, last of the Great Lakes passenger liners, is for sale at a Camden New Jersey dock after two and a half years moored. The ship has no engine, a stripped interior, and faces scrap unless a buyer appears, once famed as the Queen of the Great Lakes.
In central Johannesburg, two black youths fired machine guns at whites in a department store warehouse wounding one more and killing two. Eyewitnesses said a hand grenade was thrown. Police seized two youths but officials gave no arrests confirmation. The incident occurred amid Soweto unrest and a student strike protesting arrests of 20 leaders. Police patrolled Soweto as stores prepared to close in memory of riot deaths.
Columbus Ohio AP labor leaders shift focus as priority public employee bargaining bill stalls in the House. Sen Thomas E Carney aims to drop the one week waiting period for unemployment benefits while two other drafted bills seek to tie the state minimum wage to federal raises and broaden workers compensation for occupational diseases.
Two hundred mayors voiced complaints to Secretary Patricia Harris in Tucson about Washington housing policy. Harris answered candidly, earning praise for explaining why goals may not be met, with Mayor David Shepard of Oak Park noting honesty and satisfaction with the dialogue.
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