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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1970
Page
1
AP reports pro administration economists and Paul McCracken seeing slight slowdowns in wholesale food prices and wage increases while Galbraith and critics doubt a durable turn. Administration hints at restraint without direct market intervention as policy views crack under pressure from wage and price concerns.
The discussion urged an aggressive policy with device like guideposts to ease pressure on businessmen and labor union officials caught in the dilemma. The issues were clear to the public and the President could not ignore the demand for an administration statement.
A national commission drafting an overhaul of federal laws proposes severe penalties for crime syndicate leaders defined as 10 or more members. It suggests civil rights murder and kidnapping trials, supervised parole after federal terms, higher penalties for dangerous offenders, and restricted contempt sentences.
Reports from Phnom Penh say the city remains tense while fighting continues around Kompong Thom and Kompong Chhnang 80 to 55 miles away. Cambodian forces press to clear areas as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong tighten control near Angkor Wat where the temple complex is described as critical and open city status is maintained.
President Nixon pledged most U.S. forces out of Cambodia by June 30. Despite the promise, sources say about 10,000 American troops were still in Cambodia by Wednesday, continuing to search and remove enemy supplies near the South Vietnamese border after the April 29 incursion. The Defense Department had pegged troop levels at about 20,000 following the incursion.
The White House denied the Presidents mid June target was a pledge and said he only voiced an expectation from Saigon field reports. Officials noted troop counts varied as the operation began with differing figures from 20 000 to 31 000, with 31 000 representing total U S troops in Cambodia since the start, per Nixon in a June 3 national progress report.
Forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler tonight with lows in the lower 60s. Fair and cooler on Friday with highs in the upper 70s. Outlook for Saturday is sunny and mild with a small chance of thundershowers and highs in the 70s and 80s.
Cairo acknowledged Israeli artillery killed 15 Egyptian soldiers and wounded seven along the Suez Canal. Egypt reported air raids in retaliation against two Israeli fortifications while Israel claimed no casualties. News from Israel on the Golan Heights reported three Arab infiltrators killed.
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield crafts a strategy tying the 18 year old voting proposal to extending the Voting Rights Act. The House passes the package 272 to 132 sending it to President Nixon who faces pressure to approve or risk alienating youth and Black voters. Nixon backs a constitutional amendment rather than a simple act.
Middletown planners react with astonishment to preliminary census figures showing a net increase of fewer than 39 residents per month since 1960. Excluding 3600 annexed residents lowers the rate to 10 per month, prompting questions about census counting and tract changes.
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