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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1971
Page
1
Rome experts warn vipers spread across abandoned countryside as Italy shifts population. A Rome symposium cites ecological imbalance and food abundance as why snakes grow bolder and bigger. A viper female bears about 10 young, potentially leading to millions within six years.
In Columbus the Ohio House faces a deadline as eight weeks of stalemate over new taxes end with the current biennium closing Wednesday. Gov. Gilligan’s tax package is being revised, but party leaders lack support. A floor vote on a $297 million interim budget is slated, while a separate US Constitution 18-year-old voting amendment advances toward potential ratification.
The Angry Brigade, an underground group behind several London bombs, threatened to shoot Queen Elizabeth II during a royal visit to York this week. Police tightened security. Buckingham Palace proceeded with the tour amid warnings described as almost certainly a hoax.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on publishing secret Vietnam documents. Ellsberg, named as the Times source, will surrender to federal authorities in Boston Monday. Federal restraint orders target the Times and Post while other papers run stories based on the Pentagon study.
Highs in the lows today with a hot spell continuing tomorrow. A chance of thundershowers tonight with a low around 70 degrees. The region braces for real summer conditions as temperatures climb.
In Can Tho Vietnam American servicemen join a delta wide antidrug amnesty as Maj. Gen. Cushman orders a crackdown. About 120 sign up after four days while authorities seize heroin vials and marijuana. Open to withdrawal relief, the program expands morale efforts and compounds remain off limits.
A federal grant will rehabilitate Trenton's central business district signaling a major downtown transformation. A future story on page 37 outlines which buildings may disappear as changes unfold under the new program.
In New Orleans 15,000 square dancers at the 20th National Square Dance Convention call themselves the establishment’s answer to rock fests. Across town at McCrea, 40,000 youths attend the Celebration of Life rock festival with police, dope rumors, and naked swimming. The square dancers fill a football-field sized hall with middle-aged crowds, while teenagers attend separate rooms. About 500 callers provide cues as music booms from loudspeakers.
At Celebration of Life festival near Point Coupee Louisiana an uniden tified young man died and authorities investigated the cause while organizers reported 1000 to 1500 daily medical visits including 150 to 200 overdoses. Law enforcement expelled about 30 Galloping Goose motorcycle gang members hired for security after tensions and robberies during the event.
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