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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1970
Page
1
The Senate passed a 19 billion health education measure amid three House desegregation slowing amendments. Vote was 68 to 0 after a nine hour Saturday session. House must concur in Senate changes before sending to President Nixon.
Weathermen forecast a warmer day with cloud cover and a 70 percent chance of rain. Highs near the mid 60s, tonight's low around 40. Monday expected variably cloudy with a chance of showers.
Diamond National vice president Donald R. Russell estimated total losses at 250000 with about 50000 in building damage 100000 in raw materials for paperboard and 100000 in finished paperboard losses. Fire officials said arson wasn’t suspected and crews worked over two burned boxcars. The blaze started Friday afternoon on Charles Street and firemen left the scene at 429 PM.
The 7th Circuit freed the Chicago 7 riot trial defendants on bail after ruling they did not pose a danger to the community. Bail was set at 25 000 for five convicted defendants and 15 000 for two acquitted defendants cited for contempt. The release followed a church news conference where Rubin and Hoffman denounced haircuts as a symbol of repression.
In Kentucky the two largest districts were told to return to classrooms Monday as KEA leaders signaled the state-wide strike could end. Court orders and voluntary moves by other districts followed, with 23 000 of 25 000 idle teachers back or set to return, amid wage and tax relief demands.
Guatemala says it will surrender a gang of kidnapers in exchange for the life of Foreign Minister Albert Fuentes Mohr. A self described minister says he is being treated well by captors. Four gunmen dragged Fuentes Mohr from a car as the rebels demand Jose Vicente Giron Calvillo be turned over to the Mexican embassy within 24 hours.
A look inside a White House dinner shows how such state affairs are planned with the precision of a military campaign. The piece notes radio duo Hink and Dink as a historic, unlikely comedy team from the late 1920s and 1930s, connected by their rare meetings at the radio station.
The stabbed, strangled and beaten bodies of OSU graduate student William Sproat 23 of Havertown Pa and Mary Petry 20 of Portsmouth a St. Josephs College student in Cincinnati were found in Sproats apartment. Police described a brutal scene noting multiple stab wounds strangulation and possible sexual assault. A bowling ball near Petry indicated the weapon. Roommate Thomas McGuigan an OSU grad student found the bodies.
Journal staff writer Kathleen Krumm reports a campus revival at Asbury College Wilmore Kentucky beginning February 3 with student testimonies and altar calls. Classes were canceled for a week as witnesses spread to nearby colleges churches and even Canada. About 600 of 900 students formed witness teams traveling to Ohio Indiana Tennessee Kentucky and Canada to share experiences and spread the revival.
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