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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1978
Page
1
United Mine Workers prepare for a close ballot among about 160,000 eligible soft coal miners from Appalachia to the Rockies. A late night decision is possible if results are tight as officials warn the strike could continue if construction workers lack an agreement and picket lines reemerge.
Defense Minister Ezer Weizman said Israeli forces would begin pulling back from southern Lebanon within a week depending on UN deployment. He stressed safeguarding Christian communities and noted UN forces will be allowed to move in as quiet conditions persist along the Litani. A U.N. peacekeeping force buildup meanwhile included Iranian, Swedish, and Palestinian Authority troops in the area.
Thousands of pilgrims trudge rain dampened Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem led by Franciscan friars in brown habits. The hour long procession stops at the 14 stations of the cross and ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where worshippers file inside for Latin rites and devotion to Christ's tomb. Rex Barnes, a pilgrim from South-West Africa, notes spiritual uplift despite organizational chaos. Candles are lit and worshippers kiss the stone of unction near Calvary.
A brief public safety note urges readers to call the police number if they witness a crime or suspicious activity. The guidance emphasizes reporting promptly to aid enforcement and public safety efforts.
In San Fernando near Manila, two men were nailed to wooden crosses in a Good Friday re-enactment. Juanito Piring, 35, and Mariano Bagtas, 28, endured three minutes on the crosses while about 40,000 spectators watched the event from the village stage 30 miles north of Manila.
Rain is forecast tonight and Saturday with a low near 40 and a high around 50 tomorrow. Overnight low was 35 after a 48 yesterday. Rainfall of 0.15 inch was recorded. The outlook shows rain Sunday and Monday, then clearing Tuesday. Lows range from the upper 20s Sunday to around 40 Tuesday. highs in the 50s each day.
Belmont County Ohio United Mine Workers Local 1810 votes 316 against and 104 for the latest tentative deal ending a 108 day strike begun December 6. President Joe Hoskins says turnout was low with 420 of 620 members voting while 160,000 soft coal miners begin voting on the proposal nationwide.
The American supertanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after grounding near Brest. The stern section veered with the heavy bridge and engine, while the forward section bounds under 25-foot swells and may release up to 15 million gallons of oil, threatening the Brittany coast as tides rise. A full pollution alert covers western Normandy as slicks drift eastward.
Allan Thomas, a Greyhound bus driver, ran to a burning single engine plane on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Morgantown to rescue Harold Denlinger and his daughter Emily after it crashed. While he freed them, several motorists paused to photograph the scene as responders arrived. Denlinger remained in poor condition with multiple injuries while Emily was listed as satisfactory.
Provisional data show the US birthrate rising to 15.3 per 1000 in 1977, the first increase since 1970, yet experts say no population growth may still occur by about 2050. Population specialist Paul Glick says the average is 2.1 children per woman, enough to sustain near zero growth as older high birthrate generations die off.
Flood waters from the Maumee, St. Joseph, and St. Marys rivers surged through Fort Wayne, prompting evacuations of over 1,000 residents. The Maumee reached 23.6 feet with a 24-foot crest predicted, the highest in 32 years of records.
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