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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1978
Page
1
The article highlights the annual crime prevention section in today's Journal. It offers practical advice to reduce risk and avoid becoming a crime victim, emphasizing simple precautions readers can adopt tonight or in the coming days.
Smoke from an electrical short in a generator forced the evacuation of about 200 people from the Mike Fink riverboat restaurant on the Ohio River in Covington. An employee said overheated wiring produced heavy smoke but no fire, and witnesses reported an orderly exit. Local patron Larry Jacobs quipped about Beverly Hills lingering in minds after a nearby club fire last May.
The Toledo Board of Education unanimously votes to invoke the Ferguson Act if strikers do not return by Tuesday morning. Teachers and AFSCME have been on strike since April 10 amid a mediation plan totaling about 12.4 million dollars for a three year contract.
The New York Times syndicate reports Nixon portraying Watergate as a public relations problem at first and admitting he kept the White House tapes as protection against future betrayals. He notes his July 1 resignation decision and the June 17 arrest of five men at Democratic Party HQ as pivotal moments in RN The Memoirs of Richard Nixon is 1184 pages and priced at 19.95, with two segments tracing his exit from the presidency.
A police advisory repeats the Crime Alert number 425 7700 for reporting crimes or suspicious activities. The notice urges the public to call the line to assist law enforcement and deter crime in the community.
Carter aides push limits on professional fees as part of a broad anti inflation offensive. Barry Bosworth of the Council on Wage and Price Stability said meetings with physicians lawyers and dentists will aim to curb fee increases and keep executive pay under 5 percent. He noted March price hikes reflect energy costs and meat prices and warned inflation could accelerate without gains.
Forecast calls for clear skies and near freezing low tonight. Tuesday brings sun and a high in the upper 50s. Yesterday reached 62 after a morning low of 30. Wednesday and Thursday look fair with a chance of showers Friday. Highs mainly in the 60s, with lows upper 30s to upper 40s.
Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura completed a solo pole trek by dogs, signaling the achievement at 0445 GMT on May 1. He began March 5 from Cape Edward Ellesmere Island and aims to trek Greenland to the island’s length, aided by backup orgs and a Smithsonian contact. His journey faced polar bears blizzards ice floes and a dog birth, with provisions flown in and Husky pups born mid voyage.
The Haymarket uprising legacy is linked to Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park near Chicago where five men condemned after the 1886 Haymarket bombing are buried. The article recalls May Day origins, the 1887 executions, and the long labor movement struggle amid a shifting labor landscape in America.
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