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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1970
Page
4
The National Highway Safety Bureau tightens labeling for tires deemed unsafe for highway use and requires explicit warnings on the sidewall. Scraping or removing the labels faces stiff penalties, with added reporting obligations for manufacturers to curb dangerous practice.
Amnesty International accuses the Soviet government of sending healthy political prisoners to psychiatric hospitals to deny them legal defense and confine them in harsher conditions than prisons. The report highlights state abuse across Cold War era regimes including South Vietnam Greece and Israel.
Coroner Sharkey rules eleven year old Leo Simon died from multiple injuries after being run over by the Ramapaugh, an experimental steam car built by Charles A Ball for the Miami Cycle Company. Ball faced criticism as Middletown planners weigh auto transport against traditional buggy manufacturing and local industry potential.
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates: weekday copy ten cents, Sunday twenty cents. In-city and suburban mail rates are 21 dollars per year, 30 dollars outside trading area, and 38 dollars outside the USA. Subscriptions paid in advance. Founded in 1857.
Joseph Alsop explains that U S and Israeli leaders see a new Soviet backed shift in Egypt with SAM 3 missiles and Russian crews. The piece compares Israel’s shrinking power to a small boy facing a dominant bully as Moscow signals broader support, risking wider war.
Mrs. Ray Crandell describes her weekly piano and vocal visits to Longview Hospital in Cincinnati, organized by the Middletown Longview Social League. She notes patients and nurses enjoy singing, expresses gratitude for the nurses’ understanding, and highlights the uplifting effect on those in wards 61 and 69 and in the recreation hall.
Readers oppose a 1.5 mill levy to build a Hopewell school for mentally retarded youths ages 6 to 21. They argue for two state approved structures, praise local support, and claim more than half of the county’s retarded children could be served by two schools rather than one centralized facility.
The Nobel Prizes honor contributors to physics chemistry medicine literature and peace work funded by Alfred Nobel's will. Other notes cover a Roman praetor likened to a modern Supreme Court justice and references to Quasimodo and historical figures.
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