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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1978
Page
1
The AP NBC poll shows 42 percent name inflation as the nation's biggest problem, with concerns strongest among the poor and middle class. Only 19 percent expect improvement. one in five turns pessimistic about the economy. Public faith in President Carter's voluntary inflation strategy appears limited.
Robert Gibson, 33, a computer programmer, surrendered after a 13 hour hostage siege at a east side Univac complex. He had held seven people, fired bursts from a .45 caliber Thompson, and complained about petty annoyances and a missed promotion. One journalist and two sheriff's officers were involved. no injuries reported.
Rain moves into southwestern Ohio this afternoon and continues tonight with possible extension into tomorrow. Warmer conditions expected with highs in the upper sixties and a low in the fifties tonight, then back to the sixties Monday.
Journal reports steady crowds for the Great Steamboat Race in Louisville with about 200,000 spectators. Photographer John Sheckler covered the event, with his feature on page 33.
Striking Mansfield firefighters refuse judge Rex Larson’s order and resume picket lines as a hearing looms. In Lorain, 101 of 103 firefighters walk out over pay parity with police. negotiations fail. Mansfield officials offered a $624 annual raise funded by 12 job cuts, rejected by the union 56-19. overtime stays at 60 hours weekly.
A Nelsonville native, 36 year old James Six, was killed in an accident at Southern Ohio Coal Co.’s Raccoon No 3 mine near Wilkesville. Officials confirmed the death but provided few details of the incident.
Alan Van Norman, a 22 year old former Bible camp counselor, describes nine months in an East German prison spent under eight hour daily interrogations. He recalls the spy swap that freed him last week for Soviet spy Robert Thompson, the same era that framed his Cold War minor role and the failed Grafe escape plot.
A 6000 pound circus elephant trampled Eloise Berchtold of Washington D C to death during a performance in Rock Forest Quebec. A second elephant fled into a forest as police and circus workers surrounded it after it ripped through the tent and ran down Main Street. A police sharpshooter killed the first elephant with four shots from a .457 caliber rifle. Spectators were evacuated while a veterinarian and tranquilizers were tried. the other elephant was corralled before dawn.
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