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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1970
Page
1
Rescue workers and relief agencies pressed a search for more dead and injured in Lubbock Texas after a devastating Monday night tornado. Estimated 20 dead, up to 500 injured, 4,800 homeless, and up to 200 million dollars in property damage.
National Guardsmen and state troopers kept watch as City Hall works to negotiate amid violent protests sparked by the beating death of a 16 year old prison inmate. Authorities offered amnesty to 217 curfew violators while denying it for looters and gun posses sion. Six African American victims died and dozens were injured in rock throwing looting arson and sniper fire during the demonstration.
The USS Command announced the first American troop withdrawals from Cambodia, about 2000 men. South Vietnamese forces push along Highway 1 toward Phnom Penh with U S advisers, engaging enemy troops near Kampong Trabek and Svay Rieng as the operation clears the corridor for repatriation.
Saigon AP reports Major General John A B Dillard commander of the U S Army Engineer Command in Vietnam was killed when his Huey was shot down in the central highlands 10 miles southwest of Pleiku. He was the sixth American general killed in action in Vietnam. One American survived seriously injured. Cambodian actions and U S withdrawals noted.
Ohio State University faculty returned to the deserted campus amid talks of reopening as soon as next week. The faculty council asked President Fawcett to propose a reopening timetable to the board of trustees while restricting campus access and requiring university ID cards.
Israeli tanks and 300 troops completed a 30 hour sweep in Lebanon and crossed back into Israel. The force occupied six villages in southeastern Lebanon and captured 11 saboteurs with unknown casualties on Mt Hermon slopes. Smoke rose from the area. origin unclear.
The Senate prepared for a wide debate on Southeast Asia policy with a late night plan to amend to cut off Cambodia operations by June 30, the Nixon deadline. Democratic leaders framed the session as a staged rollback through Laos and Vietnam, while Republicans proposed authorizations to protect American troops, amid White House signaling and McGovern leading a televised push for withdrawal.
Judge Harry A. Blackmun wins 94 to 0 Senate confirmation restoring full Supreme Court balance. The newly confirmed justice, a Harvard graduate and friend of Chief Justice Burger, signals cautious restraint while hinting at potential liberal leanings on civil rights and death penalty debates. The seat, vacant since Abe Fortas's resignation, shifts the court toward the right in some views yet aims to steady close 4 to 4 splits.
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