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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1970
Page
1
Fourth to sixth graders at Oakdale Elementary in Grand Rapids staged a sit-in after recess was suspended for one day due to rude and noisy conduct on the playground. Teachers described the behavior as discourteous before school officials reinstated recess on Wednesday.
Police battled rock throwers amid a nationwide wave of student strikes protesting the Vietnam War and the Kent State killings. At the institute, President Dr. T Marshall Hahn Jr. urged restraint as about 1 250 students demanded amnesty for those arrested.
U S and South Vietnamese commands report 168 Americans killed in action in Southeast Asia last week. Through Wednesday 110 U S troops killed in Cambodian operations since April 29. South Vietnamese losses reach 863 killed in action last week with 199 enemy killed in two Cambodia clashes near Svay Rieng.
Gov. James A. Rhodes directed the Ohio National Guard to report to an Athens armory after student disturbances at Ohio University last night. Rhodes aide John M. McElroy said more than 1,000 troops would deploy to Athens as needed.
Up to 3000 students at Ohio University demonstrated peacefully until Sowle suspended seven accused of threatening campus security. Eight students were arrested and an auxiliary officer was injured by a rock. Nationally, 14 schools closed and 267 to 286 colleges were on indefinite strikes. Nixon daughter Julie and husband David Eisenhower skip graduation at Smith and Amherst. Police at Virginia Tech evicted about 100 war protesters with dogs. 200 state troopers surrounded the home.
The Middletown forecast shows cloudy conditions with warm humid air through Friday. A chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday with lows in the upper 60s to low 60s and highs in the 80s. Saturday looks warm with a chance of thundershowers.
Israeli military said two Egyptian MIG21s were shot down as they tried to intercept raids on central canal targets. A third plane was hit but not seen fall. Rockets from Lebanon struck two settlements near the border. Israel said 93 Egyptian planes were downed since 1967.
A Japanese expedition conquered Mount Everest on consecutive days, placing four climbers on the peak. Neomi Uemura and Teruo Matsura reached the summit on Monday, followed by Katasutoshi Hirabayashi and Sherpa guide Chot Taro the next day. They planted flags, paid tribute to a deceased teammate, and noted one Sherpa died en route.
Severe storm winds possibly including a tornado struck north central Ohio on Wednesday afternoon. Barns on two farms south of Marion were demolished while mobile homes were damaged in Marion Morrow and Richland counties. Mr and Mrs Leo Bachelder and three sons were treated after their trailer was overturned near Cardington.
Coleman G. Gish 45, a former patient, allegedly returned to the 265 acre Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville Illinois in a stolen car and killed three officials and wounded a fourth. A murder warrant is issued and victims included hospital chaplain Rev Gerhard Leverenz Dr. Roger Arnold director of psychiatric services W Dale Cooper and Bessie Mealer.
Miami AP reports the Seminole Indians refuse a proposed 1.3 million settlement from the federal government over land in Florida once owned by the tribe. Joe Dan Osceola calls the offer peanuts after 20 years of court action and seeks a larger payout. The case traces to 1800s removals and treaties that left about 30 million acres with the Seminoles and a 1967 court ruling the government owed compensation.
A gunman, described as medium height and nervous, tried to gain access at a hospital administration office after threatening a student at a college campus. He fled when a secretary suggested waiting, while the wounded or missing details centered on Gary Brownfield Jr. seeking help and Grant Gish confirming the son's past commitment.
Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut remains in a hospital after collapsing at a New Britain dinner with chest pains. He is described as sleeping peacefully as doctors run tests to determine if there was a heart attack or any heart damage. The doctor’s assessment is pending.
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