15 May 1976
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1976
Page
1
Eugene Oregon service station owner Bill Slate faced an unusual delay when 11 baby ducks waddled into the lube room, prompting him to temporarily stop service to allow the birds to pass safely.
In Whitesburg Kentucky the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration reports it is unsafe to unseal the Scotia Coal Co mine where 26 men died. Charles Luxmore noted oxygen and methane levels and a possible smoldering fire keep the site sealed. families of 11 missing men met and were told no entry is allowed. Weekly family updates to continue.
Showers are forecast for the Middletown area tonight with lows in the low 60s. Sunday will be cloudy with highs in the low 70s. The extended outlook calls for a chance of showers Monday and fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday.
The $7 billion trans Alaska pipeline faces possible months long delay as state and federal overseers dispute weld quality on about 1 700 pipe joints. An Alyeska audit found 1 950 welding discontinuities with 250 corrected and 28 cracked welds flagged for repair.
Police said no new peace in the case of Ohio businessman William Niehaus despite his family's preparations to leave their Caracas home. A moving truck arrived as packing continued and Niehaus, 44, of Toledo, remains in captivity after being seized by gunmen on February 27.
Kansas City AP reports Dr. Rascell Noyes Jr. says over 300 near death cases show depersonalization. A dreamlike detachment and time slowing appear as people face imminent death, with pain often blocked. He notes the distinction between psychological and physical closeness to death and cites near miss highway crashes.
Civil conflict sharpens in Beirut with 50 killed and 2 wounded overnight. Christian and Moslem militias clash along a two mile line dividing Beirut while renegade officers join the fighting on both sides with tanks and heavy weaponry. A cease-fire agreement slips as PLA units withdraw under Syrian and Palestinian mediation efforts.
Lowell Thomas, 84, ends his 1,860th radio newscast with a tribute dinner in New York. He says he is not retiring and plans a vacation and three books while remaining active in media projects and public television.
Police killed a robbery suspect in a west Montreal apartment during the investigation of the March 30 Brink's armored truck heist. The heist involved five bandits using an antiaircraft machine gun to steal about 2.8 million dollars in cash and Olympic commemorative coins.
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