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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1978
Page
1
Bill Joos, a junior at Choate-Rosemary Hall in Wallingford Connecticut, won a massive Monopoly game played at the school Sunday. The 100-foot-square board stretched across the gym floor, creating a record setting event supervised by staff and students.
A Zairean defense against rebel forces in Shaba province intensifies as President Mobutu Sese Seko appeals for international aid. AZAP reports about 4,000 invaders in civilian clothes crossed from Angola and Zambia toward Kolwezi, with Cuban troops alleged to be present. fighting continues near Kolwezi and Mutshatsha as Belgium and Brussels weigh the crisis.
The forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions through Tuesday with a chance of showers. Low temperatures around the mid 40s tonight and highs in the mid to upper 50s tomorrow. Overnight low today was 45, three degrees below Sunday's high of 48. Weekend rainfall totaled 1.75 inches. The extended outlook shows fair skies Wednesday through Friday with highs in the 70s and lows near 50.
President Carter lobbied for a 4.8 billion sale of F-15s and F-16s to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia ahead of a late Senate vote. He urged bipartisan support from Camp David as critics warned the outcome was tight amid concerns over arms use and added aircraft.
Initial local election returns show a surge for the Christian Democrats led by Aldo Moro, whose assassination by the Red Brigades looms over the results. Partial counts in Trent indicate strong CD gains while Communists and Socialists lose ground. analysts note a sympathy effect after Moro's murder.
A terse crime alert urges readers to report suspicious activity to the helpline 425-7700. It emphasizes vigilance and urges sharing tips with law enforcement while offering no further details.
The Supreme Court rejected review of a case challenging North Carolina’s sodomy statute, leaving intact a Jacksonville man Eugene Enslin’s 1974 conviction for oral sex with a Marine. Enslin ran a massage parlor and adult bookstore. he served nine months of a one-year sentence. The ruling marks a setback for civil liberties groups seeking a broader rights-based ruling on sexual privacy.
The Treasury reports first quarter 1978 Savings Bond sales topped 2.1 billion, up 4 percent from 1977, with April 1978 sales at 718 million. A Treasury review discusses Future of the 25 bond, while a Michigan study finds low public knowledge of bond interest. Q and A cover Series E and H bonds, prices, maturity, and cashing rules.
Tehran police patrolled the capital as anti Shah Pahlavi opponents urged shop closings and street curbs. About half of Tehran’s motorists heeded the order while most shops stayed open. Small groups attacked stores in outlying areas but fled when police arrived. No casualties reported. Earlier riots left nine dead and millions in damage across 34 cities last Tuesday.
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