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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1970
Page
1
Ohio State University President Fawcett vows to keep the campus open after riots and a 12 day shutdown. Troops patrols mobilized, 45 arrested, curfew enforced, while students pushed for black enrollment and ROTC changes amid ongoing negotiations.
Attorney General John Mitchell warned police and National Guardsmen to keep their cool during campus disturbances. He announced broadened federal investigations into Kent State in Ohio Jackson State in Mississippi and Augusta Georgia incidents, saying Leonard will oversee findings with full manpower. Mitchell vowed no tolerance for interference by officials and contrasted with his former hard line stance.
The Middletown area expects sunny and warm conditions on Saturday with highs in the middle to upper 80s. Tonight will be fair and mild with lows in the wet 60s. Sunday outlook calls for a chance of showers and continued warmth.
Jackson Mississippi AP reports 1300 National Guardsmen reinforcing officers as civil rights leaders arrive for the funeral of James Earl Green 17 killed in a dormitory area gunfire at Jackson State College. Governor Williams vows no more mob violence and warns of 10000 more guards if needed.
The House approved a bill proposing a 5 percent benefit increase in 1971 with future rises tied to living costs. A Senate review cites 7 million of 10 million seniors in or near poverty and calls for higher minimum payments and across the board raises. The plan raises average retired couple benefits from 196 to 205.80 and lifts the wage base from 7800 to 9000, boosting the maximum tax. Cost of living adjustments would begin in 1973 with annual price and wage-based formulas, potentially expanding the taxable base to 22,000 by 1990.
Arab guerrillas ambushed a border school bus near Lebanon, killing at least five children and two teachers and injuring about 21. The attack prompted protests at the U N and was followed by Israeli raids on Egypt's Red Sea base as bloodstained belongings lay across the bus seats.
Chief Justice C William O Neill of the Ohio Supreme Court suffered a heart attack at a judicial conference in Gatlinburg Tennessee He was admitted to East Tennessee Baptist Hospital and placed in intensive care.
About 50 U S B52 bombers unloaded 1500 tons in the Fishhook region of Cambodia hitting North Vietnamese storage depots. Ground action was limited while eightjet Stratfortresses pummeled Cambodian sanctuaries. Since early month, over half of 1000 B52 sorties targeted Cambodia with the rest in South Vietnam and Laos. General Davison said only 30 percent of assigned territory had been covered. There is a large ground to cover amid jungle and canopy conditions.
Four Senate sponsors of a Cambodia war funds cut off plan push for fast action without White House accord. The Cooper Church amendment would bar funds after June 30 1970, aligning with Nixon withdrawal aims. Sponsors Cooper Church Mansfield and Aiken seek to force White House to accept or reject the change.
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