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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1978
Page
1
President Carter and Soviet leader Andrei Gromyko conduct direct talks on strategic arms limits amid signs both sides may back a general ban on underground nuclear tests.
A congressional report labels a national scandal a wholesale discharge of mental patients from state hospitals into old hotels and boarding homes to save state money. The study shows patient counts over 65 dropping 66 percent from 133,261 in 1969 to 44,669 in 1977, and total patients down 62 percent from 427,709 to 160,830.
In Caddo Oklahoma a month-long four state manhunt ended in two gun battles. Five men died including two escapees Claude Dennis and Michal Lancaster and three state troopers. A stolen pickup and a hogtied farmer sparked alarms as roadblocks closed in. Troopers Summers Young and Grimes perished. Hughes wounded.
The Memorial Day weekend brought polluted air to Cincinnati Cleveland and Columbus as vehicle and industrial emissions trapped by a temperature inversion. Governor Rhodes declared a state wide alert and the EPA warned the southern half could persist through the weekend with temperatures near 90. Local air quality officials said Dayton area counties were on high alert.
Patrolman Leo Tully ends a 24 year career with the Maple Heights Police Department, leaving his uniform behind as he departs in a top hat and undershorts. Smog readings rise to 210 in Cincinnati area while officials urge vulnerable residents to stay indoors and limit outdoor activity.
Ballistics confirm the same .22 caliber weapon used in the May 21 murder of Jerry and Martha Martin in Columbus. The gun also was used in February killings of Robert McCann, his mother Dorothy McCann, and Christine Herdman, plus linked slayings in Fairfield and Licking counties. Victims include Rev. Gerald Fields in Fairfield County and Jenkin Jones, 74, in Granville.
President Carter advances a state incentive portion of a national urban policy proposing 200 million dollars annually for at least two years to boost city revitalization. State officials and associations praise the plan as a key step, recognizing the pivotal state role in urban well being and future preventive measures.
Cincinnati AP reports the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire litigation in Campbell Circuit Court now totals about 2.7 billion in damages. Attorney Stanley Chesley, on a 15 member lead counsel panel, represents over 255 defendants in civil suits filed after May 28, 1977 tragedy.
The Hong Kong observatory reports a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in the North Pacific just east of Iwo Jima. The quake occurred at 8:04 a.m. local time and placed its epicenter at 24.5 N, 143.3 E, about 750 miles southeast of Tokyo.
It will be sunny hazy and warm Sunday after a clear night. Lows tonight in the low 60s high Sunday mid to upper 80s. Memorial Day Monday hot and humid with a chance of an afternoon thundershower and highs in the 90s. Tuesday and Wednesday expect fair warm weather with highs in the 80s and 60s for lows.
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