07 Nov 1973
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1973
Page
1
Skylab 3 launch at Cape Canaveral likely delayed five days to November 15 after all eight stabilizing fins on the Saturn 1B booster showed cracks during a routine inspection. NASA officials said the damage could require replacing the fins, causing the setback.
Fragmentary columns hint at local sections with vital statistics and women’s news. Readable bits mention Middletown area and television related items, but most text is garbled with no clear events or names.
The Senate Watergate committee moves to its campaign finance phase after hearing violence against Republicans and that Nixon medical files were rifled. Witnesses described the chain of possession of tapes and potential testimony from Rose Mary Woods, with hearings expected to conclude before Thanksgiving.
Rain may develop tonight with cloudy skies in the Middletown area. Lows rise to the upper 30s and highs near 50 tomorrow with a continued near 50 and 30s into Friday through Sunday.
In Middletown Blake and Saunders were re-elected as city commissioners. Ballard edged Beach by 20 votes to win a seat on the Middletown school board, with Latimer’s write-in totals unavailable due to computer delays. Butler County approved a mental health levy but rejected a bridge levy. Warren County defeated the vocational school levy. Roosevelt and Sherman precincts rejected Sunday liquor sales. four state constitutional amendments passed, led by a farmers tax break.
In Ohio off year voting with 12,744 of 12,849 precincts reporting, all four amendments appeared to pass. Issue One would tax farmland by use value, supported by Gov Gilligan and major parties. Issue Two lifts the income tax exemption cap. Issue Three allows small counties to form divisions of common pleas courts. Issue Four authorizes a 300 million Vietnam veteran bonus bond retired in 15 years.
Democrats achieved a broad statewide win in New Jersey and triumphed in New York Philadelphia Minneapolis and Detroit as the national polls opened after the Watergate scandal. Virginia elected Mills E Godwin Jr a Republican in a close race against Henry Howell with no Democratic candidate.
City votes show two seats filled with Tom Blake Laurens Petersen and James Saunders. Frank Latimer not counted. School board results list David Ballard Arthur Beach Ebie Banks with tallies. Mental Health Levy shows Yes 21555 No 18359. Bridge Levy 1 Mill result incomplete.
Middletown schools, led by Superintendent Robert Johnson, expect little impact from the fuel shortage unless winter worsens. He cautions a wait and see approach, noting heating needs depend on temperature, with buses mostly fueling at the high school's pump under Standard Oil contract.
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