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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1973
Page
1
John Wheeler, 93, a Providence Baptist Church pastor in Akron, collected pay for a single eight hour shift done on February 24, 1919 at Goodyear after an employment office check confirmed the work. He received $3, the era’s wage for a factory sweeper, versus today’s $4.52 hourly rate.
Israel accepts halt in hostilities with a truce to take effect today. President Aiken signals a public briefing and hints at forthcoming statements, while political observers weigh the implications of a potential confiding address.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pledged to deepen U S China relations during his sixth trip to Peking meeting Premier Chou Enlai. Kissinger hinted liaison offices could become embassies as talks cover Indochina Middle East and science culture commerce.
Golda Meir, after a delay, agreed to sign Kissinger’s six point truce plan to bolster the Oct 24 cease-fire and pave the way for a Middle East peace conference. The ceremony on the Cairo Suez highway is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. Cairo time with Maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv to represent Israel. Egypt’s representative was not announced.
A human ear and a lock of red hair arrived by mail at Il Messaggero in Rome with a note claiming they belonged to J Paul Getty III, who turns 17 and has been missing for four months. His mother Gail Harris identified the hair as her son and said the ear could be his. The parcel was mailed from Naples and delivered Saturday afternoon by special delivery.
Fair to partly cloudy conditions with southerly winds bring a high in the 40s this afternoon. By tomorrow expect upper 50s after a tonight low around 35 as warmer air moves into the region.
Congressional leaders say Congress has driven emergency and long term energy solutions, accusing the Nixon administration of confusion or disinterest and denying that the White House bears sole responsibility for addressing the crisis.
Kaiser researchers reported that drinkers appeared to have fewer heart attacks than teetotalers in a large California study presented to the American Heart Association. The findings showed slightly fewer teetotalers among attack victims and more drinkers in both heavy and very heavy categories, though authors cautioned no proven protective effect.
A Trenton youth soars solo in a glider one day after his 14th birthday, with the story by Eric Von Klinger on page 51. A Germantown native returns home with faith and gymnastics, Tim Willis covers on page 47. Final vote tallies for City Commission and Middletown School District shown by precinct on page 9.
Republic Steel Corp. announces the sale of its Niles Ohio container plant to Cleveland Steel Container Corp. The price is not disclosed.
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