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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1970
Page
1
A concise critique notes that those who blindfold others with grand acts reveal their own exposure. The observer highlights the irony of spectacle over substance and urges focus on authentic behavior rather than showmanship.
Granny Jeanne Creemer applies to become a volunteer firefighter in Mill Valley. She handles an 89 pound pressure hose deftly, earns board approval, and aims to help fill a smoke-eater shortage. Her husband backs the idea, noting safety for grandchildren.
A dynamite explosion near Tulsa killed eight Pan American Petroleum seismograph crew members when sparks from a high voltage line struck explosives on a truck used for drilling a test hole. One victim identified was David K. Ellis, 26, of Tulsa.
In Hudson Ohio a propane gas plant blast and ensuing fire killed three people and left a fourth missing feared dead. Two children in a car near the blaze also died. Fire crews evacuated nearby homes as 12 storage tanks burned. Route 91 and local roads were closed and a locomotive helped move a tank car from the site.
Police said 15 key persons were arrested with 32 named in 183 warrants marking the largest drug raid in Youngstown history. Bond for Wardell Brandon reached 230000 with others set as low as 40000. Main supply believed from Cleveland. no link to organized crime found. Medical personnel urged heightened drug safeguards.
The United Nations General Assembly again debates China’s seat as Peking gains new supports. Canada Italy Equatorial Guinea and Chile shift from abstaining to backing Red China while Malaysia may move from abstention. United States and Nationalist Chinese officials still doubt enough votes to invite the Communist regime.
An American Heart Association briefing on a Wayne State University study revealed significant deficiencies in 12 major hospitals' cardiac care electronic devices. Unsafe leakage, loose connectors, hard-to-find power switches, and poorly shaped defibrillator paddles jeopardize accurate diagnosis and rapid treatment during heart emergencies.
Weather brief notes overcast skies with a chance of light showers tonight. Temperatures will range from the mid to upper 40s for lows and highs around the mid 50s, with yesterday’s high at 57 and this morning’s low near 47.
DETROIT AP Representatives of 394000 striking General Motors workers meet to decide whether to accept a three year contract tentatively agreed by bargainers. If the 350 member GM council accepts, it goes to a rank and file vote. Rejection would send negotiators back to the table and likely extend the eight week old strike into 1971. The meeting starts at 930 a.m. EST in Detroit.
SAIGON AP report shows ground action in South Vietnam at a nine month low. US casualty summary notes two days with no American KIA and low battlefield deaths for six weeks as disengagement increases. US forces suffered 31 KIA and 45 nonbattle deaths. 104 wounded, total US 43,959 KIA, 291,559 WIA, 8,798 nonhostile deaths. Vietnamese command reports 216 MR troops killed and 460 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses 1,584 that week.
Gary Townsend, a 32 year old GM Cadillac Division machinist in Detroit, is among 394000 striking GM workers who learned of a tentative contract after a 58 day stoppage. He values time with family, reflects on retirement, and notes how food stamps and strike benefits helped the family meet expenses while awaiting settlement. He plans to vote against ratification unless a 30-and-out pension demand is met, and expresses desire to move north for hunting and fishing once resolved. Townsend praises UAW President Leonard Woodcock for managing settlement details.
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