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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1970
Page
1
Karen Purvis a dental assistant at Fitzsimmons General Hospital tours the grounds on roller skates drawing attention from onlookers. The Army hospital in Denver hosts the playful display as part of a public relations moment.
President Nixon ordered federal agencies to trim spending on promotional public relations activities. In a memo to department heads the president called for curtailing wasteful and self-serving outreach while supporting legitimate public information efforts.
Leaders of women's rights groups declared they would skip Bayh's substitute and leave the amendment as is. Bayh aimed to extend equal protection to sex discrimination but faced opposition over potential loopholes. Senate foes argued the measure could invite compulsory service and budget cuts while critics warned against continued discrimination.
A six month quiet program in Middletown labeled Stop and Talk boosts police friendliness. Patrolman Ronald Parsley chats with kids and adults, with waves as cars stop near Central Avenue and Vance Street. Youths express dreams of joining the force, while Chief James R. Howerton credits the ethos to positive American policing.
The Kansas attorney general announced the 1968 legislature abolished the office of justice of the peace in 108 first and second class cities including Lawrence. Phillip Hill, elected Democrat to one of two JP posts in Lawrence, called the ruling a challenge and said he has attorney help and a Washington firm offers services. Hill, 22, described himself as a drug dealer and won more than 6,000 votes without campaigning.
Ohio Adjutant General Sylvester T. Del Corso announced a rollout of new riot control gear for possible purchase by the Ohio National Guard. The display included non lethal batons with wooden blocks tear gas dispensers hand operated cattle prods and a wooden club. Also shown were low velocity shotguns experimental disabling chemical grenades protective gear and riot CCTV gear. The state plans to spend about 400000 on the equipment with 480000 requested in the 1971 72 budget to cover the cost.
A satirical quip notes that constant laughter and whistling at the workplace harms colleagues’ nerves and productivity, signaling underlying tension in a bustling office. The line implies a casual behavior with broader impact on staff morale.
An Eastern Air Lines DC9 was hijacked after takeoff from Raleigh Durham bound for Atlanta. It landed in Jacksonville then departed for Havana with 82 aboard including 78 passengers and four crew. The hijacker took command at 9 31 am EST and the plane refueled in Jacksonville before heading to Cuba. Eastern cited lack of law enforcement at Richmond and Raleigh boardings and noted the incident was the airline's second hijack of the year.
The Foundation to Improve Television sued the FCC and networks in U S District Court seeking an injunction to stop reruns of The Wild Wild West on WTOP before 9 p m claiming such violence harms children's mental health. The suit names Post Newsweek, Capital Area advertisers and sponsors. filed on behalf of three suburban Washington mothers. If denied, foundation plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Tupamaro guerrillas robbed Bank of the Republic in Montevideo early today, taking four million dollars in jewelry and forty eight thousand in cash after kidnapping several employees and securing vault keys. They abducted Brazilian Consul Aloysio Mares Dias Gomides and U.S. experts Dan Mitrione and Claude L. Fly, with Mitrione later found slain on August ninth.
A gloomy weekend is forecast with cloudy skies and a chance of rain through Sunday. Temperatures will run in the low 50s by day and upper 30s at night, with yesterday’s high near 58 and this morning’s low around 43.
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