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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1973
Page
1
The Department of Labor reports an October cost of living up eight tenths of a percent and consumer prices 7.9 percent higher than a year ago. Gasoline and fuel oil costs surge while clothing mortgage interest and health insurance push overall inflation. meat prices fall but restaurant meals and groceries offset the gain.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield offered reflective sentiments on the tenth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. He spoke of the nation's grief and paid tribute to Kennedy's decency, freedom, and hope for the country.
Governor John J. Gilligan proposes legislation to grant wide powers to address the energy emergency in Ohio. He requests 100000 dollars to fund a special emergency staff, with a full-time technical team to be appointed immediately and funds redirected from other state agency budgets.
Cloudy skies and temperatures in the 40s forecast for Middletown tonight with cloud cover through Thanksgiving. High yesterday reached 60 and overnight low 55. 12 inch rain measured by 8 am today. Extended outlook shows fair skies Friday and a chance of showers Saturday and Sunday.
Ten year anniversary observances include a Thanksgiving mass in Georgetown at Holy Trinity Church with Kennedy family attendees. Arlington visits follow, then a Dallas candle march near the Book Depository. Green Berets plan to lay a wreath at Kennedy’s gravesite with no official ceremony.
President Nixon told a closed session of the Republican Governors' Association he will dispel the Watergate shadow and provide full disclosure of all facts about the burglars. Governors said he promised more papers, open sessions, and court actions to answer questions on his finances the ITT affair and the milk-price case.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Donald C. Alexander announced simpler income tax forms to speed filing. Employers should issue W2s early to help workers file sooner, with changes including a campaign fund checkoff on the form, fewer revenue sharing questions, and elimination of Schedule B and some reporting requirements. Alexander estimated over 81 million returns will be filed before next April 15, with most taxpayers receiving forms in early January.
Portly comedian Allen Sherman known for My Son the Folk Singer died in his Hollywood apartment from respiratory failure. He had been treated for emphysema asthma and obesity and rose to fame with Hello Mudder and his TV work on Ive Got a Secret Cavalcade of Stars the Gary Moore Show and The Perry Como Show.
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