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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1971
Page
1
Republicans filed a suit in Columbus alleging errors and biases in the Democratic legislative reapportionment plan. The action seeks to overturn or halt the plan as the Ohio Supreme Court targets the case.
Officials report partial evacuation of Taal Volcano island as signs of a major eruption persist. Able-bodied men with motorized outriggers urged to assist in emergency efforts and coastal safety measures.
A civil action filed by Republican Sen. Alan Norris challenges the so called Gilligan plan for state legislative districts. Plaintiffs name Apportionment Board members and several officials alleging unconstitutional and improper districting practices and demand reconvening and new plans with proper population figures and jurisdiction.
In Lancaster California a jilted 18 year old Gary Logan shot and killed his former girlfriend 14 her new boyfriend and her parents. He then killed himself at the scene in a brutal family tragedy that left five dead and several injured.
Three young black New Mexico murder suspects hijacked a Trans World Airlines jet at Tampa International Airport after allowing 40 passengers to disembark. The FBI identified the suspects as Michael Finney Ralph Goodwin and Charlie Hill. The plane carried 6 crew and 43 other passengers. Dustin Hoffman was among those aboard. The hijackers demanded a fuel truck and a bus and steered the flight toward Havana.
FBI officials say the hijacker who bailed from a Boeing 727 with a parachute and 10000 twenty dollar bills weighing 24% pounds may be alive and in rough terrain. Investigators fed flight data into a computer to aid search after a Wednesday night incident near Woodlawn Washington.
Federal orders from President Nixon force 37,000 longshoremen to end a 58 day strike in New York Philadelphia Baltimore Virginia and Georgia under Taft-Hartley. Hearings set in Boston Houston New Orleans as Justice Department seeks further injunctions to extend the cooling off to 80 days.
Most of Ohio received rain instead of snow with conditions remaining cloudy through tomorrow. Highs near the mid-40s and a low around 30 tonight, with precipitation chances 70 percent today, 10 percent tonight, and 20 percent tomorrow. Two inches of snow fell in Toledo this morning. elsewhere no lasting snow.
Betsy Jane Tarlin and Donald D. Gilligan son of Gov Gilligan wed in a small ceremony at the Ohio Executive Mansion. The groom, 24, is a Harvard graduate teaching at Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus. The bride, 23, attended Wheaton College and UW Madison, daughter of Lloyd Tarlin Sr. of Brookline Mass.
Brig. Gen. Eugene M. Lynch disclosed an Army investigation found a plan by servicemen to seize the Fort Stewart payroll and hold him and officers hostage. Sgt. Robert E. Ward was involved and wounded in a related gun battle. no charges yet filed while larceny and fraud totaling about $20,000 were found.
At the United Nations in New York, Red China and the United States opposed a Kremlin call for a world disarmament conference. The 131 nations debated a vote as General Assembly members failed to agree on timing. Chinese delegate Chiao Kuan Hua warned against voting, while Soviet Ambassador Malik signaled acceptance of some amendments and urged support.
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