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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1970
Page
5
Republican insiders expect a new national chairman chosen this weekend with Bryce N. Harlow from the White House as the leading candidate. Sources say the decision hinges on a shortlist reviewed by President Nixon.
Vital and Franklins welcome five births yesterday and today including two girl and three boy newborns at local homes. An out of town birth notes a girl born Thursday at Grandview Hospital in Dayton. A political career note outlines GOH leadership contenders for the 1972 election, with names including Morton, Rumsfeld, Bush, Dole and others, amid sidebar mentions of various Franklin residents.
Rep Clark MacGregor says he expects a White House post as assistant or counselor to the President after losing his Senate bid to Hubert Humphrey. Speculation also centers on others like Robert Finch and Rumsfeld as potential figures tied to Nixon’s inner circle and party strategy. Bush and Dole are floated as possible chairmen with varying levels of White House contact.
The Zero Co. a Cincinnati construction firm that did subcontract work on the Ohio Department of Highways Division building sues the general contractor's bonding company General Insurance Co. of Cincinnati in Warren County Common Pleas Court for 12576 claiming Brose Construction Co. defaulted on its contract. The suit seeks 3675 for unfinished work 4431 for 14 month delay plus 2629 for remedying faulty materials and 840 interest for late payments.
A warning about a house to house canvasser suspected of a termite related scam. The message urges caution and stresses the risk of trusting unknown contractors with home repairs. Authorities advise verifying credentials and avoiding high pressure offers.
Dismissive note points to Purdy Lewis J with a Beech address and a phone number 422 8384, linked to DOHN'S HARDWARE. The fragment suggests a directory-like listing or advertisement reference without further context or event details.
An old Utah engine known as No. 618, displayed at the Utah State Fair grounds for 19 years, is being moved to Provo Canyon to start a short excursion between Bridal Veil Falls and Heber City. Promontory Chapter members laid 30 feet of track and pushed the locomotive forward in stages, using compressed air to reach the new track area near the fairgrounds.
Los Angeles teachers and principal Harold Posey load school equipment into cars each Friday and bring it home for the weekend after a Nov. 11 burglary removed 1300 dollars of typewriters projectors and tape cassettes. The 550 pupil elementary, 70 percent minority, relies on auditory and visual aids, while vandalism and thefts persist in the neighborhood. Posey suspects teens as culprits, noting the school is left unsecured and no caretaker is funded.
Fort Bragg based 1st Lt. George W. Petrie recalls the Son Tay raid on a North Vietnamese prison camp at 23 miles west of Hanoi. He says there were no American POWs in the compound and he expected to hear voices as the helicopters landed around 2 am Saturday. He notes heavy noise made it hard to hear, and that there was no time to verify prisoner presence or count casualties.
Police said thieves sawed iron bars from a window to enter the Ohara Museum in Kurashiki western Japan and stole five paintings by Georges Rouault Vincent van Gogh Gustav Moreau Edouard Vuillard and Armand Guillaumin valued at about 505555 dollars.
American singer Eartha Kitt announced on a British radio network that she will marry Ole Broendam-Nielson of Copenhagen, a wealthy electronics equipment firm operator in his thirties. She has a nine year old daughter from a previous marriage that ended in divorce.
London based Atom News reports Dr Kitty Little of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority warns that high cortisol from stress can interact with the contraceptive pill to raise blood clot risk. She notes rabbits show similar reactions. advice includes reducing stress, staying calm, and exercising, with a controversial suggestion that some women might smoke to lower cortisol.
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