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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1969
Page
1
The Middletown region may see partly cloudy skies and mild overnight lows in the 60s. Tuesday brings mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thundershowers and highs in the 80s. Wednesday faces continued cloudiness with cooler air and additional shower chances.
In a humorous remark a columnist notes that some girls break a date by going out with him, reflecting a light social quip from a past era.
Explosives in a parked car blew up at the entrance to Afula's crowded market killing two and wounding twenty. Police detained about one hundred Arabs for questioning as guerrilla activity reported along the Jordan River and in the Sinai.
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese rockets and mortars intensified over the weekend with 33 attacks Saturday night and 26 on Sunday night and Monday. Casualties rose with eight Americans wounded and civilians and soldiers killed or injured in South Vietnam. U S forces claimed 53 enemy dead in four clashes northwest of Saigon while Marines and Army units prepared for redeployment and replacements. American B52s conducted heavy strikes, dropping over 1,000 tons on targets from Saigon’s outskirts to the central highlands.
The Rev. Emil Sasges, 39, is recovering from near starvation after 22 days in western Canada following a Sept. 12 plane crash on a 7000 foot mountain near Wells to Valemount. Hunters located him, exhausted and frostbitten, describing a miraculous survival aided by prayer.
Amador County wraps a weekend rock festival drawing about 40,000 youths. Authorities report traffic issues and roughly a dozen hard drug overdoses. Newsmen observed marijuana use and LSD usage as crowds swam naked amid safety concerns. Undersheriff Ronald Curran warned of the crowd’s danger to outsiders.
Hollywood star Art Linkletter says LSD caused his daughter Diane Linkletter’s death, calling it murder by drug manufacturers. Diane, 20, reportedly suffered a bad LSD trip and jumped from a sixth floor apartment as friend Edward Durston tried to intervene. Police investigate drug aspects. private funeral planned at Forest Lawn.
Owens-Illinois and the University of Missouri test a glassphalt paving on a Toledo street to cut costs by using recycled glass. The 58 by 18 foot, two inch thick section required 17 tons of ground glass mixed with asphalt for a parking lot demonstration at the Owens-Illinois Technical Center.
FDA officials express concern over cyclamate after studies linked a breakdown product to genetic damage in rats and birth defects in animals. Senator Magnuson and consumer groups urge faster action and clearer labeling, while the NAS panel issue is cited as a mixed baseline for regulation.
Dayton Ohio AP report says The Daily News will resume publication and Journal Herald returns Tuesday morning after four day shutdown. International Typographical Union printers ratified a labor pact with Dayton Newspapers Inc including wage boosts and improved benefits.
White House defends Supreme Court nominee Clement F. Haynsworth as Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott says he expects to act favorably on the confirmation. He cites integrity while seeking further clarification on investment questions. A Nixon administration spokesman adds no evidence of illegal dealings with former senator Robert G. Baker.
A Russian made MIG 17 fighter, flown by a Cuban defecting officer, landed Sunday at Homestead Air Force Base 30 miles from Nixon at Key Biscayne. The plane, bearing Cuban flag and red stars, was searched and placed under police guard while asylum was granted to the pilot.
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