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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1971
Page
1
Four more UN members recognize Communist China than Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist regime, according to a Dag Hammarskjold Library reference aid. The note cites shifting recognition among member states as the UN revises its stance.
An explosion beneath the boiler at First Baptist Church in Marietta Ohio killed five people including four ninth graders and a teacher as debris rained into a Sunday school classroom. Seventeen injuries were reported as the building was jolted by steam and heat from a 140 degree boiler.
Tonight will be partly cloudy and cool with lows in the low 40s. Tuesday's highs are expected in the mid 50s. Yesterday's high reached 53 with an overnight low of 45 and Saturday rainfall measured at 0.45 inches.
Jack Baker a 26 year old Hamilton fireman who survived Oxford downtown disaster teaches student nurses first aid in Room 722 at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. He has paralyzed legs but conducts classes using a bandaging procedure and has undergone skin grafts and treatment for lung infection kidney and bladder infections. Baker’s recovery accompanies continuing work with the nurses and physicians and he notes his life has brought him closer to God and family.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said removing Nationalist China from the United Nations would set a dangerous precedent and could invite expulsions of about 10 other nations. He warned Albania and others might claim Security Council actions were illegal if Taiwan is expelled. Rogers also voiced optimism for a possible Arab-Israeli settlement and noted private talks countering pessimistic reports.
Political observers credit Bruno Kreisky for a socialist landslide in Austria with 55.22 percent of votes, the first majority in a democratic Austrian election. The Communist party and minor groups failed to gain seats as Kreisky’s moderate socialism consolidates power.
About 9,500 NCR production and maintenance workers are idled as UAW Local 1616 strikes Dayton National Cash Register Co after talks ending at 11:59 p.m. Sunday failed to reach a contract. The walkout follows a history of tension since July 12 with fringe benefits a core issue.
Edwin Henderson 23 remained critical with six bullet wounds in Mount Auburn park the fifth victim in eight days police seek clues to four prior killings. Fireman Edwin Reisinger 28 shot in head in his car in Avondale. Sally Brown 58 sister of Nelson Glueck shot in her car. Paul Mueller 28 fatally shot at Spring Grove cemetery entrance. Eugene Pearson 4 UC graduate student shot near Walnut street.
Cincinnati officials reveal terminal cancer patients were exposed to total body radiation under a Pentagon funded program. The Defense Nuclear Agency financed the study with 850000 over 11 years to test effects on troops, while critics question disclosure and scope.
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