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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1970
Page
1
In Istanbul and nearby provinces a cholera outbreak triggers travel bans and quarantines. Up to 60 dead and over 2,000 hospitalized, with Izmir reporting first cases and vaccination efforts scaling to 1,000 teams amid supply shortages.
President Nixon, on a multi state campaign swing, urged the great majority to reject rock throwing and obscenity shouting by a small minority and to speak up with their votes as he spoke in Teterboro New Jersey.
The fifth phase of American pullout reduces troops by about 2,000 in three battalions and a war dog detachment from the 4th Infantry Division. By Christmas, U.S. forces in South Vietnam will number about 344,000, the lowest in five years, as Cambodia offensives and air support shape the pace of deactivation.
Kent State University prepares defense for 25 individuals indicted by a state grand jury probing May violence. Student government hires defense officials around the clock to assist arrestees, starts a defense fund, explores a national fundraising drive, and coordinates with attorney William Kunstler who will represent the group without fee.
The Page spotlights 15 year old Yvonne Young as a prize winning judo student from Edgewood High School who handles herself well amid critique from peers. Mary Lou Schramm covers cross country struggles and the band era at Lemon Monroe High discussing marching on Astroturf for a World Series audience.
It will be mostly sunny and a bit warmer today with a high in the 60s. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows in the mid to upper 30s.
The father and son Ko revero and Algedas refuse to return to Russia saying they would rather die than go back. They hijacked a Soviet Aero to Trabzon with 51 aboard, a stewardess was killed and three crew injured. Passengers and crew except the wounded pilot and hijackers were returned to the Soviet Union. Turkish judges decide their fate as repairs begin in Trabzon.
In Hot Springs Virginia 16 Business Council members plan to present to President Nixon at a White House meeting. They warn inflation will persist and balance of payments worsen unless steep wage gains are discouraged, urging restraint in construction and service sectors. The council notes slow GDP growth and GM strike impacts but foresees unemployment near 5 percent in 1971 and real output rising 2.5 to 4 percent, following a 1.4 percent third quarter gain.
Ohio stands as a pivotal state in November elections with Republicans narrowing the Senate contest while losing ground for the governorship. The piece notes the national stakes and political balance shaping up as voters prepare.
Thousands of police and troops comb Quebec for FLQ separatists who kidnapped officials James Cross and Pierre Laporte. The count of arrests rose to 205 as Prime Minister Trudeau calls for the War Measures Act and vows an unceasing pursuit while FLQ warns of violence if jailed terrorists are freed.
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