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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1970
Page
3
Judge Edwin Jones allows White to discuss the grand jury findings but imposes limits. The report blamed KSU administration for May 2 to 4 violence and called leadership lax and permissive. ACLU officials urged federal scrutiny of possible civil rights violations by guards.
Republican Roger Cloud and Democrat John Gilligan backed extra state aid for local police and firemen in weekend speeches in Ohio. Cloud urged training and higher salaries and supported banning probation for police killers. Gilligan pledged federal crime coverage for attacks on responders and urged state aid to local enforcement.
U.S. Senate hopeful Howard Metzenbaum labelled two proposed Ohio nuclear sites dangerous projects. He cited an Atomic Energy Commission report and Air Force test missions near Lake Erie and the Besse-Davis plant. Metzenbaum urged delay, calling for total safety and public debate.
Gen Lewis W. Walt, No 2 in the Marine Corps and veteran of three wars, will retire February 1. Lt Gen Keits B. McCutcheon will replace him as assistant commandant, with Maj Gen Donn J. Robertson to take McCutcheon’s Vietnam post. President Nixon will nominate both officers for promotion, subject to Senate approval.
South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky is slated to visit five U.S. military installations next month where Vietnamese officers are being trained. The plan includes a two day stay in Washington and stops at Newport Naval Training Facility in Rhode Island Fort Hunter in Georgia Fort Rucker in Alabama Fort Walter in Texas and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
A molasses spill on a downtown Los Angeles freeway ramp last weekend led to a truck jackknife. CHP says such spills recur when overfilled molasses trucks hit an incline. The driver was uninjured and four tons of sand cleared the roadway.
Tom Blake, president of Blake Steel Service Inc. and Middletown City Commissioner, will discuss What’s Happening in Middletown at noon tomorrow. Ray Minter is the program chairman at Alfy’s Restaurant in Middletown Shopping Center.
Jom A. Jacobs reports a theft at his garage yesterday afternoon with entry from the outdoors. A tool box and contents valued at 300 dollars were taken. The incident was reported to authorities.
The U S Treasury awaits congressional permission to resume half dollar minting after the Denver mint halted silver Kennedy half production last December. More than a billion Kennedy halves were minted since 1964 and many have disappeared into collectors drawers as silver value exceeds coin metal value.
Deputies in Portage County Ohio begin arresting 25 individuals named in secret indictments by a state grand jury probing four days of violence last May at Kent State University. Indictments include Ohio National Guardsmen. most accused are students with one or two faculty. Attorney William Kunstler to lead defense. student government funds and support efforts extend to legal aid for arrestees.
The Democratic Party reports its national direct mail fundraising campaign is averaging about $10,000 daily and could reach $400,000 by Election Day. Proceeds support the party's operations and provide technical assistance and campaign materials to candidates, overseen by Lawrence F. O'Brien.
Winners of the Civitan Club pigeon race will receive trophies at the regular meeting at the Manchester Motor Inn tomorrow. John Thornberry principal of Doty House will receive a school check from race proceeds. Harold Sherron, race chairman, will make presentations.
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