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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1971
Page
1
SAIGON AP Five Americans were killed in combat in Vietnam last week, the lowest weekly toll in over six years, reflecting reduced fighting and U.S. withdrawals. The week also saw 15 Americans die from nonhostile causes, while U.S. wounded rose to 4 with 72 wounded the prior week.
Night and tomorrow forecast call for increasing cloudiness with only small temperature change. Overnight low 57 and lows mid 50s to low 60s. Friday expect considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers and highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s. Yesterday’s high reached 80 degrees.
Kenton County police continued an investigation into a slaying in Covington linked to a Calgary murder. A man registered as Wayne Johnson was found dead at a Fort Mitchell Holiday Inn and authorities seek a 40 year old man in Canada and Nova Scotia cases. Canadian police connected the Calgary killing to a 32 year old victim.
Donald Rumsfeld said Weber would leave the Cost of Living Council as plans for Nixon’s wage price freeze unfold. Weber, the council’s executive director, weighed a return to academia at the University of Chicago where officials noted his salary was frozen.
Ohio Rep. Robert E. Netzley argues welfare spending now exceeds elementary and secondary education for the first time. He urges a new revenue source dedicated to education and critiques current allocations, labeling tax hikes as a sellout to welfare spenders and political allies.
Ohio lawmakers eye a floor vote next week on a plan to base future revenue on personal and corporate taxes. GOP dissidents demand study, while Democrats balk amid absenteeism and reapportionment tensions. Labor neutrality shift eases pressure as leaders seek enough votes to pass the plan.
Sen. William Proxmire and Sen. Hubert Humphrey accuse the Nixon administration of manipulating economic news and reorganizing the statistics bureau to tilt information for the 1972 election. They cite halted poverty-area reporting and end of public briefings, seeking testimony from OMB chief Shultz.
U S federal appeals court upholds the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act ban on cigarette advertising after 1971. A dissenting judge warns the ruling aids the tobacco industry and limits First Amendment protections by narrowing broadcast speech.
James Horne 24 vanished while testing homemade scuba gear in Lake Erie on May 29. Police searched two days before declaring him drowned. Bondsman Don Shury continued the pursuit after Judge Celebrezze revoked his bond. Horne was found in Pekin Illinois on the Illinois River this week and is back in jail on flight to escape prosecution plus armed robbery and burglary charges. A new bond was set at 50,000 dollars.
A reorganization is being carried out under the direction of Seuliz. The process appears to involve structural changes and realignment of roles within the organization. No further details are provided in the available text.
Denmark's Parliament approved a 10 percent import surcharge to bolster the economy and correct the balance of payments defect. Premier Jens Otto Krag becomes first foreign leader to mirror Nixon by setting a tariff barrier. The measure, lasting until 1973 then tapering, affects most goods except raw materials and certain foods and oils. political and economic ramifications loom for Sweden's economy.
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