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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1978
Page
6
Dr. Mario Jasecalevich faces a jury in Bergen County after a trial that drew a national press controversy. He is charged with the murder of three Riverdell Hospital patients with curare, with up to three life terms possible if convicted on the remaining counts.
Sid Vicious, the Sex Pistols frontman, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after slashing both wrists with a broken lightbulb. He is charged with second degree murder in Nancy Spungen's death, with bail set and trial adjourned to Oct 30. His psychiatrist alerted police at 2:50 am.
Washington AP reports a government funded study faulted the Ford administration for overconfidence and poor public relations in the 1976 mass swine flu immunization drive. Harvard scholars Neustadt and Fineberg found no villains, but noted weak theories and rushed decisions amid uncertain epidemic risk. About 46 million Americans were vaccinated before the program halted due to Guillain Barre risk.
Moscow scientist Felix Zigel of the Moscow Aviation Institute suggests a guided flying saucer caused the 1908 Tunguska forest explosion in Siberia. He cites an enormous loop trajectory and unusual elements like zinc and bromine as evidence of an artificial origin, amid decades of competing theories from meteorites to comet impacts.
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