Saunders campaigns on experience for re election
Four years after advocating better race relations and communication James Saunders, Middletown’s first Black city commissioner, runs again. He highlights progress, supports downtown renovation and a civic center with senior housing, and touts transit and revenue sharing plans while detailing community roles and regional committees.
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Karen Garloch
Tooday
James Saunders
Saunders
Civic Center
Warren County
Lead-based paint bill passed and sent to Nixon
Congress has approved a lead-based paint bill and sent it to the White House for President Nixon’s signature. The measure aims to regulate lead in household paints and protect children from exposure.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
White House
Woman killed in two car crash on I 75 Caryville exit
Katharine F. Webber, about 20, of Cincinnati, died in a two car smashup on Interstate 75 at the Caryville exit Wednesday. Authorities reported the fatality. The report also notes a bill to ban lead based paints in federally financed homes and toys. It outlines passage by the House and Senate steps. The Mets defeated the Orioles to win their first World Series on October 16 1969.
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Carville, Tenn
Caryville
Katherine F. Webber
Cincinnati
House
Senate
New York Mets
Baltimore Orioles
Train Derails Near Lima Sparks Gas Leak Fears
A northbound freight derailed on the DT and I line near Lima Ohio causing several cars to topple and a gas filled tank car to rupture. Firemen evacuated 12 families as a precaution and two sheriff's deputies were treated for fumes at Lima Memorial Hospital. Officials said the gas was butadiene.
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Lima, Ohio
Lima
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton
Allen County
Newsprint Price Rise Hit U.S. Newspapers
Canadian International Paper Co raises newsprint prices 14 percent with U.S. rate up $25 per ton to 200 effective Nov 1. Papers like Elyria Chronicle Telegram and Boston Globe weigh ad rate hikes to offset higher costs. US price started the year around 165 per ton.
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New York
Canadian International Paper Co
Canada
U.S
The
Elyria
Ohio
Chronicle-Telegram
William Davis Taylor
Boston Globe
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Miami University
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