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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1973
Page
2
Ohioans marked Labor Day 1973 with parades picnics and outings as they honored nearly five million workers. Many celebrated while more than 8,000 faced contemplation of the ongoing labor issues and end of summer in the state.
Noted author and Oxford professor J R R Tolkien dies at 81 while vacationing on England's south coast. The report notes ongoing strikes affecting utilities and a wave of labor actions across Ohio with college and school disruptions and public gatherings amid political gatherings at UAW and Barberton events.
In Michigan City Indiana three cell blocks at the Indiana State Prison were barricaded as inmates held about 300 prisoners in each block. Warden Lash said no injuries occurred and hostages appeared unharmed. Authorities noted a demand tape citing 25 points including leadership changes and racism concerns. Governor Bowen said he would respond after hostages are released. Total inmate population is about 1600.
Former Utah Republican Senator Arthur V. Watkins dies at 86 in Orem. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1946, he served until 1958 when defeated by Frank Moss. He was known as an authority on land reclamation.
Shirali Mislimov, claimed to be the world’s oldest man, has died at age 168 in his home village Barzava located in Azerbaijan within the Soviet Union. The death was reported by AP.
Ottawa County Ohio reports 12 drownings this year up from five last year. Ralph Parks 21 of Nova Scotia drowned after leaping from a freighter near Marblehead. Kevin Ballard 5 of Port Clinton drowned after falling from a raft. Michael Elsen 22 of Lauderhill Fla. slipped into Lake Erie at Cedar Point Marina.
Ray Motley known as the Ol Texan leaves Hamilton radio after 27 years with WMOH to join Middletown station WPFB as sales staff. He broadcast Hamilton High and Hamilton Catholic High School football and originated Miami University games. Motley served as WMOH general manager and once as a state representative. He resides at 165 Glencross Ave in Hamilton.
Rufino Cardinal Santos archbishop of Manila and first Filipino cardinal died in Manila at 65 after months of illness from a stroke and ongoing heart failure. His death followed a radio broadcast stroke and prolonged hospitalization per church office.
Turner's funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home for Floyd D. Turner 77 of 1013 Auburn St who died Saturday night at Middletown Hospital. Visitation follows with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Survived by wife Florida Stacy Turner two sons Floyd Jr Alfred two brothers two sisters two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The Rev Harold Thompson will preside.
A four day Christian Family Conference at Crawford Street First Church of God features Joy Time Singers from Evendale Church of God and speaker Jim DiRaddo. The event runs through the weekend with seminars, youth programs, films on Tanzania, and sessions for married couples.
Canadian Parliament orders end to nationwide railway strike. Eastern trains resume quickly while western service lags. Seven of eight unions back to work but the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers plans to wait for a local vote until midnight. The union represents about 18 000 of 56 000 striking nonoperating staff.
Across the central United States a cold front unleashed heavy thunderstorms from the Texas Panhandle to North Dakota with hail and gusty winds. Tornadoes touched down near Houston and Arcadia while flood watches hung over eastern North Dakota as Delia threatened the Gulf coast. No injuries were reported.
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