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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1968
Page
14
Allied air and ground operations try to block Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units advancing toward Saigon from the north and northwest. U S casualties for the week rose with 408 killed and 2 513 wounded as heavy fighting resumed after a lull.
Middletown Optimist Clubs and the Evening and Noon clubs honored contributors to the Soap Box Derby track project at Jacot Park. Plaques went to John Race and Harry Gabbard of Armiel Construction and Don Cisle of Cisle Construction for time and materials. Jack Trepanier, 1968 and 1967 champion, and his brother, who represented Middletown in 1967, were guests. color slides from Akron derby were shown.
Washington AP report says odds are 2 to 1 against passage of a Senate-backed bill to exempt networks from equal time rules for presidential debates. House Commerce panel member Van Deerlin says support from Humphrey and Nixon could help, with timing crucial. Wallace time and network offers loom, while Rep Moss vows to fight. The piece ends with a 1741 New York bread price strike note, showing historical context.
Lemon Monroe High School graduates from 1968 will gather at the old gym during next week's football game on Friday September 13 for the release of Monroe High's yearbook Monocle. The book will be distributed a week later than planned per staff adviser E Kern Cate.
City Commission sets November 12 for a public hearing on amending sidewalk rules in subdivision regulations. Proposed change requires sidewalks in all new subdivisions but allows planning commission and Technical Advisory Committee to waive walks in estate-type lots 150 to 200 feet wide on hilly ground. waivers apply to about 1% of inspected subdivisions. The current rule requires walks on both sides for lots up to 100 feet and at least one side for wider lots.
Auditor Roger Cloud announced the state closed its books on an irreducible debt of 10.4 million dollars. Ohio State University receives 4,764,460 dollars, while Miami University and Ohio University get 700,745 and 733,592 dollars respectively. The remaining 4,268,779 dollars comes from school and ministerial funds from surplus lands.
The commission bought 10 disc plates for the NCR computer at 3500 dollars and issued 275000 dollars in notes for Roosevelt Avenue from Jackson.
A false alarm at 9 p.m. yesterday on Sheffield Street prompted a fire run. Early today at 2 15 a m patrols assisted Wayne Jackson 26 of Gideon Road after he passed out in a parking lot and was taken home by police from Plums Street Pollock Co.
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