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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1970
Page
1
United Auto Workers threaten a midnight strike against General Motors as negotiators blame inflexibility. Meeting viewers say talks are unproductive with a 14 hour deadline left and both sides demanding concessions including high wage hikes and expansive pension upgrades.
Labor Department spokesmen grim as wage dispute stalls threaten a 60 day delay option under the Railway Labor Act. Union leaders and railroads hold more talks as 500000 workers seek three year wage hikes of 40 percent plus cost of living raises. separate UTU dispute foresees Sept 23 strike by locomotive firemen job eliminations.
A pre dawn fire at the Ponet Square Hotel in Los Angeles raced from the lobby to the top floor leaving 11 dead and 25 injured. Fire Captain James Williams said 22 persons remained unaccounted for as crews recovered rubble and many occupants fled with only the clothes they wore. The two story loss centered on a yellow brick exterior with charred wood and a $250000 damage estimate. The hotel once hosted a ballroom and elite gatherings before World War I and later housed pensioners and factory workers.
Tonight will be cloudy and cooler with lows in the 55 to 60 range. Showers are likely tonight into early Tuesday morning. Tuesday turns partly cloudy with showers and highs in the upper 70s. Tuesday night drops into the 50s with lingering showers. Wednesday warms with afternoon showers continuing.
Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian army troops clashed near the cease-fire line. Twelve guerrillas and two soldiers died, with Al Fatah affiliations cited. The report notes increased Israeli activity denied by Tel Aviv and mentions Iraqi and Syrian deployments backing Palestinian forces.
AP reports government forces repelled the Cambodian attack near Taing Kauk, 55 miles north of Phnom Penh, with 20 Cambodian soldiers killed and about 60 wounded. Communist losses were around 220 dead and wounded. The drive aimed to reopen 50 miles of Route 6 from Skoun to Kompong Thom over a contested 1,000 square miles.
Fifty five British Swiss West German Israeli and U S citizens remained hostage as Arab guerrillas press for unconditional surrender to ransom demands. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine had earlier seized 257 hostages aboard Swissair Trans World Airlines and BOAC aircraft with a goal to swap for seven Arab prisoners. Negotiations with the Red Cross and Swiss officials continued as a committee sought terms for freedom and a mandate to work for all hostages' release.
The United Auto Workers threaten a midnight strike on GM unless a new contract is settled. Sixty nine GM plants in 18 states would be affected, with 27 plants exempt. GM employs 39,000 suppliers and buys $11.5 billion in goods yearly. The firm is a major steel user and leads diesel engine, locomotive, and earthmoving machine production. Last year GM sold 5,259,652 vehicles with $24.295 billion in sales and $1.71 billion in profits, paying $1.743 billion in taxes plus $793.4 million in state and local taxes.
Israel arrested 450 Arabs tied to Palestinian commandos who hijacked four planes last week and threatened more hostages. Of those detained, 350 were from the West Bank and 100 from Gaza. 80 were women. The Popular Front warned of retaliation from Beirut as 55 hostages remain, including five Israeli women and several American Jews, to back demands for seven captured commandos' release. Two Nablus doctors allied with the group were ordered to contact leaders in Amman to press for passenger release.
Timothy Leary a former Harvard psychologist and drug culture figure escaped from the California Men’s Colony after climbing a 10 foot fence. He had been sentenced March 16 to six months to 11 years for marijuana possession and was moved to a minimum security farm.
A neighbor is humorously described as taking 30 seconds to reach a house yet two hours to come back. The remark underscores a playful poke at delays and casual routes in local life.
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