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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1966
Page
4
An NLRB trial examiner’s ruling ends a three year struggle over union wage protections and a 80 cent per ton penalty clause in 1964 UMW contracts. The decision awaits board approval, with a peaceful settlement noted amid noisy labor disputes.
Chairman Adam Clayton Powell rejects 50 witness names supplied by Republicans on poverty testimony. The probe examines Chicago Head Start and Neighborhood Youth Corps programs, with findings of misaligned guidelines and ineligible hires.
In Mexico City, Marxist factions lose steam while the native left rallies for Juarez Day. Officials push isolationist policy, condemning Castroism and Viet Cong Week amid anti foreign tutelage rhetoric. Privately, critics fault the United States over the Bay of Pigs.
Bob Considine notes weight vanity and social pressure on the overweight, cites a doctor’s view of fat people, recalls Prohibition and beer history, mentions Jeane Dixon and Ruth Montgomery, and recounts a flash of a patent idea that never took hold after 28,904 applications.
Edward Jones notes drastic price drops in Middletown during the Panic of 1837. Wheat 40 cents a bushel, corn 20 cents, butter 8 cents, eggs 4 to 6 cents. Labor scarce. carpenters earn 16 to 18 dollars monthly. Banks face specie redemption laws causing money tightening and political tension rises as Whig prospects gain. Jones plans to settle and build on a hillside lot.
Hal Boyle reflects on turning 55 with humor and optimism. He imagines a bronze statue in Central Park and celebrates aging as a victory, noting 55 in 1966 as an achievement that earns respect and brings renewed wonder at everyday moments.
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