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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1968
Page
4
Discussion on the ethical risks and potential for misuse as science moves to control human behavior. Notes that early lobotomies faded, while advances in surgical, chemical, and electronic methods raise concerns about turning aggression on and off. Calls for safeguards alongside progress in brain research and peace considerations.
In Malheur County Oregon farmers and ranchers resist federal daylight saving time by aligning their daily rise and rest with the sun while shifting clocks one hour forward only on the calendar. The idea keeps sun time intact but avoids time mixups. Authorities and neighbors weigh practical implications and community sentiment.
Don E. Hawkins of Middletown Board of Realtors writes to warn about an unsightly vacant house in Amanda open to rats and danger. He cites local laws on real estate contracts and discrimination, arguing current rules threaten freedom of contract and urging rejection of what he calls deceptive legislation.
Mrs. Ashland Howard reflects on Mr Frizell Myer letter about open housing and non discrimination in property buying. She recalls 15th Avenue changing from a quiet street to a contested issue and asks which shame is greater depending on viewpoint.
A reader condemns hog butchering across states and accuses the last three Presidents of similar actions, questioning patriotic praise and urging scrutiny from readers.
A civil rights bill’s open housing section before the House of Representatives is described as grossly unfair to property owners. The measure, HR 2516, is said to strip owners of the right to sell to whomever they choose and violates basic property rights.
A reminiscence recalls April Fool's Day tricks from earlier times. pranks included red pepper in fudge, empty pocketbook notes, penny pranks on sidewalks, heated pennies burning fingers, and a light-testing phone call directing victims to blow out street lights. The piece notes these were simple harmless yet annoying.
William F Buckley Jr argues for private protest against IBM selling computers to Communist bloc nations citing YAF pickets and Dean Rusk’s letter. He questions government action versus private stance and notes support within IBM staff and cross-ideological resistance to East West trade.
In this column the writer contrasts Communist use of muscle with Western inaction. It cites Mikis Theodorakis’s amnesty freed by the Greek junta and Moise Tshombe’s Algerian captivity, arguing Washington’s lukewarm defense and suggesting a diplomatic move to return Tshombe to Spain. It laments the West’s failure to press Algeria for Tshombe’s release and warns against backing hardline regimes.
The Journal published daily by News-Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription prices for different delivery options. Weekday copies cost 10 cents, Sunday 15 cents, and mail rates range from 15 to 24 dollars per year, with outside U.S.A. at 38 dollars. Founded in 1857.
The Boumedienne government appears embarrassed by the episode and might accept a pretext to free Tshombe. The State Department falters, unwilling to challenge the Congo status quo. Mobutu remains a looming factor in the situation.
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