Youth vote wave tests limits of age in politics
The piece notes 12.5 million 21 year olds will be eligible to vote in 1968 and discusses moves to lower the voting age to 18 19 or 15. It cites state efforts in North Dakota Nebraska Massachusetts and New York and cites four states already permitting voting under 21 Alaska Georgia Hawaii Kentucky. It weighs arguments about maturity complexity of affairs and war.
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Nine Juda High girls die in plane crash en route to New Orleans
A group of nine Juda Wisconsin high school senior girls died when a plane crashed near a New Orleans motel during a senior class trip. The tragedy followed the trip’s ominous start with the warning This is your last morning in New Orleans and halted a fundraising effort by classmates.
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Time of Your Life Tour Brings Loss to Wisconsin Town
In a tight knit Wisconsin community a tragedy touched many as residents mourn young women once known as neighbors and friends. A waitress described the victims as “my children and everyone else’s,” echoing the shared sorrow across the town and its familiar faces.
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Flying Safest Travel Sparks Fearless Flight Debate
Jim Bishop argues that flying is the safest transport, citing low fatality rates, insurance incentives, and FAA oversight. He recounts family fear, safety data, and praise for commercial aviation while criticizing FAA public-airport management and small-plane conflicts.
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Ohio school chief urges work-study to curb delinquency
Ohio school superintendent Martin Essex proposes a work-study program in public schools to curb delinquency, suggesting 14 as the latest start, plus improved curricula, medical services, and more activities. A Columbus conference by the Ohio Committee on Crime and Delinquency discussed teacher training, night courses, and referrals for help. Essex’s ideas deserve study.
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Firmness to curb big war echoes from 1917
A columnist compares Wilson's 1917 push for a war declaration with today’s Vietnam tensions. He argues pacifist pressures failed to stop history and warns that miscalculations could trigger a larger war unless the United States stays firm against communist aggression.
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Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News- Journal, Inc. lists subscription prices for city and suburban delivery, mail within and outside trading areas, and overseas rates. Rates include 10 cent weekday copies, 15 cent Sunday, 60 cent weekly via routes, and annual mail options. Founded in 1857.
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Vietniks Losing Ground in Paris on Vietnam Talks
William F Buckley Jr notes that British socialists rally against U S aims in Vietnam and demand preconditions for talks. He argues such conditions ignore the broader war dynamics and U S risk in South Vietnam, urging negotiations without surrender. He cites North Vietnamese supply lines and U S invitation by South Vietnamese, and critiques Thant plan weaknesses.
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First U.S. Presidents and Icelandic Fish Facts
The text notes Thomas Jefferson as the first president to wear long trousers and Warren C. Harding as the first president to speak over radio. It also states Icelanders favor herring as livestock feed rather than for direct consumption, noting the practice of grinding herring into meal.
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