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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1966
Page
4
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Sargent Shriver told a joint congressional committee that the nation faces a manpower emergency due to a paradox of too few jobs in some areas and too few trained workers in others. He urged flexible federal action, local employment offices in poor areas, and intensified training to avert shortages.
Dr. Richard E. Farson of the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute believes future success will hinge on adapting to constant change and enjoying it. He envisions five year marriages and nurseries for round the clock childrearing, prompting views that family structure may undergo drastic readjustment despite hopes for stronger immediate family ties.
Fulton Lewis Jr discusses the push for congressional UFO hearings, noting Air Force explanations of thousands of sightings since 1947, alleged withholding of information, and calls for accountability. The piece cites Major Donald Keyhoe of NICAP and specific sighting episodes to illustrate contested transparency.
The piece notes the Early Bird satellite at 22 500 miles over the Atlantic relaying calls and TV shows in 0.3 seconds and powered by Comsat. Hughes Aircraft plans a ring of space stations by 1970 nine feet in diameter weighing 1500 pounds each to render current systems obsolete.
Washington debates how to improve prisoner of war exchanges with Viet Cong and other regimes. Critics note no single agency tracks prisoners or coordinates efforts with Red Cross and other bodies. Proposals call for an inter agency coordinating committee and stronger focus on refugee care and freeing captives.
Keyhoe and NICAP colleagues say most sightings have explanations such as hoaxes alcohol related phenomena or mental aberrations but some remain unexplained. They cite an Azores incident where electromagnet ic watches stopped for ten minutes as a UFO flew at 30000 feet and Antarctic scientists saw instruments spin.
Senator Kennedy says the Red Cross should negotiate prisoner swaps for Vietnamese refugees and will probe the issue at a May hearing. Officials warn talks must be secret and hinges on Viet Cong willingness, though past Indochina exchanges show it is possible.
The piece rails at Far Eastern experts once exposed for propping Maoist ideas and warns that renewed backing by Sen. Fulbright risks discrediting these voices again. It argues communism won t change from outside but may soften within its own system if Beijing faces pressure and hardship.
New York writer Hal Boyle extols memory as the ultimate vehicle able to travel without a timetable and outpace any tech. He notes memories of his mother sewing, glass eyes from Czechoslovakia, and aging fashions like long stockings. The piece blends anecdotal recollections with light social observation.
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