When should a child leave home and how long
A writer muses on the timing of a grown child’s departure from the family home. He recalls personal memories and weighs rules against individuality, noting three daughters and a son at or near 21 who stay for various reasons. He cites Frost and Spock while admitting there is no clear answer to “How long.”
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Iysametty
Ite
Dr. Spock
Warren
Frost
Robert Frost
Kennedy shifts health plan to private insurer role
Sen Kennedy presses national health reform with a larger private insurer role, arguing a mixed plan may pass easier than full government financing. Critics warn full federal funding raises taxes and costs, while maintaining access without broad industry controls. The piece contrasts Kennedy proposals with President Carter’s stance and cites biblical and legal quotes.
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Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Carter
Missile plowshares plan at desert site derailed by doubt
A US Air Force site shows airmen and a colonel hammering a missile. The colonel explains they removed the warhead and will beat missiles into plowshares for wheat fields. The bizarre scene ends with the colonel in tears, hammering the missile.
Learning from history and the dangers of wishful peace
John Roche reflects on recurring strategic misjudgments in world politics. He argues that leaders misread foes like Hitler and Japan, misjudge American will, and overly trust peace efforts. The piece cautions that Western complacency and misreadings of allies and adversaries risk repeating costly wars.
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Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Hitler
Japan
Java
USS
Richard Nixon
Oscow
Angola
Ethiopia
The Journal notice on Middletown News Journal rates
The Journal publishes daily from Middletown with subscription rates: 20c weekdays, 3c Sunday. home delivery Monday through Saturday and 25c Sunday. motor route 15c daily and 25c Sunday. calendar month 1.50. four weeks 4.80. by mail USA 15 per year, outside USA 46. Subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
USA
Bitter end of the raw deal letters on divorce and community impact
Readers argue divorce harms families and children, urging adults to repair families before remarrying. A piece by Teresa Kutzera from Roosevelt Middle School calls for kids to grow up loved. Residents protest Middletown waste dumping and high water bills, demanding action and local accountability.
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America
Middletown
Trenton
Martin Farms
William R. Parker
Delhi Drive
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