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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1969
Page
4
The piece notes Hamilton failed by five points in a 51 to 49 special election on a one to 1.5 percent income tax rise. It urges Middletown to mobilize supporters and counter tax opponents before the May 20 vote, citing police progress and local financial strain as rallying factors.
Auto industry shifts toward low priced transport as consumers favor economy over luxury. Ford's Maverick and AMC Hornet headline upcoming smaller models with several more on the way though availability lags. Detroit faces slow response yet industry promises more cut price options within a year and a half.
Letter from the Middletown Area Underwriters urges the City Commission to strictly enforce current solicitation ordinances and licensing to curb fraud and misrepresentation. They oppose a proposed city ordinance affecting life insurance underwriters and reaffirm support for free enterprise and fair play.
John Chamberlain argues SDS opposes the First Amendment and ROTC bans at Harvard Yale Cornell Penn Pomona and Stanford. He warns anti ROTC campaigns threaten civilian grounded military leadership and could invite a professionalized army under a possible dictatorship. He urges trustees and alumni to confront campuses that pamper SDS and calls for corporate sponsorship of higher education.
A planned staff note mocks a lawyer Tilman Ellison with grand diction and defines terms such as assiduous assertion and ameliorative amenities. The piece also covers Middletown chamber of commerce choosing between two candidates Robert White and Paul Day, settling on Bob White. A rural family greets their returning cat Weesie after a winter romance, hinting at kittens.
Jimmy Durante and his troupe travel from Chicago to the Waldorf to rehearse for Publisher's Week Banshees luncheon in New York. At 76, he reflects on a lifelong show business career beginning as a Coney Island pianist and rising to fame while enduring early hardships.
John Roche argues against alarmist views on white racism and Negro progress. He cites Gallup polls showing rising 1960s support for a Black president, critiques media emphasis, and analyzes the Kerner Report's two cited conclusions. He links economic structure shifts to urban unrest and notes unskilled labor's declining role in modern capitalism.
Middletown Ohio newspaper notice outlines daily and Sunday pricing plans. It lists in city and suburban chaperbay or motor route rates, trading area mail, and rates for outside areas, plus advance payment terms and the founding year.
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