The Ultimate Weapon and Humanity as Time Bomb
A reflection on how weapons evolve beyond the atomic bomb to hydrogen bombs and beyond. The essay cites speculative futures such as walking bombs and robot soldiers and warns that advances in science magnify mass destruction. It ends by asserting humanity as the ultimate weapon within a shared moral framework.
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Hiroshima
United States
Russia
London
Moscow
Washington
Antarctic
Symposium
Pity The Next Man Up In The Johnson Presidency
Jim Bishop recalls Lyndon Johnson as a hard working, highly competent leader shaped by Lady Bird Johnson. The piece notes Johnson’s extensive legislative achievements, his hands on style, and the burden of the presidency with 154 federal bureaus. It ends urging pity for the next man to follow him.
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Lydon Johnson
Lyndon
White House
Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Johnson
Lady Bird
Frontier
Lyndon Johnson
Frenklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Truman
LBJ
United States
Robert Kennedy
America
Dwight Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower
Mr. Humphrey
Rockefeller
Romney
Mental health needs rise as society recognizes illness
The author argues that many acts of crime and delinquency stem from mental illness and calls for expanded facilities. Ohio lags in mental health programs, and a November bond vote may fund expansion to detect illness early and reduce societal costs.
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Ohio
Civil disobedience under legal scrutiny from Griswold
In New Orleans Erwin Griswold, solicitor general, condemns civil disobedience that excuses law violations for lofty causes. He argues the Constitution sets limits on dissent, stresses enforcement of laws, and warns that violators face criminal penalties even if their aims are moral.
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Washington
America
Erwin N. Griswold
United States
Department of Justice
Harvard Law School
Tulane University School of Law
New Orleans
Griswold
Money and power shape Humphrey California bid
William F Buckley Jr argues that Hubert Humphrey faces a money gap in the California primary and that Lyndon Johnson has yet to mobilize financial support. He notes McCarthy's wealth and Kennedy's potential spending, while labor unions temper their backing until Johnson signals a fight for Humphrey.
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Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Humphrey
California
Mr. Kennedy
McCarthy
Indiana
Mr. Goldwater
Nedy
Mr. Rockefeller
Goldwater
Mr. Humbrey
New Jersey
Mr. Humphrey
Kennedy
Romney
Chicago
Rockefeller
Mr. Johnson
Middletown Journal subscription rates and details
The Middletown Journal lists subscription costs including 10c per weekday copy and 15c for Sundays. Weekly delivery by newsboy or motor route is 60c, with mail rates of 15.00 yearly in trading areas and 24.00 outside, 38.00 for outside the U S A. Subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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U.S.A
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