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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1966
Page
4
A biblical verse from Deuteronomy commands hearing and teaching of God’s words. It instructs diligent instruction at home, during travel, rest, and rising, emphasizing constant remembrance and discussion of God’s laws with one’s children.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic warned in a US television interview that the UAR would launch a preventive war against Israel if it could prove Israel is developing nuclear weapons. The piece argues such talk is unwarranted and unrestful, noting past aggressive rhetoric and questioning motive.
Campuses abroad become a notable trend in U S higher education. Stanford University has opened its fifth European campus in Grantham Lincolnshire with other centers in Tours Stuttgart Florence and Semmering. American colleges increasingly establish overseas links enabling students to study abroad as part of their degree programs. This expansion offers direct exposure to foreign cultures and is seen as a positive growth in international study opportunities.
The Arkansas gubernatorial contest draws national attention as Gov. Orval Faubus declines a seventh term and Brook Hays enters the Democratic primary. Hays, who lost his House seat in 1958 after directing peaceful Little Rock crisis efforts, represents a test of Arkansas voters' attitudes toward segregation since 1957. The outcome will be watched closely for signs of change.
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports that Mayor John Lindsay, once lauded for attacking waste in Wagner's late administration, now faces the lines he used. Lindsay unveils a fiscal 1967 budget totaling 4.61 billion, up 740 million from the prior 3.87 billion, with tax increases to balance a 520 million gap.
The proposed personal income tax and a 50 percent rise in the stock transfer levy face opposition in the New York Legislature with warnings from the New York Stock Exchange over relocation. Senate leaders call the income tax dead while Lindsay’s allies doubt ratification. If rejected, cuts to welfare and salaries loom. City officials debate the mayor’s frugal defense and campaign pledges.
A sweeping Civil Rights Act provision shifts the Community Relations Service from Commerce to the Justice Department. The change allows federal leverage over discrimination disputes in public accommodations education employment and housing, raising fears of coercion if conciliation aid is refused.
Paul Harvey argues Americans are lazy and unemployed relief, not conspirators. He cites Labor Department figures, suggests government overregulation could draft loafers, and warns of a future by marching in step under strong control, framing the lazy American as the greater threat.
A playful note compares a new electric range with a magnet under a heating element that spins a stirrer in a pot. The piece riffs on cooking questions, seasonal sap, and a baseball manager sending a player back to the bushes. It also recalls a Soviet scientist who boasted a 24 hour head cold cure from the Forties.
The piece critiques gaps in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 noting religion is included in many anti discrimination categories but omitted in voting statistics and community relations sections. It questions jurisdiction among Commerce Health Education and Welfare and Justice and likens the police acting as conciliator to arrest and prosecution outcomes.
George Crout notes the Edison phonograph showcased at the United States Express Company on Third Street. Visitors heard the Fifth Regiment Band and cornet solo, with music clear as Edison predicts broad future uses from business dictation to educational tools and entertainment.
Bob Considine notes Moscow may allow Western car makers to enter the Soviet market as Fiat Renault and Ford consider expansion. He recalls Khrushchev’s past dismissal of auto production and contrasts Soviet car access with earlier limits, including sparse gas stations and easing consumer hurdles. He also notes changes in industry figures and mentions Bill Russell’s height and a Celtics context.
A historical note corrects the common attribution of the telegraph code to Samuel F B Morse by crediting his co worker Alfred Vail while mentioning a bird's resting pulse rate of about 120 beats per minute as a separate fact.
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