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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1971
Page
4
A compromise on campaign spending limits for Congress and the presidency advances. The plan would curb expenditures while protecting free speech, proposing a $20,000 to $25,000 cap with reporting rules. Partisan tensions persist, but success would reduce money's role in elections.
Article reports a possible extension of rules banning dune buggies snowmobiles and similar vehicles in wildlife refuges and notes a study ordered by Secretary of the Interior Rogers C Morton on applying such regulation to public lands The piece echoes Morton warning of irreparable damage from unregulated use and sides with limiting recreational vehicle abuse in fragile federal lands
Senator Edmund Muskie surged back into activity after a Gallup poll showed him trailing Nixon for the first time in five months. He appointed John English as chief political organizer, a Kennedy ally with deep conduit to the Kennedy circle, signaling a broadened strategy and potential Kennedy aides joining Muskie. The move follows Muskie's FBI snooping stance and a shift in rivals focus as he eyes VietNam and health issue echoes, while maintaining a cautious profile to sharpen his position amid the campaign dynamics.
A public appeal urging the Vietnamese president to grant amnesty for American POWs, arguing prisoners have no military value and that freeing them would prove mercy and pave the way to peace. The letter stresses family separations and humanitarian motives, urging swift action and noting the global impact of compassion.
The Calley case prompts President Nixon to explain his direct involvement in the review process. He defended confining Calley to quarters pending appeal and announced he would personally review the case, aiming to calm public fears while upholding military justice. The president stressed he would not pass decisions to a commission or the Army secretary. He urged patience as trials for war crimes unfold and said no prejudgment would be made before final sentence.
John P Roche argues at Yale that American policy labels like Israel and South Vietnam were used to pursue goals misaligned with U.S. interests. He likens U.S. strategy to drug addiction to anti-communism and warns withdrawal could trigger global isolationism impacting all regions and policy.
Lake Erie's western basin has long functioned as a natural nutrient sink catching most organic material from nearby rivers. Thermal wells in New Zealand provide steam for a paper mill and heating for greenhouses while enabling lumber kiln drying plastic molding and car cleaning processes.
The Journal published daily by Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options for weekdays and Sundays with per copy prices, motor route and mail plans, payment in advance, and delivery details. Rates include 10 cents daily, 15 cent Sunday, motor route 3.47 quarterly installments or 3.20 quarterly four week periods, and mail 90 dollars per year within trading area, 38 dollars outside USA, with a 4 tube placement service charge. Founded 1057.
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