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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1968
Page
4
The article reports Britain considering lowering the age of majority from 21 to 18 allowing marriage contracts wills and property control while voting age remains 21 and the US watches as the British test tradition. It contrasts British conservatism with American caution as Parliament debates these changes and governments defend responsibility through trial and error.
The Greek junta consolidates power a year after a bloodless coup. King Constantine is in exile, political prisoners remain, and a new constitution is in progress. Washington backs a return to full military aid after a constitutional referendum, signaling cautious recognition of the regime. Democracy in the cradle remains fragile.
Joe Blatchford, Beverly Hills native and former tennis player, enters the June 4 Republican primary for California’s Seventeenth District seat. He built a reputation in Latin America through Accion en Venezuela and Acao Comunitaria do Brazil, promoting seed funds for self-reliant neighborhood improvement and hands-on projects in Rio de Janeiro Caracas and the Varginha slum.
It was a presumptuous idea for a young man with limited Spanish and Portuguese who nonetheless impressed foundations and corporations. Joe Blatchford leveraged his connections to advance a venture in Venezuela aimed at placing people in opportunities.
Marianne Means notes Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s May 7 primary bid mirrors John F. Kennedy’s style. He evokes his brother’s image, quotes past leaders, and uses “The President of the United States” to reinforce a Kennedy lineage while avoiding links to Johnson.
Joseph Alsop reports COSVN directives from February shows the Tet offensive failed to meet aims. He notes South Vietnam units and U S allies advance, enemy losses mount, and commanders order continued but costly attacks while retreating to sanctuaries along the Cambodian border.
Republican leaders in Butler County pursue recall options against County Commissioner Don Bacon but face legal limits. State statutes allow removal only for malfeasance or misfeasance in public duties, not private conduct, leaving Bacon in office until December 31 1970 and facing re election in November.
A letter to the editor laments moral decline in America blaming loss of God, a social gospel, inflation, wage demands, and a weakening free enterprise system. The writer cites Britain’s downfall, rising divorce, and danger to the elderly on fixed incomes as evidence of national spiritual and economic decay.
A reader urges appreciation for freedoms in a troubled era. The letter emphasizes liberty of speech church voting and personal enjoyment of arts and nature, expressing hope for world peace and continued national fortune.
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists per copy costs for weekdays and Sunday, weekly, and yearly mail rates for in city suburban trading areas and outside areas, with advance payment terms and a note of founding in 1857.
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