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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1973
Page
4
The essay argues drivers resist safety rules and metric adoption, with California planning to teach only the metric system in public schools by 1976. It notes interlock requirements for 1974 models and the public’s ambivalence toward seat belt buckles, urging courage and compliance to improve road safety.
Skylab, a space station with bedrooms a shower a library and a dart board, is slated for May 14 launch. Three thirty-day crews will visit May 15 and stay 28 days while two later crews in August and November stay 56 days each to study long duration spaceflight effects.
Middletown and Hamilton boards plan resolutions to join in vocational education and joke about calling to confirm votes. A Hamilton doctor jokes about misdialed hospital numbers, while a drunk driver story ends with a breathalyzer note.
The piece compares Nixon to a monarch facing a line of heirs noting how unease with successors shapes strategy. It weighs Agnew Connally Rockefeller and Wagner as potential successors and warns against premature moves while predicting no immediate signal for a shift in leadership.
The Middletown Journal lists daily and Sunday edition prices with mail and motor route options. Rates include 5c weekdays, 25c Sunday, 80c weekly, and annual mail subscriptions at 30 dollars within the trading area or 38 dollars outside the U.S. A 15c monthly service charge applies for motor route tube delivery.
The piece argues Teapot Dome and Watergate show voters blame individuals, not parties. It notes Agnew’s stance, Gold’s changing views on the press, and suggests Watergate damages the Nixon era claim to law and order while Agnew may survive.
A columnist laments Western Union’s decay amid satellite tech and poor operator service. He recalls rival Postal Telegraph, cites the 1940s Roosevelt era move to merge services, and notes staff cuts and crumbling offices. He mocks era changes and Telecom practice as he furthers the point with humorous anecdotes about calling Jimmy Cannon and a morse code past.
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