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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
4
The piece discusses cultural criticism and a shift toward valuing the arts and artists in American society while noting England's public admiration for Henry Moore on his 70th birthday. It contrasts national reverence for art with the American tendency to praise success over quality and suggests artists deserve special societal respect.
President Johnson names an Air Quality Advisory Board as California signs the toughest smog bill. Los Angeles area faces severe vehicle emission problems, with state actions urged as a model for nationwide air quality programs and future commissions.
The Concorde project faces delays from technical and economic hurdles as Britain France and the United States wrestle with costs and government funding. Delays push expected service from 1971 to 1972 or later with passengers unlikely before 1974.
The Journal published daily by the News Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates including per copy 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays. Mail subscriptions run 18 dollars yearly in trading areas and 24 dollars outside trading areas with worldwide options.
Last year the Vietnam Triangle Club shipped 1500 boxes to soldiers in Vietnam and aims for 3000 this year each worth about 10 dollars. Members receive a certificate and a letter from Capt. James H. Cook thanking the club for cheerfully received packages. The group operates a Murphy's booth for supplies and contributions.
A political analysis on whether Nixon or Rockefeller can secure the presidency. The piece discusses electoral votes, urban versus rural strength, party loyalties, white and Negro voters attitudes, urban riots, and the impact of city sentiment on November results. It notes Nixon's perceived firmness and Republican hopes to win by appealing to big city voters.
In a readers debate, Chas. B. Timmons asserts total abstinence from alcohol as the only safe path, contrasting it with a call for prohibition. He also objects to gun registration, urging strict enforcement and broad authority for police, while warning against linking him to gun clubs.
A reader argues that statistics can be cited to support any claim and criticizes a July 26 article titled Firearms Abuse Data's Figures Are Alarming. The letter contends that statistics are often manipulated to prove desired conclusions and questions the article's long inference.
Actographs Dodge, a United States Defense Department spacecraft, is described as the most sophisticated of 250 American satellites in orbit as of November 1967. It carries spare parts and can repair itself electronically. The National Geographical Society notes its advanced status in the space program.
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