Kennedy and Carter clash over health insurance plan
Kennedy criticizes Carter’s vague national health insurance principles arguing they delay enactment and miss the goal of cutting inflation and health costs. He cites a Kennedy plan based on hospital bed cuts, centralized equipment use, and salaried doctors, aiming to reduce spending and inflation while Canada’s experience shows rising costs without a national plan. He notes Carter’s team, Califano, favors more studies.
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Middletown Diary recalls 1870s civic life and milestones
George Crout sketches Middletown in 1870s context noting population shifts from 3,046 to 48,767 and scarce local copies. He recalls national events such as Cuban unrest, Civil Service reform, and woman suffrage, plus local ads and firms like Thomas Wilson & Sons and Weisbrodt & Fischer. The piece blends history with small-town memories and odd anecdotes.
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National Woman Suffrage Association
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Amanda Mills
Samuel Dickey
Crystal Tissue
Weisbrodt & Fischer
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Listmaking mayhem with a wife obsessed by lists
John Sinor humor column about a wife who lives for lists and one husband’s chaotic day. A playful, domestic scene unfolds with multiple lists, pockets, a mistaken grocery raid, and a mock grocery-store gunpoint joke, ending with a missing drink and a saved list.
Dog rule unfair in Middletown letters urge fair treatment
Letter to the editor argues dogs guard homes but residents face jail or fines for barking despite training and licenses. Editor explains dog wardens cannot jail owners and that fines come from courts after disturbance complaints.
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Middletown
Siebenthaler Sr. Leads as Elwood Richardson Heads
The local newspaper names W. A. Siebenthaler Sr. as president with Elwood Richardson as business manager and Jim Mills as managing editor in a staff reorganization dated Saturday August 5, 1978.
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Elwood Richardson Business Manager
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Olympics Still Shape World Beyond Politics
The article traces the origins of the modern Games in 1896 Athens under Baron de Coubertin and notes over 100 nations now compete to honor their countries. It argues against using the Moscow Games for politics or boycotts, insisting the Olympic spirit lives in active participants rather than critics, with a closing biblical reference.
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Baron Pierre de Coubertin
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International Olympic Committee
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de Coubertin
Soviet Union
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