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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1967
Page
8
The Puerto Rican vote favored preserving the commonwealth despite citizenship limits. The piece notes the success of Operation Bootstrap raising income, ongoing high unemployment around 11 percent, and argues that statehood or independence would have been unwise at this time.
Carl Sandburg stood among America's best known poets, a writer of wide influence and a voice for democracy. Twice Pulitzer Prize winner his Lincoln biography and Complete Poems defined his enduring vision of the common man and social justice. His death invites renewed reading of his enduring works.
Washington humor column mocks school prep with a quiz on the United Nations Congress and government careers. It notes appointments and political figures while lampooning wartime rhetoric and the era's Great Society context.
A critical piece argues that crime, civil rights, and government policy have inflamed public anger. It predicts anti riot legislation gaining momentum while open housing and gun laws face renewed scrutiny. The author condemns political corruption and urges decisive actions by Congress and public opinion.
Joseph Alsop argues the race problem centers on urban ghettos with brutal conditions. He urges directing justice inside ghettos via housing education and job programs, endorses Kennedy bills to spur investment, and calls for emergency urban renewal and a national ghetto housing push.
The Middletown Journal lists daily publication details and subscribers rates. Prices include 10 cents per weekday copy, 15 cents for Sundays, 60 cents per week by route, and yearly mail rates of 15 dollars in trading areas and 24 dollars outside. Foreign is 38 dollars per car. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
Mrs. Richard Wilson of Nelson Road lauds Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus for settling after rain delays. The Humane Association funded repairs and returned advance ticket sales, with a $2,000 contribution and contract for next year. Circus grounds donor Harry A. Finkelman is thanked for his grounds support. A light joke closes the piece.
The piece argues against a single cause for Newark and Detroit unrest urging Johnson’s study group to consider multiple factors. It highlights Phillip Abbott Luce of Progressive Labor as a source on guerrilla training and Cuba trips, and notes Luce’s claims about gun storage, target practice, and anti police propaganda. It cites Bela Fabian’s warnings about police prejudice and quotes Bill Epton denying incitement by activists.
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