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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1967
Page
4
A public poll shows Americans cooling to a manned moon mission since Kennedy's call. Majorities oppose continuing the lunar and space program at current funding without Soviet competition, hinting at support for international cooperation and reallocation of funds to other priorities.
The article notes nylon shifted from hosiery to diverse uses and may soon become bulletproof vests. It highlights woven nylon stopping .30 caliber rifle rounds in tests and suggests riot squads and troops could use the material in Vietnam era defense. It ends with a biblical reflection.
The piece argues Lyndon Johnson lacks wartime understanding and warns that misjudging Vietnam risks a midstream change in leadership. It cites Aviation Week critiques of air campaigns, compares to Dayan’s tactics, and notes mothers of draft-age sons vote on war policy.
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for daily and Sunday issues. Rates include 10 cents per weekday, 15 cents Sunday, 60 cents weekly, 15 dollars yearly in trading areas, 24 dollars outside, and 38 dollars outside the U.S. All mail subs payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
A Middletown Journal notice praises Vietnam service and loneliness, thanks colleagues for sending birthday cards, and urges readers to write to service members. It warns that a surcharge on income taxes could be retroactive and increase weekly take home pay deductions.
The Havana conference linked Castro Guevara Maoist and Western revolutionaries in a new alliance. Khrushchev suggests Kennedy’s missile crisis concession aided Castro. The piece argues guerrilla warfare and Vietnams in the hemisphere threaten U.S. interests, with Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown as spokesmen.
A reader promotes the Seat Belt Club urging motorists to wear seat belts after 464 weekend highway deaths in Ohio, offering a dash decal and urging readers to contact War ren C. Nelson of the Ohio Department of Highway Safety. The second letter questions jobs for youth, steel imports, and policy, arguing for American workers and condemning violence while urging constituents to engage representatives Lukens Lausche and Young.
Letter to the editor from Lanie Brubaker of 13 Park Dr laments the loss of Sherman School’s fifth grade teacher and basketball coach Mr Wilson. The writer praises his fair teaching, umpiring, and hope Spring Hill will value him as principal, calling Sherman a lunch school in fond terms.
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