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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1967
Page
6
The World Jamboree drew nearly 10 000 Scouts from scores of nations to Idaho for nine days of international friendship three years in planning. American hosts prepared meals religious services interpreters and housing for visitors.
The piece notes California’s population surpassing 19.7 million with 27 000 newcomers monthly from outside and 19 000 more from within each month. It cites 4.6 million school children, high welfare costs, and heavy traffic projected at 12 million vehicles and 100 billion miles. It panels the nation’s coming pressures.
Middletown real estate officials and guests toured Avalon on the old Tytus farm on East Third Street noting a 100 acre tract with circle drive Avalon Drive and 12 home sites. Sale begins Aug 11 with the board serving as salesmen for the opening days.
Paul Harvey argues that Black Americans did not erupt via revolution but through gradual ascent across sports arts science and business. He credits figures like Jackie Robinson Louis Armstrong Nat King Cole Ella Fitzgerald Leontyne Price and others for debunking prejudice and advancing equality, while blaming mercenary leaders and politicians for exploiting unrest.
Washington lawmakers push an ethics reform to divorce the Department of Justice from White House control. Representative William E. Minshall argues the change would curb political pressure on FBI actions prosecutions and the selection of attorneys general.
In a House letter Mr Minshall urges creating an Office of Justice as an independent agency to transfer all functions from the current Department of Justice. The attorney general would serve a 15 year term, be independent of the president, and accountable to Congress, aiming to ensure equal justice free from White House political influence.
Washington moderates discuss a unified approach to urban riots. Governor Rockefeller coordinates long distance talks with 25 GOP governors to draft a good neighbor policy and urge action over failed federal urban welfare measures.
Moderate Republican governors push a reformist stance to reshape the party’s image. They react to a GOP coordinating committee statement blaming President Johnson for recent riots and failing to recognize the problem, while noting Johnson’s civil rights efforts and anti crime bill push.
The GOP governors grapple with developing concrete legal concepts to cope with urban violence. They seek practical approaches and policy strategies to reduce crime while balancing civil liberties.
A compact historical miscellany noting diverse facts from geography and culture. It covers whales in Antarctic waters and other regions, Colombia's coastlines, the first U. S. coin with E Pluribus Unum, 19th century derby hat origins, Civil Air Patrol formation, British forks, mallee fowl incubation, the first U S fishery at Medford Massachusetts, and France’s emergence as a nation via the Verdun treaty 843.
The Journal published by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options. Rates include 10c per copy for weekdays, 15c for Sundays, 60c per week by carrier, 15.00 yearly by mail in trading areas, 24.00 outside trading area, and 38.00 outside USA. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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