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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1971
Page
4
The piece discusses a Fraser of Minnesota proposal granting persons 65 and older half fares on planes trains and inter city buses during non peak hours. It also spurs local transit agencies to cut fares by tying the incentive to Urban Mass Transit Administration funding.
Placement services report many scientists and engineers labeled overqualified for lower paying jobs amid federal defense aerospace cuts and industry retrenchment. Both job seekers and employers confront an immediate dilemma as skilled workers apply for positions demanding fewer credentials.
The Columbia Tenn Herald argues that overqualified workers taking lesser jobs drain talent from the economy. It notes employers fear turnover and likens the effect to a plug pulled on economic vitality, citing a biblical line for emphasis.
Paul Harvey reflects on the Sixties youth turning toward religion and mature values. He notes the Berkeley shift from protest to faith, calmer college life, and rising interest in traditional morality and stable marriage vows as the new era dawns. The piece contrasts past radicalism with current restraint.
President Nixon wed secrecy to avert a GOP revolt as 12 Republican senators opposed his wage price policy. George Shultz pressed for compromise but failed. Nixon publicly urged openness while privately doubting enforcement, signaling political tremor ahead of the 1972 campaign.
Washington reports that campaign use of computers linked to direct mail and telephone could transform political outreach by 1972. McGovern and Muskie harness computer direct mail to build donor bases and target first time voters, while critics warn about saturation and intrusiveness.
A Comstock NebraskA letter laments urban noise pollution from jets and traffic and proposes trees and grass as natural sound barriers along freeways. The piece contrasts historic development with contemporary underdevelopment to question future aid from developing nations.
Jim Shumate argues bingo is a friendly, low trouble recreation compared with other city vices. He notes decades of social work at bingo socials, praising its neighborly atmosphere and minimal conflicts, and questions why bingo is vilified while horse racing and other gambling persist.
Franklin residents Mr and Mrs Kay Bailey thank neighbors friends coworkers and hospital staff who aided their son Doug Bailey after a fall from a delivery truck. Doug is listed in satisfactory condition at Jewish Hospital after urgent care and neurosurgical treatment.
A Middletown citizen urges the city commission to open school gymnasiums for teen use in summer. He notes merchants complain teens hang around and suggests supervised workouts to keep youths near home and build stronger bodies. He asks adults to volunteer supervision.
The Journal published by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options for weekdays and Sundays. Home delivery costs include 80 cents weekly, motor route plans totaling 3.47 quarterly or 3.20 four weeks, plus a 1 cent service charge. Mail rates are 30 dollars per year in the trading area and 38 dollars outside the U.S. Both motor and mail subscriptions are payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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