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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1966
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including Per Copy 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents Sunday. Home delivery in city areas 60 cents weekly. Mail rates are 15 dollars yearly in trading areas and 24 dollars outside. USA subscriptions 38 dollars yearly. All mail payments in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. since 1857.
The article notes Soviet military gear found with North Vietnamese troops across the DMZ suggesting increased Moscow support. Kosygin claims peace policy while promising aid to drive out American forces, a stance that may serve domestic propaganda yet signals stronger Soviet backing for Viet Nam.
The Southwest Ohio jetport project between Dayton and Cincinnati gains support amid a favorable 18 month feasibility study. Officials urge Hamilton County to join the authority, foreseeing regional economic gains from a central large air facility and high volume carrier operations.
An old man on TV preaches choosing happiness and courage as power. A Newark mother tells her son Harry Moore, later New Jersey governor and senator, that with God and gumption he could become somebody.
The piece cautions retirees about shifting retirement money among savings and loans, banks, and stocks amid rising borrowing rates and uneven yields. It notes West Coast S&Ls offer up to 5.75 percent, banks advertise 5 percent or more on CDs, and stocks may drop despite stable dividends. It urges restraint and suggests long run balance as markets fluctuate.
A Middletown reader extols George M. Verity and civic leaders for fostering unity. The letter recalls 43 years of community cooperation across races and creeds, citing Verity’s belief that conflicts are resolved by calm, constructive dialogue.
John Chamberlain reflects on Dr. Constantinos Doxiadis and the threat of human damage to nature. He laments polluted Long Island Sound and the Aegean, notes a proposed bridge to Suffolk County, and warns that urban sprawl will erode coastal havens like Shelter Island and Martha’s Vineyard.
In Aspen, Dr Doxia discusses how cities have expanded over time. He notes that in the eighteenth century it took ten minutes to reach a city center, thirty minutes in the nineteenth century, and about an hour today, reflecting growing city clutter.
Bob Considine reports a $400,000 contribution from Maxwell House, a General Foods division, raised by shoppers flipping can lids for USO. Gen Rosy O'Donnel notes the gift aids rest and recreation for hundreds of thousands of servicemen, with USO providing 131 clubs at home and abroad including Vietnam locations.
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