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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1967
Page
4
A judicial tribunal faulted officials for not listening to warnings before the Aberfan slag heap collapse that killed 142 people, urging a national safety committee to oversee mine waste disposal and improve communications to prevent such tragedies.
A reflective piece argues nostalgia sells as a commodity fueling vacation time and memory shopping. It catalogs packaging from river showboats to log cabins and one room schools, noting nostalgia bridges past and present for profitable consumption. It also cites a biblical admonition to remember the Creator in youth.
A satirical column argues the State Department should keep Soviet diplomats out of Virginia Beach citing tourism image, local industry, wildlife, waterways and infrastructure as evidence of American flaws. The piece humorously laments beaches, pools, traffic and political optics while praising the lure of the resort.
The Middletown Journal lists subscription pricing for: daily copies at 10 cents, Sunday at 15 cents, weekly by carrier 60 cents, mail in trading areas 15 dollars per year, mail outside areas 24 dollars, and international 38 dollars. All subscriptions require advance payment.
A Dayton family returning from Kentucky suffered a carbon monoxide death due to a faulty muffler in a closed car. The piece urges drivers to have mufflers checked and ensure fresh air, warning that a sealed car can be a death trap at any time.
MAX LERNER argues in a recent Saigon war piece that Viet Cong night operations push U S troops toward a night war. He contrasts night culture with daytime industriousness, notes night job groups from taxi drivers to data processors, and predicts a future society driven by nocturnal activity led by the younger generation and computer work. He urges balance and suggests love should adapt to night as work does to day.
The piece critiques Bishop Sheen's call to withdraw U S forces from Vietnam as a path to peace based on Lincoln's calamity lesson. It questions whether true peace requires humbling others or only self renunciation, noting the risk of leaving South Vietnam to the Vietcong. It treats the president's Day of Prayer proposal as politically explosive and morally provocative.
Mrs. M Fern Troutvine writes from 1304 Carolina St disputing a city Commission story she says misrepresents her reference. She cites the Ohio Public Expenditures Council report and asks whether benefits would have been cut if costs were not higher than in other cities.
A historical note states James Monroe was the first president of the United States to have served as a senator. A separate analogy compares a tree bark to human skin.
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