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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1967
Page
4
The July Labor Department report shows 76.2 million Americans employed, a 1.8 million year over year rise, with the seasonally adjusted unemployment at 3.9 percent. Yet 13.4 percent of 16 to 21 year olds are unemployed, whites at 11.8 percent and Blacks at 24.8 percent, underscoring persistent youth joblessness and civil unrest risks.
Interior Secretary Udall cautions that federal water quality standards will be imposed if states do not promptly revise plans after a July 31 deadline. He notes most states complied in part but few proposals approved, signaling federal enforcement to curb pollution threats. The text ends with a biblical parable unrelated aside.
Washington columnist recalls Lyndon Johnson’s Lincolnian bust and likens his presidency to Andrew Johnson and John F. Kennedy. The piece notes civil rights milestones under Johnson and parallels with past presidents, including shared fates and family ties, amid race riots and Reconstruction-era themes.
In a reprinted excerpt from Mrs. Millie Wolff's column, her son comes home for the summer from college and shares views on marriage and family as he pursues a degree. He discusses love, engagement, and finding a natural partner, while noting his English professor and campus books as symbols of growing up. He seeks work and shows patience with his mother, hinting at a tentative reconciliation.
President Johnson's tax plan includes a capital gains surcharge raising rates from 25 to 27.5 percent for high income brackets. The bill would affect real estate sales from 1967 to mid 1969 and increase federal tax liabilities by about 11.5 billion dollars when combined with Social Security taxes.
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including daily 10 cent copies and Sunday 15 cents. In-town mail options: seven days for $15 annually. outside areas $24. international $38. all MA payable in advance. founded 1857.
MAX LERNER explores how modern military elites differ from traditional colonels. He notes U S officers at Carlisle and in Israel are civilian minded, wary of civil military boundaries, and must weigh politics and culture amid global power shifts.
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