Boost For Direct Election From Survey Signals Support
A Griffin survey of 4000 state legislators from 27 states shows 64 percent favor direct presidential election, with only Idaho and North Dakota opposing. The path to amendment requires two thirds Senate approval and three fourths of state legislatures, a hurdle now seen as more likely. Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on September 9 may influence the outcome despite Eastland’s hostile record.
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Unpopular War and the Mexican Conflict in History
The piece weighs Vietnam as the most unpopular war, contrasts it with the 1846 48 Mexican War, noting Southern support for territorial gains to boost slave power. It cites Polk’s motives, the spoils of Texas California and other western territories, and Abe Lincoln’s condemnation as unjust, ending with a moral query.
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Letters to the Editor on Sunset Park behavior and politics
A reader criticizes teen couples in Sunset Park for public displays of affection and urges parental oversight. The author questions civil rights leaders and Communist links, endorses Booker T. Washington’s view of labor dignity, and suggests naming schools after Lenin or Castro. Contact details are provided for a book offer.
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Ohio bill lowers voting age to 19 in legislature
Susan McIntosh on Milton Road urges voters to approve a voter turnout measure lowering the voting age to 19. The initiative seeks to empower youth participation in democracy with a yes vote.
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Noted Reflections On Time And Youth
Dave Began Here And There contemplates how time speeds by from youth to adulthood and the need for patience during school system changes. It urges young people to engage with current events and warns adults to avoid disengagement, stressing purposeful use of time and hope for maturity.
Nixon Style Conservatism Undermines Welfare Reform
John P. Roche argues Nixon’s welfare speech blends altruism with coded appeals to white lower middle class voters. He contends the president will dismantle Democratic innovations by incremental federal power erosion, a strategy he calls a fail-safe dodge in legislation.
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Public fury over thalidomide and the New Federalism
The public demands strict drug regulation amid the thalidomide tragedy while advocates and opponents clash over administration. The column critiques Nixon and Southern Democrats, warns that “new federalism” shifts power to 50 bureaucracies, and questions who would guide decentralization.
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The Middletown Journal publishes subscription rates for daily and weekly delivery. Rates include 10 cents per weekday and 20 cents for Sunday copies, with mail options at 321.00 per year in trading areas and 30.00 outside, 38.00 for non-US.
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Times of Change Stir American Values Says Ryskind
MorRe Ryskind laments a shift in American morals as liberal ideas spread through colleges and media. He criticizes campus activism and faculty alliances with radicals, arguing the era undermines traditional values while noting Cold War tensions and political rhetoric.
Notable Facts Echo Across Time from Pioneers to Popes
The text surveys diverse notes from 1790 pioneer figures in the Ohio River Valley to Puccini's unfinished Turandot and Franco Aliano’s completion. It mentions Ronald Reagan writing a Des Moines sports column, a phrase Latin for slip of the tongue, and Pakistan as the world’s largest Muslim state, plus general demography and Argentina’s standing army.
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