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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1972
Page
4
NASA introduces Intelstat IV, raising TV channels to 60 and enabling 5 000 to 6 000 two way conversations. The piece notes the rapid progress from July 1962 moonshot to today and salutes pioneers in satellite communications.
North of the Arctic Circle in Sweden endures a record heat wave as days of sun push temperatures past 80 degrees. The Swedish Information Service reports no prior summer like this, urging readers to endure the heat while noting the irony of nudist chatter amid extreme swelter.
A note invites attendance at a six hour screening of War and Peace in New York while discussion covers a carpenter wage rise to thirteen dollars an hour and Soviet fears over satellite TV. The piece notes Moscow's push to restrict foreign broadcasts and avoid propagandistic content.
An Aug 10 piece in the New York Review of Books lauds the Democratic Convention as a triumph for the young and the young at heart. It questions rival ticket strength and playfully asks who would not back McGovern and Bagieton, noting a Freshman senator from Mississippi as a likeminded pick.
Mr Gromyko asked UN Secretary General Waldheim to consider the Soviet Union’s right to shield its television owners from satellite transmissions of materials propagandizing war and racism and of immoral or provocative nature. No direct transmission between communications.
The Journal published by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for weekdays 15c, Sunday 20c, with home delivery 80c weekly, motor route $3.47 yearly in installments or $3.20 for four weeks, and yearly mail outside the trading area $38. The notice indicates payment terms and service charges for motor route placement.
A reader's letter critiques European social democracy and high taxes, contrasts West Germany and Switzerland with the United States, and warns against perceived government spending and “McGovernomics.” The writer argues Americans should value self-reliance and questions the affordability of guaranteed living standards.
Longtime Democratic donors drift from McGovern as liberal journals critique his fiscal plans. Galbraith defends honesty but questions policy, while Wicker, Ulmer, and other commentators, including Porter and von Hoffman, press doubts on credibility and feasibility of McGovernomics.
The piece argues George McGovern's appeal hinges on a nostalgic small town Protestant image from postwar America. It links his message to a hymn themed call to “Come home America” and contrasts moral clarity with Nixon era policy.
A narrator recalls his first live circus experience with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers. He describes three rings, 12 elephants, and dazzling acts, contrasts it with earlier TV fantasies, and admits his late chance to see a circus face to face. The piece notes all-around involvement from ticket takers to performers and ends with a regretful wink at missed earlier wonder.
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