Deadly Gas Transport Under DOT Permit Sparks Alarm
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal resumes shipments of phosgene to private firms under a special DOT permit due to unsafe tank conditions. Tanks lack gas tight covers and have not had hydrostatic tests since 1965 66, raising risk of disaster during freight routes from Denver to New York and Louisiana.
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Half Pay For Actors In Hollywood Pay Plan
Report suggests actors accept half pay to curb overseas film maker exodus. If the film profits, they receive the rest plus a bonus. if it fails, half pay stands. Producers may slow the talent drain and protect Hollywood’s status as a global capital. Deuteronomy 24 21 cited.
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Hollywood
Nixon seeks to derail Wallace in 1973 bid
In Washington and Alabama, the Nixon White House lashes out at George Wallace as a potential 1973 presidential contender. Postmaster General Winton Blount travels Alabama raising funds for Gov. Albert Brewer, who may run or pivot to the Senate if Wallace stays out. Wallace surveys allies and politics in a volatile state.
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Wallace
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Siewer
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Sparkman
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Red Blount
Senator
Population concerns and environmental alarms raised by public figures
A reader letter urges support for Nixon population control policy citing Hugh Moore Fund leadership and World Bank criticisms. Eddie Albert warns of future oxygen shortages while criticizing DDT use and water pollution. he stresses pollution threats to plankton and oxygen production.
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Hugh Moore
Eddie Albert
Albert
Extra White House Not New In California Vacation Spot
Washington columnist outlines the long history and reasoning behind presidents using summer White Houses. The piece notes California’s western home for Nixon and compares it with Johnson’s Texas ranch, stressing informal settings and better communication, while counting the human need to rest and think.
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Presidents and their favored summer getaways
The piece lists many U S presidents and their vacation spots from Oyster Bay and Hyde Park to Warm Springs and Gettysburg. It notes Taft Coolidge Kennedy Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Hoover Wilson and distinct domestic retreats across New England Georgia New Jersey New Hampshire and the Blue Ridge area.
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Warm Springs
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Winer
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Florida
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Gettysburg
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Rapidan
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Wilson
Long Branch
New Jersey
Cornish
New Hampshire
Middletown Daily News Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. lists subscription prices: weekday 10 cents, Sunday 20 cents. city delivery 70 cents weekly. mail in trading area 32.1 dollars yearly. outside trading area 30 dollars yearly. outside USA 38 dollars yearly. All subscriptions payable in advance. Founded 1857.
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Fifth Quick Road To Fame: Morrie Ryskind Column
Mor r ie R y sk in d recounts readers mail and feuds over academic freedom and poetry. He cites a physics professor and an English teacher as examples, laments rising postal costs, and notes generational shifts in attitudes toward sex and four letter words.
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Supreme Court
Baudelaire
Critique of a Controversial Poem and Its Publicity
The writer attacks the poem as unintelligible and sensationalist, accusing the author of disguising empty ideas with confusing metaphors. They forecast sensational adaptations and public nudity as a profit-driven "gold mine."
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Max Eastman
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