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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1966
Page
4
President Johnson seeks a $5.3 billion cutback in federal programs with about $3 billion in real savings this fiscal year. He offers few specifics on which programs will suffer, noting cabinet budgets bear the brunt. Congress will decide, possibly reshaping the Great Society agenda amid a more economy minded 9th Congress.
The first of the year’s family gatherings has passed as visiting relatives depart and college students return. Thanksgiving leftovers vanish or freeze, leaving cranberry sauce and plans for a Christmas reprise. Grandmas bustle, men enjoy the meal, and memories grow richer for future generations. Long may families gather.
In Pago Pago the president inspected educational TV facilities and began a task force led by Leonard Marks to study mass televised instruction for Asia Africa and Latin America. Aimed at areas with few teachers the plan would reuse films and train local teachers to eventually lead classes.
A light nature feature notes birds that reportedly sing during sleep. An aviation incident in Luxor, Egypt involved a plane taking off colliding with a slow-moving camel. no injuries were reported and the camel’s portion of fault is humorously implied.
The piece argues Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy’s murder, citing his Marine discharge dispute, hostility toward the U S government, and personal grievance. It dismisses theories of an accomplice and frames Oswald as driven by revenge and desire for public notice.
Hong Kong reports American consular officers say the Red Guards blur the line between political purge and social upheaval. They note Maoists fund and arm the movement while China blocks schooling and targets professionals for “past associations.”
The Ari Mart at the former Frisch's on N Main St hosts a Christmas art sale run by the Middletown Fine Arts Center. A wide range of ceramics water colors oil paintings prints and more with prices from 2 to 225. Greta Schieler and other local artists are showcased as hours vary by day with extended hours midweek.
Buckley notes John Lindsay, seen as Johnson critic and potential 1968 candidate, gave cautious foreign policy views. Combat interview claims he advocates multiple mediations rather than direct talks with the Viet Cong while condemning brutality and stressing dynamic policy at any price. The piece compares Lindsay to Robert Kennedy and cites other unrelated trivia.
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