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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1968
Page
4
The piece questions federal commitment to the SST amid Vietnam War costs and new tech hurdles. Sen. William Proxmire argues budget priorities must rise above SST spending, noting progress slowdown by Britain and France on Concorde.
The National Safety Council’s stay-at-home theory failed as Thanksgiving weekend traffic accidents killed 764 people. A council spokesman urged recognition of Thanksgiving as a high-hazard holiday. The remark underscores rising holiday road tolls and warns against complacency.
Washington reports Governor Rhodes of Ohio resisted a Defense post and a cabinet move, wary of leaving Ohio and hurting his Senate ambitions. The piece notes cabinet service may derail future elections, cites Rhodes ties to Rockefeller and Johnson, and discusses Nixon’s bid to woo liberal Republicans and Democrats alike.
E S Myers publisher of The Middletown Journal built a modern community paper from a 4500 circulation. He consolidated The News Signal and The Journal, moved plants, and led the paper through the 1929 downturn to serve county state national and foreign news with a hometown focus. The Journal remains a monument to his work.
The piece notes an unusually friendly and constructive turn between the outgoing Johnson administration and incoming Nixon, stressing the need for close consultation on foreign affairs to protect national interests. It recalls Hoover and Roosevelt’s 1933 transition and argues for rapid power transfer to sustain public confidence and prevent international instability.
The article notes that earlier transfers of power caused little disruption, but the 1953 handover to Dwight Eisenhower followed a period dominated by the Korean War. President-elect Eisenhower toured the Far East as he prepared to assume office and an armistice was signed in July 1953.
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for different delivery options. It notes second class mailing, and provides per week and yearly prices for in city suburban and trading area subscriptions including abroad and outside USA rates.
Edgar Smith argues capital punishment will be abolished in New Jersey as abolitionists push a backlash. TV documentary Death Row U S A by Truman Capote probes the psychology of death row inmates and victims families, revealing ambivalence about punishment and justice.
Critics note Truman Capote’s complex work but ABC declines to air a television special calling it too grim. The network cites provocative content and sponsor challenges as reasons while suggesting pay TV as a path to quality programming.
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