They or Ain't They The gambling man who is careful with risk
The piece blends a paradox about Sam who shuns gambling yet takes life risks driving. It contrasts a legal shift granting 18 to 21 year olds voting rights with a court ruling denying welfare aid, and ends with a biblical quotation about impossibility and possibility.
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Sam
Miami Valley
State of Washington
Department of Social and Health Services
State Welfare Rights Organization
Moral Standards Bite Dust Letter to the Editor
A reader thanks Lawrence H. Rogers of Taft Broadcasting for stopping the program In Concert after 15 minutes on November 24. The writer agrees with the action amid protests and edits and laments suppressed opinions about the show’s quality.
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Lawrence H. Rogers
Taft Broadcasting
Rogers
Filler Date Correction In Middletown Editor Letter
To the editor a reader requests a correction in the Thursday paper on page 28 where the POINSETTIA FOUNDER filler misstates 1930 instead of 1830. Joel R R Poinsett was minister to Mexico in 1828 and the writer cites Norman Nichols II in Middletown.
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Middletown
Poinsettia
Joel RR. Poinsett
Charleston
S.C
Mexico
Norman Nichols II
Central Ave
From Bottom I Thank All Who Aided Me
A brief note expresses gratitude to everyone who came to the aid of the writer. It notes appreciation from the author for community support and assistance received.
Rocks or Revelations in Apollo Plans and Public Praise
A column questions Apollo 17 as possibly humanity's last space venture this century. It blames Jules Verne for inflated moon fantasies and NASA for poor PR of scientific spin offs, contrasting moon rocks with hoped ripples in daily life. The piece closes with thanks to local responders at a death-related note.
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Jim Flebig
Outer Space
Jules Verne
NASA
America
Grover Narrowly Misses Texas Governor Post
William F. Buckley Jr. notes Grover’s near upset in Texas last fall as the GOP showed strength despite weak support from national and state Republicans. He argues Grover’s performance reshapes Republican prospects in the South and could fuel future Texas campaigns and a broader Republican shift.
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Texas
Grover
Briscoe
Dallas Times Herald
Dallas County
Ralph Briscoe
John Tower
White House
Richard Nixon
John Connally
Connally
Hank Grover
South
Sam Wood
Austin American
Time Magazine
Houston
Humphrey
Minneapolis
The
Washington Post
Philip Nicolaides
Republican Party of
Halberstams Distinction of Lattimore in The Best and the Brightest
The commentary probes David Halberstams portrayal of Owen Lattimore as a distinguished Sinologist and questions the revisionist lens. It contrasts Lattimore with Vietnam War rhetoric, noting his New York Review letter siding with Kremlin positions and portraying Soviet diplomacy as humane while criticizing American policy.
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David Halberstam
Kennedy
Johnson
Jfk
Kennedys
Stevenson-Bowles
Roosevelt
McGovern
Democratic Party
Lattimore
Halberstam
England
Hamlet
New York Review of Books
Thieu
NLF
Soviet Union
Nixon
New York Review
Kremlin
America
Hanoi
Moscow
Asia
Red Square
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Middletown Journal lists daily and Sunday price points for home delivery and motor routes, with mailed subscriptions offered at $30 per year in the trading area and $38 outside the area. The notice notes payment terms and a 15 cent monthly service charge for tube placement.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Newspaperboy
U.S.A
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Dean Acheson
Owen Lattimore
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