Spending binge or political backlash under rising federal subsidies
The piece cites Roger Freeman criticizing rising domestic federal outlays from 13 billion in 1800s terms to 167 billion in the 1975 budget, noting effects in education, welfare, crime, urban renewal, and public employment. It argues two Republican and two Democratic administrations accelerated growth and warns of unionized bureaucrats steering government.
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Seaaville
Roger A. Freeman
University of Stanford Hoover Institution
Freeman
Republic
Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Roger Freeman
Nixon
Kennedy
Johnson
Martin Anderson
Congress
New Middletown YMCA Building Dedicated in 1923
The Middletown YMCA dedicated its new headquarters at Manchester and Broad on December 23 1923 with John Pontius as speaker. R C Phillips received the building from Caldwell and Iseminger. The $462000 project completes a $1 million civic drive, includes a gym 50 by 80 feet a reading room billiards rooms dormitories and a public cafeteria on the second floor. Open house drew thousands as holiday decorations brightened the site and officials hailed the landmark for community use.
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Young Men's Istian Association
Middletown
John Pontius
Ambus Ymca
Charles R. Hook
R.C. Phillips
Caldwell & Iseminger
Herbert Boren
Manchester and
Broad
YMCA
New
Broadway
New Middletown High School
Debt and defense drive rising costs and inflation
The piece argues that federal spending since 1962 has grown by 200 billion dollars, fueling double-digit inflation. It says the new Congress favors make-work programs and military cuts but cannot offset debt without harming defense, leading to ongoing borrowing and a weaker dollar.
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Congress
U.S
Freeman
We quit the United Nations in a sharp memo to Kurt Waldheim
A satirical memo from Bob Considine mockingly proposes the United States quit the UN. It accuses the U N of boorish behavior and laments Third World influence while lauding NATO and U S strengths. The draft letter ends with a jab about purple canapes at UN gatherings.
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New York
Ford
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Kurt
Bugs Baer
Bugs
Afghanistan
Zambia
Peoples Republic of Yemen
Uganda
Cameroon
Chad
Fijih
Guyana
Ivory Coast
Mali
Niger
Oman
Qatar
Rwanda
Togo
Zaire
Third World
NATO
Tle
Britain scales back world policing amid defense budget cuts
Defense Minister Roy Mason announces large cuts as Britain plans to pull most troops from Singapore and Cyprus and abandon a naval base near the Indian Ocean approach. NATO commitments are trimmed while Diego Garcia development proceeds as a key remaining overseas outpost.
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Roy Mason
Britain
Singapore
Cyprus
Hong Kong
Africa
Indian Ocean
NATO
Europe
Mason
U.S. Navy
Diego Garcia
Nobel Peace Prize protests erupt as Oslo clashes mar ceremony
The Nobel award scene features Solzhenitsyn’s belated prize provoking boycotts by Communist nations while Oslo University hosts a violent clash between protesters and police over the peace prize. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and Sean MacBride of Ireland are named recipients. the incident underscores enduring passion surrounding peace honors.
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Stockholm
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Oslo University
Norway
Eisaku Sato
Sean MacBride
Ireland
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. lists subscription options and prices. Home delivery and motor route rates apply for weekdays and Sundays, with calendar month and four-week period options, plus annual mail rates for U.S. and outside U.S. addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
News Journal
iInc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Letters to the Editor critique CPSC power and local politics
Readers argue the Consumer Product Safety Commission oversteps by labeling handgun ammunition hazardous and warn this could edge toward gun bans. They note public funding and legal actions, urge congressional opposition, and reference local civic groups and a controversial CG&E high voltage project in Butler County.
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Consumer Product Safety Act
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Congress
CPSC
Council To
Butler County
Cg&e
Millville
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H.O. Miller
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Magine
Rees
Piukce
Bob Considine
Kuwait
Krishna Menon
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Yasir Arafat
Paul VI
Assembly
League of Nations
League
the Journal
Citizens’ Committee
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Strinko
James J. Botsko
Ed Strinko
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