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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1968
Page
4
Middletown moves ahead on a national core area blight program with a $13.9 million rehabilitation plan over two years. Federal shares total about $10.5 million with local credits. work starts in April, including demolitions and a central mall option, to complete in two to four years.
William F Buckley Jr reflects on Apollo 8 launch at Cape Kennedy. He juxtaposes scientific optimism with a poet's premonition, noting 99.9 percent part reliability and 5.6 million components. He describes the tense countdown and lift off, ending with the line that they have ventured into God's territory.
The Journal published daily by News- Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists rates for single copy and mail subscriptions. Weekday copies cost 10 cents, Sundays 20 cents, news paper boy delivery 70 cents weekly, and mail subscriptions range from 21 dollars yearly in the trading area to 38 dollars outside the trading area. Outside USA 38 dollars per year. Founded in 1857.
A discussion on FCC authority to regulate television for violence content and criminal depictions prompts debate over censorship versus freedom of speech. Rosel Hyde cautions against government control while Nicholas Johnson wonders about lawsuits for psychic harm to children.
Joseph Alsop analyzes Vietnam after the Tet offensives, arguing Hanoi suffered three 1968 disasters that weakened the Viet Cong in the South. He notes VC local forces shift to North Vietnamese replacements, hamlet chiefs staying away, and widespread wounded moving north, narrowing Hanoi options.
A Butler County coroner candidate Garret J. Boone faced scrutiny over his election expense claim. The article traces coroner origins to medieval England and explains current requirements that coroners be practicing physicians and post financial reports, noting Boone will be sworn in for the seventh time and vows this to be his last term.
A couple’s New Year kiss ended with a head gash from a beer bottle to the husband while another case saw a man shoot the tire after his car stalled near Oxford. A shoe firm unveils men’s evening pumps at 850 dollars with 14 karat gold buckles, aimed at wealthy dressers.
Paul Harvey extols consumerism and praises Sears Roebuck for recalling dangerous jewelry and defective gas heaters. He notes the costly, thorough recalls and the industry’s willingness to admit fault, contrasting with broader doubts about big business while praising American initiative and rescue efforts.
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