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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1969
Page
4
The article discusses the politics of confrontation as a sometimes justified but potentially abusive tool for groups to press grievances. It cites the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence and historic examples like the Boston Tea Party, arguing it should be used only after other redress fails and with restraint.
The author argues decades of the 1960s were liberating in U S history despite riots and war. He contrasts them with predicted turbulence of the 70s, noting a mass society’s efforts to tackle poverty and educational inequality while defending postwar modern politics under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.
A breezy holiday vignette recalls a 10 year old trading gifts with siblings for mom and dad, a chocolate Santa, and a home power outage that halts a birthday cake. A child wakes to Santa illusions and a mother prepares Christmas dinner, then a quiet morning ends with the Sandman and a wrapped tree.
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for different delivery methods. Rates show 10 cents per weekday, 20 cents on Sundays, 70 cents weekly in-town, $21 yearly in-town, $30 yearly outside trading area, and $38 yearly outside U.S.A. All subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
Washington and Moscow display unusual optimism as talks near the Vienna conference on April 16 1970. Both sides accept that first strike is unlikely and push for limits and a freeze on deployment while continuing research. Observers see potential for broader calm in world affairs and a shift in Vietnam and Middle East tensions.
The piece recalls Nikita Khrushchev’s shifting portrayal of Joseph Stalin amid Stalin’s posthumous cult. It notes Khrushchev’s 1956 Presidium speech exposing Stalin as ruthless and treacherous, and contrasts Soviet reverence with Khrushchev’s later shifts and global Cold War actions.
The former Soviet leader faded from public view after his 1964 ouster by Kosygin and Brezhnev. He rarely spoke publicly except when voting or granting a rare interview, surviving by precedent set against early rivals like Malenkov Molotov Bulganin and Kaganovich.
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