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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1973
Page
4
A columnist argues impeachment politics are misunderstood and warns against street pressure. Yale and Ivy League editors back impeachment while cautioning mob action could aid Nixon. The piece notes impeachment signals a president’s removal, not punishment, and suggests a cool, low profile approach may hasten Nixon’s exit.
The Senate rushes to solve the fuel shortage with a 1984 mandate for cars to achieve 20 miles per gallon, arguing production shifts by automakers will curb prices. Critics warn against limiting personal freedoms and point to market responses and consumer choice amid rising fuel costs.
A secret memo from a covert source describes Las Vegas hotels thriving amid a rising energy scare. The MGM Grand opens with 2,600 rooms, a 40 yard long casino, a 2,000 seat jai alai court, and 3,200 staff while Tropicana hosts a high profile party with Eleanor Lambert and top models. Despite potential gas shortages, the city shows strong visitor influx and lavish productions with nightly contests and $2,500 prizes.
John Roche argues Moscow used detente to push Arab strength and back Israel’s foes, detailing Radio Moscow’s pressure on Arab leaders and criticizing Charles Yost for portraying the conflict as mutual blame. He likens Western diplomacy to Chamberlain’s 1938 appeasement.
Old humor feature recalls Mutt and Jeff origins with August Mutt and unknown Jeff, Bud Fisher, and later artists. Also notes Bud Fisher’s 1954 death, current draw by Al Smith, and McNaught Syndicate. A wedding corsage anecdote from the Middletown News-Signal story in 1926 closes the column.
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists pricing for newsstand copies at 15 cents on weekdays and 25 cents on Sundays. Home delivery by motor route or mail options with installments and service charges are shown, including international rates and advance payment terms.
Pauline Fields and Nina Wright respond to a bumper sticker insult about ecologists and fuel shortages. Wright argues unity in hardship and questions Nixon criticism while Fields defends the president and laments public scorn, urging reflection.
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