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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
4
A Washington primer for Jimmy Carter's new team offers seven rules to navigate the capital. Avoid unknown dinner invitations, skip large cocktail parties, vet reporters, speak off the record when needed, stay modest about status, seek wisdom from veteran aides and landmarks, and take time to reflect on the citys history and culture.
The piece argues the 1960s interdepartmental strike force against organized crime declined due to political interference and lack of evaluation. It notes Buffalo 1967 as initial success, then critiques management and absent metrics, urging coupling new programs with prior structures and regular review. It includes Chesterton and biblical quotes as context.
A reader from a Tennessee town writes about pride in the Bicentennial and the nation under a new president. He jokes about keeping Jimmy Carter in the peanut patch and ponders who will oversee peanut quality as he recalls shopping and past days in Winchester.
Ernie Cracraft of Kentucky recalls election night 1976 with peanut grits and tire chains as he reflects on Ford and Carter. He praises Carter and looks to the future while noting a personal moment of shock and pride. The piece is dated November 2, 1976.
The Middletown Journal published by News Journal, Inc. lists rates for home delivery by carrier and motor route, Sunday prices, and mail subscriptions. It provides per-copy stand prices, weekly totals, and regional differences, with the founding year noted as 1657.
London writers argue Britain’s welfare system remains a consensus but costly and out of date. They urge cutting top marginal tax rates and boosting productivity, noting unemployment benefits and family thresholds fuel resentment while Germany and the Common Market set higher standards. The piece contrasts British attitudes with American industrial zeal, citing D. W. Brogan on national character.
John Chamberlain highlights Robert Louis Stevenson’s essay The Day After Tomorrow in which Stevenson predicts a coming golden age of officials and widespread socialism. He argues Stevenson accurately foresaw 1976s growth of state power, regulatory bureaus, and public controls that shape business, law, and media.
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