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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1977
Page
4
Washington report notes President Jimmy Carter appeared exhausted at a White House Christmas event yet kept personal contact with nearly a thousand reporters. The piece analyzes his energy plan as a pivotal yet failed effort needing public buy in to curb oil use and safeguard future growth.
W A Siebenthaler Sr is appointed president while Elwood Richardson serves as business manager as journal staff names Jim Mills managing editor.
A commentary praises the National Journalism Center founded to reform Washington internships. It notes interns face bureaucratic inertia and flawed reports, urging objective bent and nonactivist journalism while highlighting M Stanton Evans and an advisory board of publishers and editors.
A 10-year-old girl mourns the family tree frog Froggy who died, prompting a somber scene as the narrator and Sophia share tears. The father, an accustomed cop, directs the aftermath while Linda retrieves the remains in a sack, and the household processes the loss.
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc lists carrier and motor route rates for weekdays and Sunday editions. Home delivery prices include 90c for Monday through Saturday and 25c for Sunday, with monthly and yearly mail options available.
In 1978 the West faces intensified terrorism from Arab radicals and Soviet allies after Sadat's diplomacy. The piece cites the LaGuardia bombings, names Libya Algeria Syria and Iran as regional players, and notes PLO and other groups plotting a coordinated, international campaign centered in Paris with figures like Arafat Habash and Hadad.
John Chamberlain notes hydrogen fuel using a Florida plant and ethanol from waste could reshape energy. He cites Perry's 30 to 1 cost ratio dropping to 5 to 1 and argues gasohol tests in Nebraska show no mileage loss. Curtis pushes 10 percent ethanol mandates amid inflation concerns and grain surpluses.
In a letter from Ralph H. Brumbach of Citizens Savings and Loan Assn and Judy Elkus of Longview State Hospital Cincinnati, readers describe how employees and the community donated food clothing and gifts for needy families and Longview Hospital patients during the 1977 Christmas season. The notes emphasize widespread generosity across Middletown and six counties.
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