Middletown Journal subscription rates page
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for subscriptions and delivery. Rates include 15 cents per copy on weekdays and Sundays, 60 cents per week for city and suburban delivery, 15.00 per year for seven days, 24.00 outside the trading area, and 38.00 for outside the USA. Air mail subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily since 1857.
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Scriplion
Motor Town City
Oath
USA
Air Mail
Weapons For War On Heart Disease
The article urges renewed public support for the American Heart Association’s battle against heart and circulatory diseases. It notes these illnesses remain America’s leading health problem and that progress relies on voluntary contributions to fund research and programs.
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Co Ncern
Erica
Theerican Heart Association
Helen Suzman A Lone Champion For South Africa's Black Majority
The piece honors Helen Suzman of South Africa as a lone parliament member who fights apartheid by demanding representation for the black majority. She challenges ministers with persistent questions and is viewed as a gadfly to the government, facing an uncertain electoral future.
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Helen Suzman
South Africa
Jority
Suzman
House of Assembly
Kennedy half dollars prove worldwide collectible and scarce
Kennedy memorial coins circulate little as collectors hold most of the 250 million minted. Dealers pay 95 cents for a coin now with eyes on rise in value. Interest spans Ireland and West Germany to South America as a link to a tragic moment in US history.
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Kennedy
Europe
South America
United States
Ireland
West Berlin
Ildren
Ways Police Can Lose a Case From Bad Court Etiquette
The article reflects on changes in policing since 1893 and cites Mayor Edward T. Wright’s speech on ways officers harm their cases. It lists fifteen behaviors to avoid in court and during arrests, from appearance and honesty to avoiding anger and overstepping legal bounds.
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Edward T. Wright
Brentwood
Missouri
Missouri Police Chiefs Association
Police Chief Magazine
Inflation and the Johnson gamble on the Great Society
The piece argues that President Johnson’s optimistic economic report hinges on inflation and potential Viet Nam outcomes. It warns that continued spending and a rising cost of living could erode consumer purchasing power, dampen mood, and threaten long term economic confidence amid rising prices and stagnant savings.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Powell Reverses On Poverty Plan Harlems Jobs Focus
Harlem politician Adam Clayton Powell abandons line by line defense of the war on poverty, calling for emphasis on jobs and retraining. He attacks cultural frills in the program and urges unity among manpower initiatives to address hard core unemployment in Harlem.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Ers
Harlem Ywca
Powell
Harlem
New York City
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Ayres
Howard W. Smith
Weather and road conditions in Middletown from snow and ice
Citizens faced a variable snowfall with forecasts up to ten inches. Interstates 75 activity was slow and risky, but many drivers sought refuge in motels. Defensive driving became the rule as icy patches from thaw and freeze created slick roads and curbside cleanliness disputes appeared on a suburban street.
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Middletown
Cincinnati
Dayton
Bad Day at Arlington and a Tuesday of contradictions
Paul Harvey recalls a Tuesday in January 1966 marked by flag lowerings at Arlington, a delayed burial of a convicted Communist, and legal debates. He notes New Jersey ruling Black Muslim students need not salute the flag, a Yale professor’s unauthorized Viet Cong contact, and Berkeley fund donations to the enemy amid defense redeployments and Viet Nam tensions.
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Arlington
Robert Thompson
Pentagon
Justice Department
Thompson
New Jersey
State Supreme Court
Russia
United States
Yale
Viet Nam
Defense
McNamara
Congress
Red China
Berkeley
Light fare and curios from a quirky era
A satirical roundup covers a Kuwait sheik taking a 5.6 million dollar pay cut while retaining 22.4 million, an Austrian prince owning 82 castles, and tangents on National Park Service duties, garter watches, Adenauer’s nine hour days, polar bears on icebergs, and the absence of a Hawaiian word for weather.
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Kuwait
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