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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1970
Page
4
The piece notes growing Puerto Rican sentiment for statehood after decades of commonwealth status. Governor Luis Ferre backs statehood and a presidential commission could study the issue, though no concrete action seems likely without broader desire among Puerto Ricans.
The tribute by President Eisenhower frames George M. Humphrey as a wealthy steel and coal magnate turned first secretary of the Treasury, whose tenure and comparison to Andrew Mellon suggest that business success does not guarantee governmental effectiveness. The piece notes Humphrey’s resignation in 1953 and cites Robert B. Anderson’s later distinction.
Washington observes Sargent Shriver moving to test a Maryland race against incumbent Democrat Marvin Mandel. Maryland Democrats fear a three way race with George Mahoney as a segregationist candidate could hand the governorship to a Republican, possibly repeating the Agnew pattern. Shriver weighs residency and eligibility while building support and fundraising.
Mrs. Harry C. Benadum donated a silver tea service to the Middletown Campus of Miami University. A letter from director C. Eugenie Bennet t thanks the donor and commends the gift for formal social use, noting alumni pride and campus gracious living. The library had previously sought coupons to obtain the service but no longer needs them.
Joseph Alsop argues the Sino Soviet conflict risk rises as military buildups and new districts near China provoke alarm. He notes 30 divisions and a new frontier army complicate hopes for pacific talks, while warnings of provocations and stockpiling intensify the crisis.
Washington analysts view President Nixon's State of the Union as a masterful but polarizing maneuver. Democrats, described as paralyzed and isolated, fail to mount a unified response as Nixon advances a liberal internationalist line paired with disengagement and a cautious stance toward global defense.
The El Moro tribe in Kenya lives in twig huts bound by water weeds with stone anchors to withstand 90 mph gale winds near a lake. Honduras, the largest Central American country after Nicaragua, has 2,445,000 residents living in an area about the size of Tennessee.
The Journal published daily by News Journal inc lists subscription prices including 10 cents per weekday copy, 20 cents Sunday, 21 dollars per year by mail in trading area, 3000 dollars outside trading area, and 38 dollars per year outside the USA. The paper, founded in 1857, is entered as second class mail at Middletown Ohio.
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