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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1966
Page
4
The Middletown Journal is a daily newspaper published by News Journal Inc. since 1857, serving the Middletown area with local and regional news, features, and notices.
Senator John J Williams of Delaware urged the Republican National Committee to push for election reform measures that reduce special interest influence. He proposed a tax credit for campaign contributions, urging both parties to consider reforms now and broaden funding bases to reach voters.
The essay celebrates Buster Keaton, noting his deadpan as high comic art and his worldwide popularity in silent days. It recalls his later TV appearances and commercials, framing him as a uniquely funny figure whose work endures in film history.
The Braves face a comic clash over where to hold spring training with courts in Georgia and Wisconsin ordering Atlanta and Milwaukee respectively. Club owners favor Atlanta, though uncertainty remains as both cities host camps. Argentina reports 26 percent inflation in 1965-66, framing global price concerns.
In Judge Schulz's Miami courtroom journalists cluster behind a red rope as Jacques Mossler alleged threats surface. Melvin Powers and Candace Mossler face a high profile murder case with premeditation claims, a bevy of lawyers, and intense press scrutiny.
AP report argues that Congress may impose compulsory unionization, eroding state power to regulate labor relations. It cites Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr and warns labor unions’ political influence and potential presidential pressure threaten individual rights without public protest.
Andrew Brimmer cites data showing 1964 and 1965 wage gains among nonwhites, lower unemployment for Negro male breadwinners, and a shrinking poverty gap. Yet he notes the Negro median income remains about half that of whites and overall prosperity reached nonwhites after a delay of two years.
The report notes over 182 million telephones worldwide and counters pessimists about global connection. A two headed calf born near Brownsville Texas survives with costly upkeep over two months. Other items include a robin’s debut often unnoticed, spring baseball schedules, a British actor cast as a hospital patient, and a pottery worker in Barlaston England who has damaged 18 million chinaware pieces in 12 years.
Dave Regan explains how worn clothes hangers, often thrown away, are donated to the Society For Handicapped Children at Carlisle. The organization refurbishes them for resale to cleaners, generating revenue and providing occupational therapy for local children at 20 cents a day, under the program led by Frank Ludewig.
The piece argues a shift from Khrushchev era blunt force to Brezhnev and Kosygin’s calculated power. It links Moscow’s hard line to writers jailed, a death near the border, and Havana’s Conference endorsing Maoism and expanded guerrilla training. It cites Rashidov’s Havana pledge to back guerrilla movements in multiple nations.
Attendees at the Havana conference endorsed Mao Tse-tung theory that the road to New York and London lies through the jungles of the sub-tropical world. The Russians prepared for the Havana meeting by wean-
Pedro Medina Silva warned that sabotage of US firms will intensify in Venezuela as the conference notes a broader Soviet push to spread Viet Cong support worldwide. The piece cites shifts toward action over talk and describes tensions between Moscow and Peking over Maoism and Trotskyist strategy.
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