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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1978
Page
4
A mother questions high school math as calculators take over. She argues to replace or supplement advanced math with practical courses in budgeting, credit, investing, and basic home repair, framing math as a tool for real life in the age of think.
The page lists Jim Mills as managing editor with the dateline Tuesday February 7 1978. It includes no additional article content or event details beyond staff attribution.
President Carter’s economic strategy blends energy taxes with a $25 billion tax cut, ongoing public service jobs, and a $60 billion deficit. A voluntary wage price clamp, slim growth targets, and hopes for easing inflation mark a conservative path. Success hinges on Congress and business reaction.
John Roche recalls his campus visit as a three day test of university factions. Trustees push deficit reduction, faculty demand no salary cuts, students seek innovation. The piece notes Yale’s turmoil after Kingman Brewster and the $5 million shortfall, with budgets and governance under intense scrutiny.
The piece argues that universities overextended during federal boom years and many programs and tenured posts must be cut or tuition raised. It notes Brandeis and Yale as examples where administration expanded, while faculty lost influence, urging a return of faculty prerogatives and realistic budgeting amid mounting deficits.
In a response to two Journal articles on the Jan Blizzard, readers defend small independent grocers. Dick Trimble of Trimble's Market and Mrs. Whitt Kemplin recount how smaller stores kept serving Oakland and nearby areas despite shortages. They urge equal recognition in future surveys and praise local officials and workers who aided the community.
Rules for letter writing require the writer’s name and address. Include a phone number for authentication. Limit to one letter per writer every 30 days. Editors may shorten letters over 300 words. No poetry. Send to Letters to the Editor care of The Journal.
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