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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1971
Page
4
The federal outlay for social welfare and rehabilitation training stands at 39.6 million this year but is cut to 20.5 million in the new Nixon budget. About half of 6000 current scholarship recipients would lose aid and graduate faculty may be reduced. The note warns this undermines social work, vital for urban poor and minority communities, with no guaranteed replacement plan.
A bill seeks 30 million dollars for geothermal development in Congress. If approved, 10 million would fund research and 20 million developmental loans, with 1.3 million acres deemed suitable by the Geological Survey. Senator Robert Packwood of Oregon sponsors the measure.
Letter urges public support for Freedom Week activities and better care for institutionalized persons in Ohio. Criticizes state services for the retarded and mentally ill, calls for funding, policy changes, and tax reform while praising editors who have highlighted the issue. JoAnn Sidles leads the Richfield MERCY Committee.
Letter to the editor urges action on Ohio institutionalized children and adults with severe care gaps. It cites long diaper-wearing periods, toilet-training challenges, staff shortages, and lack of facilities, while noting potential benefits from speech therapy and concerns about custody and handling.
Diana Powers, a three year old of Mr and Mrs Samuel Powers, is fatally ill with metachromatic leukodystrophy. A wooden reclining wheelchair is needed but rare. the Powers beg readers to locate an old chair, any attic find, and contact them. A closing note from a safety course shares short lessons on human relations.
Washington argues revenue sharing with states and cities could reshape the tax system and improve local services. The plan would allocate about half the funds to states and half to cities, with distribution based on population and existing tax effort. The proposal aims to reduce heavy property and sales taxes while boosting job opportunities, though it faces debates over federal influence and civil rights funding conditions.
Frank Mankiewicz and Tom Braden assess Nixon and Rockefeller’s plan for federal revenue sharing. They argue Congress prefers local control, citing Mills and Byrnes opposition, while warning welfare costs loom at about $8 billion yearly and federal aid may return as the alternative to starvation.
The text lists diverse trivia including the first US cheese factory over a century old, a five foot pelican with a 23 ounce skeleton, the Lord’s Prayer at 56 words, Sao Tome’s 1470 discovery by Pedro Escobar and Joao de Santarem, tropical America’s cacao dominance before 1900, large Channel catfish potentially exceeding 50 pounds, Tonga’s income from copra and bananas, and its population around 81,000.
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates. Per copy 5c weekday 20c Sunday. Mail in trading area 21.00 yearly, outside trading area 30.00 yearly. Outside USA 38.00 yearly. All subscriptions payable in advance.
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