Crackdown on Jiggle Keys Eyed by Lawmakers
The article notes that jiggle master keys, widely advertised in teen magazines, enable easy car theft and may prompt juvenile crime. Senator Thomas J. Dodd seeks a federal bill banning the advertising mailing and shipping of such keys interstate, arguing the crackdown could curb juvenile delinquency and reduce auto theft.
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Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
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Dodd
Illinois stamp honors 150th statehood with Lincoln birthday issue
A new stamp marking Illinois admission to the Union and Lincoln's birthday goes on sale first in Shawneetown. Illinois, despite rank as a populous early state, has produced only two Presidents and three Supreme Court justices, including Lincoln, Grant, Davis, Goldberg.
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Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Shawneetown
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Grant
David Davis
Melville E. Fuller
Cleveland
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
U.S
United Nations
If Washington Came Back In Modern Times
A satirical tale follows George Washington awakening on a modern highway amid concrete lanes and a world of shopping aisles and gadgets. He endures mugging, surveillance, and a brutal cultural clash before collapsing in a steel cell and dying, a bleak shortcut back to his tomb.
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George Washington
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Washington
Washington Withdrew the Chased Gold Timeiece Given To Him By His Ofiers
Fraunces
Mount Vernon Barracks
Martha
Buster
Early spring signs and a quirky car starter tip
A note on cold weather and a dubious car starter from Hickey Mitchell Co of St. Louis appears beside cheeky spring previews. The column mentions kids playing hop scotch on a chilly day, kites for sale, and a woman wearing a new spring hat while shopping.
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Hickey Mitchell Company
St. Louis
Insurance Publications
Murphy's
Wallace McCarthy third party talk fades in 1968 race
Veteran politicians see Johnson’s nomination secure and Republicans poised for a sweeping win. Wallace’s third party bid seems unlikely to capture more than a couple of Southern electoral votes. McCarthy’s campaign distracts Kennedy, with little national support or impact on the election.
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George Wallace
Alabama
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Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
House of Representatives
Wallace
McCarthy
South
Robert Kennedy
Nixon
White House
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
New York
Romney
Michigan
New York City
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Notice
A local newspaper notice lists subscription prices for The Middletown Journal including daily and Sunday rates. It provides in city and trading areas pricing by week and year, with outside area and international options, and notes advance payment.
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Middletown Is Shift Town Reflecting Local Concerns
Readers discuss downtown remodeling costs and rent impacts tied to planning decisions. A letter questions who benefits from a new city building and argues rising rents will burden property owners and shoppers. Another reader defends religious freedom and comments on a school prayer ruling, while a third laments sheriff department missteps and a Vietnam veteran’s service.
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Middletown
Planning Commission
Major Dowling
Crane
Supreme Court
Factographs of Early Innovations and History Milestones
Parachute stunt by Frederick Law from the Statue of Liberty in 1912. The Tournament of Roses began as The Battle of the Flowers on January 1, 1890 in Pasadena. Ultrasonic terms, time cycles, tree bark as skin, Monroe as first US president who was a senator, Louis Prang’s 1874 Christmas cards, Ohio river tonnage, Pelham Street gas street lights in Newport, and Hammurabi code as earliest law.
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Pasadena
Calif
Louis Prang
England
Roxbury
Mass
Pelham Street
Newport
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