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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1978
Page
4
The IRS has paid informers about 1.0 million dollars in the last three years to help recover 35.3 million in taxes. The program aims to deter cheaters by publicizing its success, but concerns arise about bureaucrats who expose waste being reassigned or sidelined. The piece notes big nationwide savings possible elsewhere and questions the stability of whistleblower protection.
The piece argues whistle blowers face retaliation in government, cites A Ernest Fitzgerald over C 5A overruns, and proposes an independent auditor and informer reward system funded by the waste savings. It notes some officials act to end waste while others punish critics. An anonymous tip system could encourage exposing misuses.
A city newspaper masthead from January 3 1978 lists Frank R. Myers as editor in chief and Jim Mills as managing editor, identifying the paper’s senior newsroom leadership and date of issue.
Hillsdale College refused HEW funds and federal forms arguing for academic freedom while continuing to involve blacks and women on campus as before the Civil War. HEW threatened to cut aid to students, prompting Hillsdale to accelerate a $29 million self funded scholarship drive.
A tongue in cheek column notes the Defense Department cut heating fuel use by 25 percent and burns classified documents to generate steam. It jokes that other agencies could stay warm by burning mail and shredding paper, proposing a reorganization merge of Energy with the Paperwork Commission. It ends with a biblical quote.
Jeffrey Hart reflects on 1977 campus life showing a religious revival with active Catholic and Protestant groups, a rise in evangelical and orthodox beliefs, and a wave of social conservatism. Drug use declines while attitudes on alcohol and sex grow stricter, even among young students. He weighs these changes against his own liberal streak and asks whether a Victorian moral revival is looming. John Wesley and Beau Nash are cited as a cautionary parallel. Happy New Year.
New reading suggests cognitive dysfunction linked to aging is not inevitable. Doctors now diagnose and treat secondary causes such as trauma malnutrition low mood and metabolic problems, with many cases showing reversal of memory problems when underlying issues are addressed.
The Journal a daily Middletown Ohio paper details subscription rates and formats for newsstand and home delivery. It blends a medical column on senility and trauma with discussion of reversible cognitive issues and aging. It notes varying treatments and hope for keeping elders in the community.
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