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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1966
Page
6
Congress moves boldly against smoking after Surgeon General findings. It imposes regulatory action and a public health warning on cigarette packages, signaling a major shift in policy and risk awareness.
The piece weighs viewpoints on who is responsible for Everglades National Park drying. Army Corps of Engineers cites drought and interventions. University of Miami and park biologist favor preserving the north-sourced water flow. Engineers study with National Park Service and Florida agencies, aiming to channel water northward soon.
Washington congressman Richard Roudebush accuses the administration of wasting 75000 dollars this year on red carpet visits for satellite scientists from Poland Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. He notes the program covers travel lodging food medical costs salaries and even if needed family living expenses. FBI Director Hoover and Senate subcommittee members warn that Soviet mission members are observers for military intelligence and are tightly screened.
A columnist argues a fair resolution to the NYC transit strike requires a special tribunal to study city employee wages, with mayoral backing and unified standards. He says government pay must reflect living costs, ensure efficient service, and avoid coercive tactics, urging balanced budgets and tax accountability.
A benefit held in Akron Ohio supported families of three officers two of whom are paralyzed and one killed in the line of duty. The speaker warns of rising police risk amid court orders rights groups and political investigations and urges support for law enforcement and public safety.
On January 8 in history, 1918 Woodrow Wilson outlined 14 points for world peace, 1979 La Salle reached Niagara Falls, 1815 Jackson defeated British at New Orleans, 1894 Chicago World’s Fair buildings burned, 1916 British left Gallipoli, 1945 Allied forces closed Nazi escape routes in the Belgian bulge, Acapulco quake shocks in 10 years, De Gaulle Algeria reform in five years, Star of India jewels recovered in Miami a year ago.
Factographs describe rings around Sa turn as small highly reflective solid particles. It notes early watch springs were sometimes made from hog bristles. The text adds porpoises are air breathing mammals that outswim most fish.
George Crout reports Middletown’s extreme cold from late December into January. Temperatures plunged from 72 above to 14 below in seven hours as a tornado ushered sleet and snow. Many animals froze standing, several people died, and residents burned furniture to stay alive. Firewood shortages due to a frozen canal and war limits rail shipments.
AP report surveys snobbery with humorous questions about dating, education, class, and manners. It suggests many claim not to be snobs while recognizing subtle social judgments. The piece ends noting the paradox that it takes a snob to declare one isn’t.
A brisk column riffs on Standard Time, slipping leaves, and editorials about tipping. It notes a poet with clouds in a city street and jokes about the Moon’s minus 450 degree average with no snow to shovel, ending with light bemusement.
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