Jim Finley Retires After Twelve Years On Middletown Board
A Middletown public servant, Jim Finley, completes twelve years on the Board of Education. He helped launch a building program for new elementary schools and a high school, chose to keep one large high school to avoid segregation, and earned three reelections. He cites a prior heart condition as the reason for not seeking another term, though his health now is good and his civic work is praised by the community.
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Jim Finley
Middletown
Finley
Jim
Hazards In Color TV Sparks Call For Stronger Rules
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader argues the 1968 Radiation Control Act fails to protect the public from color TV radiation. He says HEW standards are too low and many sets emit more radiation than allowed, noting fires linked to color TVs. Nader asks Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Warren Magnuson for a full hearing and further study.
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Ralph Nader
Nader
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ord
Warren Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
Middletown diary recalls harsh winter and evolving fashions
George Crout notes January of 1870 in Middletown with the Miami Canal freezing solid and skaters on the towpath. Ice houses rise to supply Cincinnati trade as wood runs low and fashion shifts away from bustles toward hair cloth skirts.
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Williamcon
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Middletown
Third Street
East End
Publication rates and postage for The Journal
The document lists per copy and weekly rates for The Journal, including Sunday edition pricing and mail subscription options. It notes different rates for various delivery periods and mentions a yearly option.
Labor union murders stoke calls for federal election policing
A piece notes the Yablonski family links the killings to the United Mine Workers election and presses for federal oversight of labor union elections. It cites DOJ and FBI involvement, past inaction by the Labor Department, and hints at professional assassins amid union tensions and coercive acts by radical groups.
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Joseph A. Yablonski
Yablonski
United Mine Workers
Labor unions face tighter rules for elections than management
The piece argues Congress should apply stricter limits on labor union election practices, noting the National Labor Relations Board scrutinizes union elections but rarely investigates employers. It cites the Yablonski murders as a catalyst for reforms and urges federal action to curb intimidation and violence in campaigns.
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Department of Labor
Secretary of Labor
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Department of Justice
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
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Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Department 9: Justice
Fluoridation Debate Seeks Voter Petition For Special Election
Letter argues Ohio law requires fluoridating water in cities over five thousand. Citizens of Lebanon Franklin and Middletown urged to sign petitions representing ten percent of last gubernatorial vote to force a special election. Writer warns against forced fluoridation and condemns legal variances and government overreach.
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Lebanon
Franklin
Middletown
Religion Failed But God Didn't Forced to live
A fragmentary note laments a long standing conflict framed as a religious struggle. It reflects on coercion to accept one of history’s enduring falsehoods amid extended strife and personal doubt.
What defines a Liberal in the 1970s politics
Marianne Means surveys how Wallace Agnew Humphrey and McCarthy have been labeled Liberal while shifting roles blur labels. The piece notes Wallace’s Alabama governance, Agnew’s Maryland GOP liberal wing, Humphrey’s past causes, and McCarthy’s leftist perception amid Vietnam and civil rights debates. It discusses semantic disorder and calls to expand political vocabulary.
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Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
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Alabama
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Maryland
Nelson Rockefeller
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Humphrey
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New Hampshire
Vietnam
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White House
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Richard Nixon
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