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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1972
Page
4
The Agriculture Department reports a 1972 winter wheat crop 11 per cent above this year with an average yield of 30.6 bushels per acre and a total of 1,291,428,000 bushels. This record harvest creates policy pressures to limit production or pay farmers to idle land to avoid depresssing grain prices.
Walter Cronkite rejects a Fashion Foundation of America best dressed honor calling the listing stupid. He jokes his style is a product of tying a tie and donning a jacket before air time, noting pants would remain optional if broadcasts continued. He says such lists reveal their silliness.
Greenbush in Gratis Township Preble County marked by a post office and Postmaster Jacob Poffenberger. The 1835 settlement by Rev Robert White from Vermont, war injuries, and a church built by White and Rev Jeremiah Johnson shaped the village named after Greenbush Vermont. White’s pension, family ties, and the later Drug Store owned by C B Johnson are noted.
The Anderson leaks show Kissinger pressuring India via Ambassador Keating while warning Jha that U S aid would mirror past China support if China attacked India. The pieces imply a broader tilt toward China and away from India, signaling a major policy shift and Washington anger over Bay of Bengal carrier concerns.
New York congressman John M. Murphy travels to Panama to meet Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos amid a tense Canal Zone backdrop. Marines detain Torrijos over a handgun, raising questions about sovereignty and U S policy. The piece weighs options from payment of tolls to building a new sea level canal and exiting the isthmus.
A 1970s column argues J Edgar Hoover’s 48 years at the FBI created broad, delicate knowledge of domestic and international threats. It urges a structured transition and continued advisory role to preserve experience as a new director takes over.
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists rates for delivery by newsstand, motor route, and mail. Prices include 25 cents for weekday newsstands, 60 cents for seven days, motor route options at 3.47 in 12 installments or 3.20 in four weeks, 50 cent service charge, and mail subscriptions at 30 dollars per year in the trading area and 38 outside, all payable in advance. Founded in 1657.
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