Scouting Its Own Honor In Boys It Has Touched
The piece marks the 60th anniversary of the Boy Scout movement and the 50th in Middletown. It emphasizes Scout law as a guide for daily life and notes Boy Scout Week activities from February 7 to 13, including Scout Sunday on February 8 and a recognition dinner planned for March 12.
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Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Movement
United States
Middletown
Boy Scout
Council
Theatrical Investing Amid Glamour and Risk in New York
The article weighs risks and rewards of theater investments in New York. It notes most investors are wealthy enough to absorb losses and that off Broadway and economical productions may appeal to backers. It also hints at theater as a glamorous justification for trips to the city and ends with a biblical quotation.
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New York Theater
42Nd Street
California political scene widens as governors race narrows
Marianne Means surveys California's 1972 governor battle. Reagan leads with strong ultra conservative stance while Jess Unruh and Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty vie as anti-establishment options. Alioto exits after Mafia ties and Look magazine hit. Yorty could capitalize on state's drift right and outspend Unruh.
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Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Yorty
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Alioto
Look Magazine
Washington
Reagan
Names and memory slips in daily newspaper life
A reflective piece on remembering names in journalism. The author recounts moments of forgetfulness with longtime acquaintances, the embarrassment of missed introductions, and the imperfect spelling of names in print. It notes readers often confuse spellings and recalls Ronald Reagan’s spelling as an example. It ends with a caution not to learn a name by asking for its spelling.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Value-Added Tax Inevitable for Survival Budget
Joseph Alsop argues the United States will need a value-added tax to balance the budget and fund national priorities. He notes European adoption, internal support within government, and the political hurdle of lifting income and corporate taxes to meet urgent national needs. The piece warns of dire consequences from inaction and urges adopting a VAT similar to West Germany’s to raise substantial revenue.
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Congress
West Germany
America
England
U.S
Tax Bill Marks Turning Point in Congress
Chairman Mills guides a tax bill through Congress signaling a turning point in fiscal policy. The measure alters longstanding approaches and could reshape revenue and spending priorities.
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Chairman Mills
Congress
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Info
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options with per copy prices for weekdays and Sundays, weekly and yearly mail rates for local trading area, outside trading area, and outside the U S A, all payable in advance, noting its founding in 1857.
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U.S.A
Letters to the Editor on Racism and Religion
A black American writer criticizes the church for perpetuating racism and urges churches to teach love in action. The letter argues for equal treatment of Black and White Americans and condemns gender bias in automotive mechanics education. It challenges a female columnist and calls for self examination by church members.
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America
Church
Judas Iscariot
Tolstoy
Jesus
Gandhi
Women Defend Woman Mechanics In Letter to the Editor
A female reader responds to Judy Coates article about women under the car hood, defending women’s ability to learn mechanical work and arguing against stereotypes. She asserts personal experience and calls for equality in technical fields.
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Judy
Judy Coates
Factograph snippets of varied historical trivia
A collection of brief historical notes includes figures and facts such as the Four Evangelists named Matthew Mark Luke and John, a 25 calorie cabbage cup, Jim Thorpe as Wa The Huck a Sac and Fox descendant, John D Rockefeller Davison as middle name, Eddie Rommel first glasses wearing umpire in 1956, a 1377 English poll tax, Lt Eugene Ely’s first shipboard plane flight in 1910, red brick iron content, multiple nations developing pulse radar 1935 1940, and C Aubrey Smith a famed actor and cricketer.
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