Israel Settlements Split Senate Over Sadat Peace Offer
Senators debated Israel plans for eight new Sinai settlements and three on the West Bank amid Sadat's peace initiative. Some warned the moves could undermine Egypt's leader and jeopardize U.S. leverage, urging firm Carter administration pressure and a possible Egypt loan to protect the peace effort.
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Henry M Jackson
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Elwood Richardson Named Business Manager
Jim Mills, managing editor, announces Elwood Richardson as business manager in a Sunday notice dated January 22, 1978. The brief item confirms the new appointment and its effective status within the newsroom leadership.
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Jim Mills
NAACP energy paper stirs liberal coalition debate
The NAACP urges deregulation and new energy supply, arguing blacks need jobs and growth. The stance challenges Carter era limits and may shift black voters, raising questions about liberal economics and political loyalties amid Congress deadlock.
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Eateenan
Thomas Lowell
Walter Williams
Tax forms simplify tasks and fail to teach kids math
A columnist laments 1977 IRS forms easing arithmetic and comprehension. Form 1040A drops multiplication, 1040 front page needs no back-page figures, and soft pink blue paper alerts readers to IRS popularity. The piece notes this undermines incentives for children to master accounting skills.
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Junior
Social Security reform calls aging cost into view
The piece argues Congress risks postponing a crisis by raising the Social Security tax and delaying benefits. It cites rising old age dependency, notes Europe’s pension deficits, and suggests raising the full-benefit age from 65 to 68 or 70 as a possible path, referencing experts from Prudential, Sweden, and Stanford.
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Donald MacNaughton
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Gunner Nilsson
Fredborg
Nilsson
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America
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Rita Ricardo Campbell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
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Bismark
City clears snow with better tools than 1950 blizzard
A Middletown reflection notes this week's heavy snowfall differed from the November 1950 blizzard. City crews used improved equipment and fewer outsiders, but still faced a big job to remove snow. Oldtimers recall how volunteers and four outside companies helped then, while today removal remains to be completed.
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Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal, Inc. lists subscription options including home delivery by carrier or motor route, mail prices for U.S. and overseas, per-copy rates for weekdays and Sunday editions, and advance payment requirements. Rates cover weekly and monthly plans with calendar month, four week periods, and annual options, noting post office registration and founding year.
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Letters to the Editor Should check the facts first
George G Shrive and John Edgington offer praise for Middletown street crews handling a heavy snow emergency. They contrast city efforts with other cities, thank two volunteers who helped a stranded driver, and urge broader recognition of road crews at city county and state levels.
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