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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1975
Page
4
The piece argues that President Ford cannot be expected to embrace orthodox economic cures. It critiques past wartime choices and suggests substantial austerity, including cutting social subsidies and shifting costs to poorer states, to curb the budget without immediate political acceptance.
A Commerce Department survey warns U S business will spend 5 to 6 percent less on new plants and equipment as real income falls and debt rises. Despite a slight rise last year, the economy declined 2 percent when inflation is accounted for, with unemployment up. The piece notes government stimulus and tax cuts as tried remedies, and comments on James Lynn’s pay cut as OMB director.
A columnist skewers courtroom psychiatry after a psychiatrist testifies that a defendant’s murder was symbolic of killing his mother. The piece mocks reliance on psychology over facts, recalling socked feet antics and cross examination quips as examples of naive professional attitude.
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists home delivery and motor route rates. Rates include 72¢ weekdays and 23¢ Sunday by carrier, 95¢ weekly, 132¢ per copy by motor route, and 38 per year by mail in the U.S.A.
The piece argues Reagan and Wallace as veto powers may link forces for a 1976 ticket. It notes Reagan’s Nashville trip with early Southern appeal and Wallace’s strong Louisiana showing while warning of third-party mobilization. It contemplates how a Reagan Wallace platform might form before conventions amid inflation and rising debt.
A letter to the editor laments the Middletown Journal omitting the daily bridge hand from the page. Harold G. Dance argues that many readers seek mind challenging puzzles and blame the paper for space decisions that neglect bridge, urging restoration of the feature.
This letter defends local taxi service as continuous public transportation for a 70 000 population town. It notes taxis operate 24 7 and do not charge extra for additional passengers when routes match, while acknowledging limited bus, train, and air service and praising medical staff and God's help for recovery.
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