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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1967
Page
4
Public notice clarifies post office mailing details and subscription rates for Middletown publication. Lists weekday and Sunday variants, motor route and city delivery, and annual prices for in state and outside USA. Notes payment required in advance. Founded 1857.
Verse paraphrase from Isaiah 5 20 in the Moffatt translation denounces moral inversion, warning against labeling darkness as light and light as darkness. It emphasizes the danger of ethical confusion and prophetic rebuke.
Robert B. Gardner kept a quiet public life while his philanthropy and industry work, with brothers Colin and the late E T Gardner, helped Middletown develop a major paper board business now part of Diamond International. His legacy is described as a monument of better lives through his and his family’s work.
A Russian scientist Ivor M. Zabelin suggests the rising world population may be a blessing in disguise, preparing humanity for space travel and future resettlement. He notes inner motivations push toward unknown shores, though mass emigration seems unlikely, this forecast prompts reflection amid expected doubling of population by century's end.
Palo Alto engineer John H. Bloomer proposes a system of wide mirrors and a powerful laser to relay solar energy and propel a spacecraft to far distant destinations such as Alpha Centauri. The idea, though fantastical, has attracted serious scientific attention as a potential future reality.
Jim Bishop reflects on ancient Athens and its legacy of democracy science poetry and philosophy while warning that war internal decay and loss of freedom destroyed its greatness. The piece traces Pericles Hippocrates Sophocles and other figures and ends with a grim account of military service and social controls.
Bob Considine reviews William Manchester's Look magazine installment The Death of a President. The piece recounts the brutal car ride and the Kennedys, Connally, Greer, Hill, and Zapruder as they confront the fatal moments. The narrative emphasizes split seconds and the responders' perilous actions.
The piece analyzes how Social Security retirement benefits compare with past values, noting inflation erodes purchasing power and that current benefits buy less than three decades ago. It cites proposed 15 percent boosts, tied cost of living indexing ideas, and rising welfare spending, while highlighting minimum wage increases to 1.40 dollars per hour. It notes many workers see no gains in fixed pensions andIncome gaps widen across sectors.
The text argues that inflation raises Social Security taxes for about 86 million taxpayers to fund 23 million beneficiaries and questions whether future retirement benefits will keep pace with price declines, warning that inflation threatens the purchasing power of dollars and the financial security of fixed-income individuals.
The column notes New York State and the nation will switch to daylight saving time unless states retain standard time. It adds Middletown residents may accept the change, while downtown merchants push for district improvements. Firefighters who fought a house fire now ask for donations to Chief James Dunn at 1410 Oxford State Rd.
An open letter to the Carlisle Village Council questions the Baker Brothers site for the fire department and warns against annexation by neighboring areas. The writer laments tax money funding non mutual benefits and critiques the newly elected congressman, offices, and district representation amid regional boundaries and future growth concerns.
Article questions Donald E Lukens 2nd District race funding claiming he outspent his opponent three to one while unemployed for 10 to 12 months. It asks where the money came from what obligations it created who supported him and whether hiring Tony S. Smith and a publicity agent were tied to those obligations. It notes Lukens went to Europe at the urging of the Young Republicans.
The excerpt mocks summer travel fatigue and Hawaii expansion rumors with humorous asides. It mentions a proposed addition of over 100 Pacific islands to Hawaii and a comic “Mth star” nickname. Zadok Dumkopf quips about banquet speeches rivaling the steaks in toughness.
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