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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1971
Page
4
A Sacramento neighborhood pole has become a canvas for festive colors. Teenagers painted it orange and black for Halloween red and green for Christmas then red white and blue for the Fourth. The city repeatedly repainted it green, leaving it green again after the Fourth. The regulars call the pole gaudy yet charming and harmless.
The House rejected the Mansfield proposal by 43 votes while the Senate had endorsed it 57-42 days earlier. The outcome signals mounting congressional pressure for faster U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam, though the amendment remains advisory and not binding. President Nixon faces a tougher path balancing withdrawals with lawmakers calling for speedups.
Two congressmen report 10 to 15 percent of Vietnam troops hooked on heroin. Methadone treatment cited as a lifesaver reducing arrests and welfare, with programs in Detroit Washington DC and New York showing promising results.
The piece argues the Times printouts aim to undermine Nixon's Vietnam policy and force an early exit, framing Johnson as recognizing the strategic pressure. It criticizes editors and columnists for politicization and claims a broad anti administration cabal seeks to defeat Nixon in 1972.
John P. Roche argues Johnson was not paranoid about Robert Kennedy but faced Kennedy loyalists and evolving plans. He notes early Dallas controversy, Kennedy autopsy caution, Vietnam stance shifts, and a 1967 fear RFK would run in 1968, while defending McNamara against charges of disloyalty.
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists prices for per copy sales and various delivery options. Motor route and mail subscriptions are payable in advance with annual rates shown, including outside the trading area and U.S.A. rates. Founded in 1857.
A newspaper feature recalls Thomas Jeffersons quotable quips about newspapers and government. In reverse indicates Barber C G Kellys Clinton Street clock ran counterclockwise after a storm, fixed by polarity change.
Marianne Means argues Lyndon Johnson’s memoirs will reveal a more nuanced view of his Vietnam era decisions. She notes postwar blame games and recalls Johnson’s cautious restraint, his concern about hawks and doves, and the pressures from Goldwater’s hardline stance and national media at the time.
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