Strauss Plan for Arab Israeli Nuclear Coop Seen as Possible Step
The article revisits Lewis L. Strauss 1967 proposal for a large nuclear powered facility to generate electricity and irrigation water in the Middle East. It outlines a joint Arab Israeli project designed to outflank political rivalry, notes functionalism aims to ease tensions though scholars question success, and argues such a venture could still advance energy needs and reconciliation even if it cannot end the conflict.
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United State
Middle East
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Too Much Of A Good Sun And Health Warnings
A cautious note on sun exposure cites health risks from excessive sun. Doctors warn that too much sun can cause skin cancer sunstroke and may reactivate tuberculosis while moderation protects bones and teeth. The passage recalls temperance as a guiding principle and cites Acts 14 3 NEB where Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly in the Lord.
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Euripides
Paul
Barnabas
Great Gap In Reasoning Hinders Public Discourse
The piece argues that widespread communication gaps between generations and ideologies hinder understanding of foreign policy and war. It cites Koestler and Koestler-like discourse, recalling Ithiel de Sola Pool on democracy and war. It notes a shift in attitudes after Pearl Harbor and warns against internal disintegration when pacifism is overwhelmed by danger.
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Arthur Koestler
Atlantic Monthly
Kingman Brewster
Pearl Harbor
Ithiel de Sola Pool
M.lt
Pool
MR. Galbraith
United States
Democratic Party
Stalin
Joe
Obituary for Spirit of Patriotism Declares It Dead
A playful Middletown note by Dennis C Earls, a Navy veteran, laments local apathy after failing to assemble a Fourth of July band. The spoof obituary, dated near Independence Day, portrays Patriotism as dying from indifference, survived by Freedom and Justice, and notes a planned parade without bands.
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Middletown
Dennis C. Earls
Middletown-Eaton Road
Philadelphia
NAACP leader attacks Nixon as anti Negro at convention
At Cincinnati the NAACP chairman Bishop Stephen G Spottswood labeled the Nixon administration anti Negro. He accused white liberals of bias over Vietnam and urged restraint to avoid fueling violence while praising some NAACP leaders for public service. He criticized Haynsworth Carswell nominations and desegregation delays, calling current racial policy a retreat by some students yet overall faulting the Nixon effort.
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Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
NAACP
Stephen G. Spottswood
Cincinnati
Nixon
White House
United States
Congress
Bishop Spottswood
Supreme Court
Clement Haynsworth
G. Harrold Carswell
Senate
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal published by News Journal, Inc. lists subscription options with prices for weekday, Sunday, and mail delivery. Rates include in-city motor route 70 cents weekly, in-trading area 71 dollars per year, outside area 3000 per year, and outside USA 3800 per year, with advance payment required.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First
Middletown
Ohio
USA
Buckley Assesses Galbraith on Democratic Reform and Freedom
William F Buckley Jr argues Galbraith offers a warning that the Democratic Party risks becoming a centralized, socialist guide with wage and price controls and a grand synthesis of social planning. Buckley predicts future party shifts and asserts the need for genuine reform beyond elite guidance.
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Republican Party
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