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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1977
Page
4
A column argues that government funding for indigent abortions shapes welfare, crime, and family values. It citesJustice Powell and Justice Marshall while warning of wider costs to the country if the poor cannot obtain safe abortions. It stresses the broader societal burden beyond individual choice.
Doctors seek continued saccharin sales with warning labels while Congress negotiates delaying FDA action. Senate panel rejected a House cap on a ban until 18 months of study and alternative sugar substitutes. FDA cites Canadian rat studies linking saccharin to cancer, prompting a push for more research and safer options.
The Senate did not bar a Korea troop withdrawal by President Carter but urged consultation and full briefing on impacts. Maj Gen Singlaub and others doubt the wisdom of a pullout, prompting Senate caution and extended debate on the policy shift.
Middletown historian Wilfred D. Vorhis, turning 80, recalls early downtown from his Mt. Pleasant cottage. He describes small family shops offering credit, local trade, and a day’s food bought across many stores. Names of long vanished grocers and bakeries linger from Central to Main Street as wives bought yard goods and basics.
The reminiscence recalls Middletown’s past as families bought hardware at Vorhis and James Johnston stores, shoes at C. B. Scoville, furniture from W. H. Probst, and coal from Margerum and Hatfield firms while coal yards dotted Main Street and electric refrigeration was rare. The narrative notes street corner stores, coal and ice vendors, and how downtown has changed.
In Albuquerque the Evans family recounts Toby a playful ghost who haunted their house for years He hid earrings mocked mischief and roamed halls until his family moved to Florida according to Pat and Max Evans Neighbors recalled Toby a friend of Pettit boys and a pistol incident tied to a past heartbreak leaving Toby’s lingering presence as a spectral resident
A teen writer argues teens ages 12 to 17 face discriminating adult pricing at cinemas since they cannot see adult films without supervision. They note no jobs until 16, so money comes from parents and ask for change. The letter is followed by a reader call for tall shop demand with sizes and addresses.
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