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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1970
Page
4
National Safety Council data show a modest five month drop in traffic fatalities from 20,950 in 1969 to 20,500 in 1970, about a two percent decrease. May alone fell five percent from May 1969 as efforts grow across government, industry, and the public to curb highway carnage.
Middletown editor notes growing auto ownership with 1 803 951 pleasure cars in the nation and local demand for better roads. City officials announce paving projects on Sutphin Avenue East Third Street and a new viaduct across the Miami River while motorists push for the Dixie Highway linking Sault Ste Marie to Miami Florida through Ohio and Indiana with county routes to meet the plan.
The Mekong known as Da Chu Lan Tan Kiang Mae Nam Khong and Turbulent River. An avalanche can exceed 250 mph, blasting air to derail railroad cars and pulling people from houses in its wake.
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc lists subscription options with rates for in city and outside area. It notes mail delivery, weekly and annual pricing, and states all subscriptions are payable in advance with a history dating to 1857.
A child laments adults and dangers outside the house. He lists burglars boogeymen and baths as chores before sleep, then folds to the quiet of night and wakes when light comes, vowing not a second longer.
The Viet Nam war shows signs of winding down toward a cease fire after Paris talks. President Thieu calls for an international referee committee to supervise any cease fire and elections in South Vietnam. Nixon outlines practical steps, insisting on elections led by South Vietnamese people and elected leaders, not a forced coalition government. The United States weighs Korea and Middle East risks as it seeks to avoid direct conflict while pushing for negotiated settlements.
John Chamberlain critiques investigatory commissions including Kerner and the Kent State era panel. He argues such bodies recycle clichés, misplace causes, and miss long term social factors, citing 1967 youth discontent, campus unrest, and a drift from core Western values in universities.
Pancho Gonzalez, age 42, defeats Rod Laver twice this year, drawing praise at a luncheon in New York attended by tennis luminaries. The piece notes his long career, cerebrally framed by his beer tale, nervous energy theory, and a story about Postmaster General Blount at the event.
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