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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1966
Page
4
A car manufacturer announces collapsible front end design to absorb crash energy. The feature aims to reduce occupant danger, with Ford leading in the United States and calls for other U.S. makers to follow and pursue broader crash research results.
The proposed 25th Amendment to the Constitution moves toward ratification by 38 states, Louisiana pushing total acceptances to 31. It would address presidential succession by mandating a successor and clarifying who decides a president’s ability to discharge duties.
The article notes church membership and attendance statistics are imperfect but a generally reliable poll shows a rise in churchgoers in recent years. It argues that this challenges the belief that Americans are abandoning church and morality is falling.
Washington reports show anger in the capital press corps over President Johnson limiting access to formal press gatherings. Critics accuse Johnson of manipulating news, while White House weekly “J-Day” reports seed favorable stories to imply high White House activity.
OECD figures show the United States led with more than 5.5 billion dollars in aid in 1965, while other OECD nations contributed about half of total aid. France and the United Kingdom followed, with Italy Belgium The Netherlands Canada Australia Sweden and others distributing hundreds of millions to billions.
Chairman Emanuel Celler of the House Judiciary Committee opposes the Roudebush legislation and refuses to schedule hearings. Roudebush filed a discharge petition last week seeking 218 signatures to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
A New York apartment owner requires repainting every lease renewal sparking chaos. Movers rearrange bric a brac and furniture as painters work from 8 a.m. to midafternoon, leaving family exhausted, sleepless, and amid paint fumes while items shift rooms. The author laments the disruption to ordinary life and hobbies.
Discussion on handwriting shifts toward the italic hand and typewriter use to cut costly errors. A Philadelphia bank funds illegible slips and a Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi trains local Negro youths in Christian character with support from Middleton volunteers and Laurence C. Jones.
The piece argues that defective information fuels misjudgments by leaders like Hitler and Stalin. It contends newspapers must guard against creating news that misleads enemies and notes North Viet Nam war context and the danger of public opinion shaping policy.
The item notes a rise in women getting ears pierced to wear rings and cites jewelers predicting a boom. It mentions an unresolved turtle race at the University of Connecticut and references Emperor Shen Nung's 2737 B C pharmacy book.
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