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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1968
Page
6
The obituary honors Helen Keller, who died at 87, praising her triumph over blindness and deafness. It notes her inspirational life, her writing and public influence, and her collaboration with Annie Sullivan Macy who taught and guided her from darkness to achievement.
Archaeologists have labored for four years at a mining claim near Yermo California to uncover stone age tools dating 50 000 to 100 000 years ago. Dr Louis Leakey and others deem the site vital. The owner now demands 25 million dollars or the dig ends, with a June deadline to negotiate an arrangement.
The tale centers on Frank Costello’s planned revenge on Phi Kastell during wartime. Costello, delayed by airline priorities, prompts Kastell to bet on two doomed horses in New Orleans, then learns both win, netting Kastell a large payoff and Costello a personal victory. A second item explains microfilm’s rise from 1928 to a $260 million industry. from May 1928 origins to today, microfilm stores vast records and personal files, with estimates of 200 million people on record.
Paul Harvey argues there is no universal standard for determining death as organ transplants rise. He cites cases from 1960s to Vietnam where patients were revived after being declared dead and warns a clear standard is needed to prevent scandals and preserve medicine.
Yale president Kingman Brewster, speaking at George Washington University, warned that campus revolts threaten education by elevating a small, self interested minority. He argued faculties endure while students come and go, and cautioned against rapid curricular shifts driven by participatory democracy and demands like Negro studies.
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription terms. Rates include per copy 10 cents weekday, Sunday 1 cent, weekly 60 cents, and mail options: seven days 15 dollars per year, outside area four 15 per year, outside U S A 00 per year, all mail per week in advance. Founded in 1857.
A humorous, scandal light column recalls a vacation mishap in Mexico where a doctor’s shot is interrupted by a peeping husband with a color camera. The canceled image triggers memoir-style comedy about censorship and mistaken privacy, ending with a playful domestic scene.
A columnist defends a mixed stance on race, citing admired individuals like Willie Mays Hank Aaron and Archie Moore while condemning black power tactics and antisemitic or anti-Jewish imagery. He argues his view is not bigotry, noting the sacrifice of Officer Oscar Bryant and opposing racial quotas or mob tactics.
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