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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1973
Page
4
The 1970 census shows about two million school age children excluded from schooling. The Children's Defense Fund aims to secure education rights through courts and advocacy, challenge tests and tracking that label children retarded or slow learners, and push for better health care and full court-ordered education for indigent children.
A column notes that underwater cameras and devices increasingly expose the Loch Ness monster as a biological creature, likely ending the mystery. It laments the loss of wonder when the beast is categorized alongside sperm whales or giraffes and recalls a Texas slime mold disclosure. A biblical verse closes the piece.
John Roche laments the shortage of cotton shirts and summer wear as the clothing industry shifts to polyester. He recalls struggle finding cotton shorts and short sleeves, jokes about heat at commencements, and muses that cotton may have vanished to Saigon or Vietnam on the way to Hong Kong or Madagascar. He vows to resist polyester, humorously threatening Hanoi if forced to wear it.
Washington column argues Iraq underpins Soviet oil strategy, with oil flows to COMECON figures rising sharply in 1972. Bulgaria and Syria emerge as favored, Libyan and Egyptian alignments downgraded. Moscow seeks to cement Germany oil ties via Brandt Brezhnev talks, shaping wider COMECON policy.
Bob Considine reflects on his boyhood in Washington and how the capital has transformed. He recalls Swampoodle’s fountain, the Columbus statue, and street characters, contrasts past innocence with today’s power centers, and notes his preference for living in New York over visiting Washington.
A Middletown city official, Dale Helsel, recalls his past as Painesville city manager Kenneth McDonald during an Ohio gathering. Helsel, who led Painesville’s urban renewal, dreams of guiding Middletown’s mall and garage project, parallels and plans for future dedication with former leaders.
A humor column in which the narrator buys a cat proof love seat and a vinyl tile bathroom floor. The floor arrives boxed and sits on the dining room table as the narrator muses on DIY costs and tools with a shop assistant. The total quoted price is $42. Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options. Home delivery by newspaperboy costs 15 cents per weekday and 25 cents on Sundays, with motor route plans and annual mail rates. All subscriptions are payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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