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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1968
Page
4
An editorial urges Americans to confront the root causes of political violence after the Kennedy assassination. It argues the nation must heal its sick society to curb violence and avoid exporting conflict abroad, noting leaders struck down and the cycle of gun violence persists.
In warm seas near Grand Bahama Island Kelly, a confident diver aboard Away We Go, battles a massive four hundred pound lemon shark for forty minutes. Her mate coordinates the fight as the shark tests the boat, finally breaking the line after a dramatic encounter.
A local column calls for an enforced rat control plan in Middletown citing reports of rat activity and incidents. The piece highlights Ward Two conditions near Central Avenue and Sutphin Street, junked cars as breeding sites, and urges action to prevent a Dayton like outbreak.
The death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy shocks the nation and raises questions about future campaigning. President Johnson urges Congress to curb gun violence, with a new anti crime bill advancing to limit handgun sales and push overall gun control.
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription rates including per copy ten cents for weekday editions and 80 cents weekly for motor routes. Mail rates are 15 dollars annually for seven days in trading areas and 24 dollars outside, 38 dollars abroad, with payments in advance. Founded in 1857.
Joseph Alsop argues for national expiation to stop the Furies pursuing the United States. He condemns mindless violence and hatred of excellence, citing Kennedy and King, and urges expelling injustice prejudice and discrimination to restore virtue.
The Date Line requires advancing or retreating the calendar across the 180th meridian. Capt Gabriel Jones Rains created land mines used against the Seminole in 1840. Churchill Downs opened in 1675 in Louisville. Andorra sits in the Pyrenees on the France Spain border. The Fugie cent of 1787 was the first coin authorized for US issuance.
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