California Prop 13 debate mirrors modern citizenship rhetoric
The text argues Prop 13 reveals populist referenda both empower and threaten republican government. It cites California voter backlash against perceived overhead while warning that power remains separate from the governed. It notes Chesterton and Chestertonian paradoxes about permanence of power and temporary rulers.
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Washington
P.G. Wodehouse
Grayvee
Grayce
California
The W A Siebenthaler Sr President Jim Mills
A terse byline fragment lists The The W A Siebenthaler Sr as president and Jim Mills as managing editor. The item suggests leadership roles at a newspaper or firm without additional context. No dates or places are provided.
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Jim Mills
Longs health care plan eyes catastrophic coverage first
The piece argues for addressing catastrophic illnesses before full national health insurance. It notes Sen Long favors a limited program costing about 15 billion, while Kennedy backs broader coverage with White House support. It warns of cost overruns, cites Medicaid and Medicare precedents, and calls for a 1980 debate and possible target date.
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Sen
Hussell Long
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
White House
Cungress
Washington
Sen. Longs
Sen. Kennedy
Sen. Long
Carter and Brzezinski attack political machismo and Soviet moves
President Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski rail against macho politics as the Soviet threat grows. The piece mocks Callaghan and Chamberlain, notes Cuban tanks named McGovern ambulances, and highlights SALT tensions, Backfire bombers, and a push for missile testing freezes amid evolving Cold War brinkmanship.
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Carter
NATO
Zbig Brzezinski
Andy Young
Africa
Jim
Oxbridge
Neville Chamberlain
Callaghan
Chamberlain
Ethiopia
Angola
Shaba
Mr. Carter
Poland
Congress
McGovern
Lions
Moscow
New Zealand
United States
Cuba
Charlie Chaplin
Paul Nitze
Eugene Rostow
Committee On
Brezhnev
Jimmy
Holey socks and a rich man’s holey tale from town
A staff vignette recalls holey socks among the rich and a gossip column about Nelson Rockefeller. It nods to Nat Worman’s old Franklin Chronicle piece and to a color TV set ambition. It moves to Middletown High and Lemon Monroe High scholarships totaling 316259 dollars for 215 seniors and a 50th reunion prospect. It notes noisy city buses and route signs, plus a Morel mushroom tale from Jeffersonville and Louisville viewers.
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Nat Worman
The
Franklin Chronicle
Nat
Fourth
Main
Franklin
Eloise Schneider
Tootie Stevens
Louisville
Ohio River
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Elly
Toot
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options for home delivery by carrier or motor route and by mail. Rates show 20c weekday, 35c Sunday at newsstands, 9c weekday carrier, 25c Sunday, or 1.15 weekly. motor route 15c daily and 30c Sunday per month. mail US $38 yearly, $4 monthly, $46 outside US. All subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
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Frank R. Myers
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John Roche
Machismo
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