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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1967
Page
6
Today’s graduates enter a world at war, with famine near plenty and ideological divide. They are the best educated, many more in number, a thinking generation asked to test ideas and prove values while facing population growth and space exploration.
Arnold Toynbee compares the United States to a patient with a terminal illness. He warns the public private sector balance is shifting toward government control and cites hidden spending and dubious uses of taxpayer money. He urges will to curb inflation and supergovernment and cites scripture for patience.
A City Hall meeting on June 16 1884 debated street lighting with Middletown Gas Light and Coke Company Brush Electric Light Company and the Edison Illuminating Company. Edison wins contract for 123 lights while Brush proposes 11 higher power arcs.
In the United States the Supreme Court 5 to 4 decision limits workers by allowing unions to set binding rules and fines for dissenters. The ruling overrides the National Labor Relations Act and raises concerns about constitutional freedoms and employer bargaining. Civil liberties advocates warn the decision echoes a court becoming a super-legislature.
The Young Republican National Federation convention opens in Omaha amid internal splits and rival candidacies. Three contenders for chair are Jack McDonald, Jim Betts, and Ray Cooper with Betts backed by the Rockefeller circle and Cooper drawing support from southern conservatives.
The News Journal of Middletown Ohio lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions. In city and suburban areas weekly rate 60 cents via newspaperboy or motor route. mail rates 15 dollars yearly in trading areas, 24 dollars outside, 38 dollars outside the U.S.A. All subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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