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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1970
Page
4
The UN Development Planning Committee suggests a 0.5 percent sales tax on luxury goods such as cars, boats, planes and home appliances, to fund development in poorer countries during 1971 80. Proponents cite humanitarian duty while critics warn of legal and economic challenges and loss of national sovereignty.
The Patent Office announces priority for pollution related inventions under a presidential directive. Applications will be examined out of turn if they relate to air water or soil maintenance or restoration. The interpretation of how an invention relates to life sustaining elements appears broad.
Joseph Alsop reports a rising heroin problem in urban high schools, with Western and similar affluent institutions affected. New York Times surveys suggest most city high schools face some hard drug issue, while Montgomery County researchers warn of broad suburban exposure and infectious spread among students.
John P Roche argues there was no real revolution in 1968 despite widespread media hype. He notes a shift to the right, limited college disruption, and a divide between organized revolutionaries and nihilistic eccentrics, with the era’s energy largely dissolving into inertia.
President Pompidou’s U S visit marks a delicate thaw with Washington after years of strain. He says American presence in Europe is normal for now, cites French oil strategy with Libya, and urges coordinated Middle East action. Demonstrations by Israeli supporters surface amid ceremonies, with officials emphasizing free assembly and peace.
The Middletown Journal lists daily delivery and mail rates for the paper. Prices shown include per copy weekday rates and annual subscriptions for in town and out of town, with separate rates for U S and foreign.
A photo quest along the Miami Valley riverbanks ends with a tense roadside encounter as a reporter faces confrontation from a man condemning marijuana and religion while the author recalls a chaotic, comical scene by a polluted creek.
William F Buckley Jr argues for radical change to unclog the system amid compulsory school integration debates. He notes a Southern strategy pushing for northern states to follow suit, the rise of private schooling, voucher discussions, and the political obstacles posed by the public school lobby and First Amendment rulings. He also critiques middle class stagnation and widening wealth inequality.
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