No Freeze on ADC Funds Fails to Punish Children
Secretary Finch backs repeal of the ADC payment freeze, urging Congress to lift the limit while noting the rise in dependent children from 2.4 million to about 5 million. The piece argues cuts should target other expenditures, not punish innocent children.
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Red Cross Need Grows as 1969 Remains Urgent
The piece argues for stronger support of the Red Cross in 1969, noting its long-standing role in disaster relief and aid for American servicemen worldwide. It urges readers not to take the organization for granted and to underwrite its ongoing good work. It closes with a biblical exhortation about growing in likeness to Christ.
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de Gaulle
States
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Khrushchev
Cuba
Churchill
Nixon risks misreading Soviet cooperation in new outreach
Marianne Means reports that officials warn Nixon may have erred by overestimating Soviet cooperation after a promising European trip and early talks with Dobrynin. They fear public optimism could complicate Moscow’s guidance while hard lin ers in North Vietnam point to a growing U S Soviet alliance.
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Johnson
Nixon
White House
Europe
Dobrynin
Soviet Union
U.S
Paris
Vietnam
Berlin
Middle East
North Vietnam
Kremlin
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Kennedy
Laos
New Jersey OKs Women Wrestling Lifts Ban
New Jersey athletic commissioner Joseph Walker says banning women from wrestling was discriminatory and the 15 year ban is lifted making women wrestlers legal in the state. The piece also profiles Clare Boothe Luce and discusses views on modern womanhood, marriage, and contraception.
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Joseph Walker
Clare Boothe Luce
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Occam and the Kremlin on Nixon and the East
The piece argues Moscow fears China and prefers simple explanations for Soviet behavior. It links Kremlin jitters to two-front war risk, Czechoslovakia, and Brezhnev doctrine, suggesting Nixon's stance could aid a four power Middle East settlement and Suez viability.
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William
Nixon
Middle East
Asia
U.S
Far East
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Moscow
Pravda
China
Czechoslovakia
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Prague
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Romania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Suez Canal
Black Sea
Baltic
White Seas
Cape of Good Hope
Richard Nixon
Olympian Pompidou bridges Franco American ties in Paris
The piece portrays Georges Pompidou as accessible and thoughtful, contrasting de Gaulle's stance with U.S. ties. It notes France's partial NATO withdrawal yet continued naval cooperation, and recalls a 1966 secret meeting between North Vietnam envoy and U S ambassador Lodge via the Polish ambassador in Saigon.
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Georges Pompidou
America
de Gaulle
Britain
Pompidou
Lorrain
Spiro Agnew
George Zaharias
Rassler
Toots Shor
Paris
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabott Lodge
Lodge
the Pole
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Middletown Journal lists daily publication details and subscription prices. Rates include 10 cent weekdays, 20 cent Sundays, 70 cents weekly delivery, 21 dollars yearly in trading area, 30 dollars outside, and 38 dollars outside the USA, all payable in advance.
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Hilarious Odds and Ends From the Staff Mailbag
A Health Insurance Institute collection of letters reveals absurd requests and misstatements about births money and marriage certificates. Separately Vail Avenue in Hamilton honors the Vail family while I R S employee Marc Vail makes headlines over an overtime ticket. American Legion Post 218 plans a large anniversary dinner for members and spouses with estimates of 350 to 375 servings.
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Internal Revenue Service
Vail Avenue
Middletown High
Marc
Hamilton Badin
P.C
American Legion Post 218
Legion
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