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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1966
Page
8
The Armstrong Rubber Company announces commercially produced fiberglass reinforced auto tires with 30 percent greater strength and 40k to 50k mile life in tests. Other majors may follow, but price and standards will determine adoption and road safety for all cars.
A column reflects on Crown Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg facing protest recalling Nazi occupation, while noting uneasy Dominican Republic politics after a gun attack on Juan Bosch’s home. It warns elections may not yet be stabilizing and calls for cautious optimism.
W E B DuBois Clubs draw prominent New Left support across SNCC SCLC and academia after attorney general brands the group a Communist front. Figures including Elizabeth Sutherland John Lewis Julian Bond James Bevel Staughton Lynd Harry Lustig Dagmar Wilson A J Muste David Dellinger and C Kissinger pledge solidarity and fund rebuilding.
FDA Commissioner Goddard says vitamin deficiency is rare today and the agency seeks to ban misleading pill claims. Food bills suggest action may come tomorrow as critics note many actors envy Hamlet but stop at the first syllable.
The article notes ongoing U S Chin talks through ambassadors in Warsaw since 1958 with 128 meetings since 1955. It describes secrecy, scope expansion from prisoners and students to Viet Nam, India Pakistan, travel, and press access, while Peiping ties access to Formosa.
Ruth Montgomery argues that liberal defenders of civil liberties were silent as State Department officials harassed security officer Otto Otepka and Abba Schwartz. The piece notes perjury, wiretapping, and retaliation, plus plans to abolish Schwartz’s 27 member bureau to save 246000 annually.
The transcript notes that his greatest sin in the eyes of the department was answering questions truthfully to the Senate Internal Security Committee. The committee’s investigation later supported this conclusion.
Commentators note continued U S contact with Peiping amid calls for talks with Red China after its nuclear test. If Red China gains UN membership Formosa tensions would rise, and Taiwan’s government would fear Western abandonment while China pursues regional expansion.
Dave Regan comments on a May 1 start for higher payroll deductions while denying extra cost to workers. He notes reduced sickness credit, early tax filing hopes for refunds, and IRS mix ups with Social Security numbers, ending with a Burns quote.
The quote defends income tax as necessary for government funding and argues arguing against taxation would be futile, noting two reasons: funds are needed to run the government and paying taxes yields no personal benefit.
President Johnson faces Senate and House friction over tax increases and policy reforms yet has secured major bills this session. Key gains include tax readjustment, GI bill expansion, district wage hikes, Viet Nam funding, and new federal judgeships. He remains prepared to concede amendments to advance his agenda.
The text notes the Java upas tree as allegedly deadly to nearby wildlife. It also states Brazil as South America’s largest country. It records George Washington’s sole trip abroad, a 1751 voyage to the West Indies.
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