Varied Readings On New Hampshire Primary Impacts
The piece weighs how observers diverge on the New Hampshire vote and Robert F. Kennedy's entry into the presidential race. It notes McCarthy's 15 percent share, possible cross party votes, and the uncertain sway on summer conventions, with about 400 of 2,000 delegates decided in primaries.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
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McCarthy
Take Up Another Notch on the Belt
A columnist offers advice on belt tightening as a measure of fitness and self discipline. It cautions against cheating by forcing the belt to a tighter notch and urges pulling the belt only to a comfortable fit, invoking a biblical verse for emphasis.
Education Is Real Answer to Segregation in Race Gaps
Joseph Alsop argues that short term welfare measures fail without ending racial segregation in schooling. He cites Stodolsky and Lesser’s study showing middle-class status drives test performance across ethnic groups, urging earlier start in kindergarten and stable, continuous schooling to lift disadvantaged children.
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Susan M. Stodolsky
University of Chicago
Gerald Lesser
Harvard
New York
Boston
Lesser
Planned Parenthood drive targets families with limited means
A Middletown Planned Parenthood Association fundraiser opens, urging support to curb overpopulation and aid low income families. It notes 6 000 Butler County families earn under 3 000 dollars and 3 000 are of child bearing age, costing taxpayers about 20 000 per unwanted child. The group, run by civic volunteers, served 314 women in 1967 and aims to help more in 1968.
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Civic Association
Middletown
Communists Accused Of Instigating April Demonstrations
Rep. Edwin Willis charges that Communist groups organized student and mass actions planned for April 26 and 27 1968 to disrupt U S policy on Vietnam. He cites a Chicago conference and a united front of fronts and presses a crackdown while noting stalled anti riot legislation and Justice Department hesitance.
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Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Display
The Middletown Journal lists daily and Sunday subscription prices. Rates include 10 and 15 cents per copy, 60 cents weekly by route, and yearly mail options from 15 to 38 dollars, with outside U.S.A. at 38 dollars. Founded in 1857.
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Khartoum Revisited A View Of Its Peace And Tragedy
Jim Bishop recalls Khartoum at sixteen north, describing its rivers and university life before a historical 1885 86 catastrophe. He narrates famine disease and social collapse during the Mahdist siege, then the hope of rains renewing life as survivors endure one more day.
Locust Plague Strikes Khartoum Amid Faith and Fate
A brutal fable recounts a locust swarm from Asmara that devastates Khartoum. The harvest fails, the rich and poor suffer crises, and a city’s piety and fortunes crumble as the crisis costs thousands of lives.
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