Shriver Draft Plan Aims at 16 Year Olds for Nation Service
The piece reviews Sargent Shriver's proposal for universal 16 year old registration and examination under the Selective Service System with a national referral network to address educational, physical, and motivational deficiencies. It weighs potential benefits for underprivileged youths against risks to freedom and personal choice, noting parallels to McNamara's ideas on compulsory service.
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Trail Commission Maps Lewis and Clark Route Across States
Eleven states along the Missouri and Columbia rivers join the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission to mark the historic route from the Missouri mouth to the Pacific. Signs will honor Captains Lewis and Clark and guide modern hikers with campsites trails lodgings and ramps as the project aims to finish by 1969.
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Columbia
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Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Rocky Mountain
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March ends and April blooms in welcome rain
The column forecasts March's end like a lamb and notes April often brings rain. Frost risks threaten early forsythia magnolias and jonquils, but daffodils and tulips are blooming as residents prep yard work and enjoy the hopeful change in weather.
Pacifists Prolong War Say Critics In Washington
Washington observers argue pacifists and some senators push for halting bombing in Vietnam, claiming concessions extend the conflict. Senator Symington warns civilian restrictions hinder military aims, noting pilots report frustration and escalation fears while Johnson faces domestic dissent.
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The Day Kennedy Was Shot and The Manchester Feud
Jim Bishop laments Kennedy book wars and shelves overflowing with research. He defends Manchester's The Death of a President while critiquing its prose and publicity. Bishop recalls decades of work on Lincoln and endorses Sandburg over rival Kennedy histories.
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Carl Sandburg
Preserve Natural Beauty At New Park
A Middletown reader urges keeping Sebald Park largely undeveloped to preserve its natural beauty and wildlife. The letter favors a nature oriented park with potential study center over a standard recreation area, warning housing growth threatens last remaining green space.
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Feeding Birds Against the Law Stirs Reader Debate
A letter to the editor questions criminalizing feeding and watering birds. The writer praises Mrs. Josephine Sennett of 205 N Sutphin St for caring for birds, contrasts kindness with cruelty, and asks what justice means in a case where bird lovers face legal action.
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N. Sutphin St
Mother Nature
Fight Communism On The Home Front
A call to oppose communism on the home front contrasts U.S. war aims in Vietnam with domestic political permissiveness. The speaker urges citizens to resist communist influence at home and questions the logic of fighting abroad while the party operates locally.
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Vietnam
United States
Communist Party
Middletown Journal Publication Details and Rates
The Middletown Journal publishes daily from S Broad and First Ave in Middletown Ohio with second class mail status. Subscriptions cost 10c per weekday, 15c Sundays, 60c weekly via route, 15.00 yearly inland, 24.00 yearly outside inland, 33.00 yearly outside USA, all payable in advance. Founded 1857.
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