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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1968
Page
4
Editorial discusses a Supreme Court ruling allowing state and local governments to shield minors from objectionable movies and printed matter. It weighs harms to youth against freedom of expression, urges careful framing to avoid broader adult censorship and notes uncertain research on actual harm.
President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz praises a tolerant view of hippies, accepting long hair and unconventional dress as long as they do not disrupt or break laws. The piece urges broader emulation of this calm, measured approach and cautions against sensationalizing nonconformity.
In December 1799 George Washington, age 67, worked at Mount Vernon amid rain and disease. He faced laryngitis and a grave throat infection, underwent bleeding and care, and died on December 14 as the capital prepared for change. The scene notes his resolve and the trees enduring beyond him.
Thirteen Miami University students traveled to Frakes Kentucky to work at the Henderson Settlement. They prepared fields, planted 2000 tomato plants and 600 pounds of potatoes. The drive for South Vietnam clothing continues with pickup by Teamsters Local 836 volunteers and transport funded to New York by a Catholic group.
In Washington and Asia fear a face saving settlement with the National Liberation Front that would ease North Vietnamese takeover in Vietnam. Analysts warn a coalition including the NLF could topple Thieu and Saigon if signed, while U S officials deny any deal with the alliance and stress non participation in peace talks.
The Middletown Journal lists daily publication details for News Journal Inc. located on Broad at First Ave in Middletown Ohio. It shows subscription costs including per copy and weekly rates, with mail options for trading areas and outside areas and states all mail subscriptions be prepaid.
William F. Buckley Jr. argues Hanoi stalls on a negotiation site for North Vietnam talks, listing Paris and Warsaw as strategic choices, noting symbolism in site selection, privacy concerns, and the wider backdrop of the North’s supply flows and U.S. bombing interdictions.
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