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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1968
Page
6
A new federal law taking effect June 21 bans employers and agencies from rejecting job applicants or discharging middle aged workers for being 40 to 55. Ads may not state age as a qualification. unions may not bar older workers, improving income and employment prospects for millions and promoting sustained usefulness.
A famous baseball player tested his stamina by following a small boy through a rapid sequence of toddler moves. The child trotted skipped and hopped while the man attempted the same pace before tiring. The piece contrasts weekend play with weekday work and echoes a biblical verse about fruit in old age.
Judge Walter S. Harlan delivers the Decoration Day oration at Franklin Cemetery in Middletown. He recalls Civil War sacrifices, cites Ohio figures like McPherson Sherman and Grant, and warns of looming social tensions while urging remembrance of all soldiers, known and unknown, across battlefields.
The Journal published daily by the News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for weekday and Sunday copies, motor route delivery in-city, and mail options inside and outside trading areas. Rates include 15 cent Sunday copies and yearly mail rates of 15 dollars within trading areas and 24 dollars outside, with international rate 38 dollars.
The Miami Beach Republican gathering looms as John Ashbrook's 17th District win over Ohio Governor Rhodes reshapes delegate loyalties and tests Rockefeller and Nixon support. Conservatives led by Kieran O'Doherty warn Rhodes and Rockefeller face tough odds, while Nixon's cross-spectrum appeal remains Nixon's strongest card amid looming GOP splits.
Joseph Alsop analyzes Paris talks as a propaganda side show while Hanoi pursues battlefield aims. He notes heavy enemy losses since February with 75 000 total and 80 percent North Vietnamese among them, arguing Hanoi faces unsustainable costs and may push for a summer battlefield surge before a winter spring campaign ends.
The article notes a rapid rise in private Christian day schools, led by the California Association of Christian Schools, as Desegregation and public-school issues push families to seek smaller classrooms, moral instruction, and a perceived safer environment. It cites tax savings per student, rising youth crime, and praise from Dr. Max Rafferty for morality and national values fostered by private schooling.
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