Hoover and Hershey in an odd power balance
An analysis notes that FBI Director J Edgar Hoover resists being eased out while Hershey remains free from heavy burdens as Selective Service head Curtis Tarr helps rehabilitate the agency. The piece questions if Hoover’s presence shapes power and whether retirement would affect him as it does others.
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Moscow adopts three tier price system in Soviet plan
The Soviet leadership endorses a wholesale pricing scheme that uses supply and demand with limits. Three price levels are proposed: high during early production to recover development costs, lower during mass production, and a further cut as products become outmoded. Government control remains. The piece ends with a biblical quote about compassion for the scattered people.
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Moscow
Letters to the Editor Praises Middletown Hospital ER
A Middletown reader credits the hospital emergency room with prompt, life saving care for a child who fell from monkey bars. The writer thanks staff including Mrs Sebald and Dr Allrutt and notes rapid neuro surgical communication with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Other letters from readers discuss daily publication of Letters to the Editor and opine on war and civil unrest.
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Middletown Hospital
Saif
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Pony
Childrens Hospital
McCoy-Letfier
Carl Brezovits
Yankee Rd
Two Projects Could Be Combined For Community Good
Editor proposes merging two charity efforts Walkers for Mankind and a weekend Litt Miami cleanup. They note $24 000 raised and 7000 workers, urging hourly sponsorships to fund more projects and finish tasks such as resurfacing Sebald Park. Volunteer contact Mrs Ellen E Klein.
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Miami
Sebald Park
Ellen E. Klein
Jackson Lane
Minority Views Not The People's Not The People's
To The Editor a reader urges straight thinking and self reliance as a response to public discourse. The brief letter questions prevailing views and advocates independent judgment over crowd sentiment.
Seed rain from maples and elms signals unusual spring
A reader notes an extraordinary fall of millions of seed pods from soft maples and elms after a windy rain, calling it a sign of approaching hard winter per folklore. The writer cites unusually cool dry spring and wonders if a hot summer may follow, yet praises the season.
Nuclear Arms Pact Talk Boosts Global Hopes
White House and Congress welcome Moscow’s move to discuss limiting both anti ballistic missiles and offensive strategic weapons. The article explains how Sprint and Spartan defenses work, compares U S and Soviet missiles, and notes that even with talks, abolition of nuclear arms remains uncertain and danger persists. It also covers NATO troop debates and Senate votes shaping the political climate around arms talks.
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White House
Congress
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Mailing List Politics Highlight Liberal Fundraising
The piece criticizes national liberal fundraising lists and mail campaigns, noting overlap across groups like ADA and Common Cause. It argues real political influence rests on local constituent organization and voting power rather than cosmetic mailings, citing Philadelphia and Boston as examples and lamenting ADA’s decline into a mail order entity.
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Philadelphia
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Eleanor Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Leon Shull
Joseph Clark
Massachusetts
Watertown
Dolores Mitchell
Washington
Frank Church
Mike Mansfield
Joseph Tydings
Boston
Allard Lowenstein
Lowenstein
Joe Rauh
Jimmy Wechsler
Arthur Schlesinger
Notable facts about cities and literary figures
Newcastle on Tyne lies by the Tyne river in England. St Augustine in Florida claims to be the oldest U S city. Jonathan Swift authored Gulliver's Travels and John Milton penned Paradise Lost. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod. A she wolf fostered Romulus and Remus, founders of ancient Rome.
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Remus
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Rome
The Journal subscription rates and delivery details
The Journal lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions with motor route and mail options. Rates include 12 monthly installments, 3.20 quarterly, and 30 per year in trading areas plus 38 outside the U.S. and a 15 cent monthly service charge for motor routes.
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