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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1966
Page
4
President Johnson creates a national committee on mental retardation to coordinate private and public efforts and to boost support for professional groups and citizens in aiding the mentally retarded. The aim is to improve lives and yield social benefits through coordinated action.
The piece notes French fascination with the Old West from boots to Crazy Horse saloons and pilgrimages to Deadwood and Cheyenne. It contrasts rising boat use on inland waters with growing calls for traffic and waterway regulation to prevent accidents and protect shoreland, urging stricter enforcement and new rules.
Sen Wayne Morse urges withdrawal of U S troops to unify Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh likening Ho to Washington and calling him a benevolent Communist. He accuses Saigon of resisting peace and cites Library of Congress and University of London studies detailing repressive land reform, religious persecution, and political purges in North Vietnam. Aptheker runs for New York House on Peace and Freedom ticket challenging Edna Kelly.
Dear Deb: a father writes about his daughter growing up, resisting the idea of 18, recalling a 12 year old Christmas list and their past in Allenhurst. He notes driving, bars, voting rights, Viet Nam politics, and his wish to keep her in a chosen image while planning future steps and double dates. He reflects on family dynamics and aging in a nostalgic voice.
Senator Ev Dirksen faces a disputed plan to reverse a Supreme Court ruling on state legislative apportionment. Alfred M. Bingham of Connecticut, a confirmed ADA ally, now argues for retaining small-town representation in at least one state house. He favors a weighted voting system to blend local unit representation with equal protection, warning that removing unit representation would push power to big cities and suburbs.
George Crout records Middleton Selby recalling Madison township history in Middletown. Selby recounts the town’s fires losses, the 1910-railroad era, the tavern’s busy days, the 1910 Fourth of July train crash, and the 1913 flood that halted the town clock.
A reflective tour reveals a vanished village scene with a rail station, post office stamp, Baptist Church, and a coal and feed business once run by the Banker family. Residents now work across the viaduct as factories and businesses that thrived here disappeared, leaving memories of pioneer days and odd naming origins.
In a letter to the editor from Middletown, C. E. C. laments overreaching laws and taxes from federal to local levels, claiming they suffocate and control individuals while demanding endless donations and compliance.
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