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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1967
Page
6
A concise local notice listing edits dated Saturday November 25 1967 for Paul J Day. Details specify corrections or amendments to prior entries, with emphasis on clarity and record consistency within the public notice.
The System Development Corporation of Santa Monica runs the Emergency Operations Research Center to simulate disasters. Using a 50 line telephone system, public address networks, teletype, an emergency broadcast network and more, it trains mayors and law enforcement to react under stress and conducts research to improve disaster management. Since 1964 it has completed 40 contracts.
In a House subcommittee testimony FDA chief James L. Goddard argues education may be the only meaningful answer to marijuana and drug use. He notes current efforts rely on tough enforcement and urges a shift to preventive education, especially for youths, as a complement to law enforcement. The piece ends with a biblical verse.
Middletown marked Thanksgiving with progress from the 1929 mood as nearly 500 local men were reemployed under the Civilian Works Administration to aid county road and local projects. Baskets of food and a $1.99 basket for a poor family supported by Garfield Mission, while Rev. Jung urged gratitude for parents. Recreation and church/educational events filled the day as editor E. S. Myers praised national progress since 1932 and urged faith to conquer fate.
Middletown Retail Merchants Association urges gratitude and says the four years of hardship are past the economy is showing signs of recovery. Workers return to large construction projects and payrolls begin to return to normal as industry and business cheer. Household staple prices are listed with turkey at 18 to 25 cents a pound and other meats sold at low rates.
Other items on the Thanksgiving menu were notably affordable with oysters listed at a reasonable price of 55. The brief note highlights value offerings among holiday dishes.
David Lawrence discusses a world finance crisis linked to price shifts in imports and exports. He notes Britain’s welfare state, rising prices, and strikes, with the pound’s devaluation affecting both domestic costs and global competition. Persistent high U.S. rates may be needed to deter European capital flight, as readjustment could last years.
The Federal Reserve Bank boosted the discount rate to curb outflows and tighten credit. Higher borrowing costs will raise home and business loan rates, echoing pre Depression era tensions as Congress weighs potential tax increases to counter inflation.
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. lists subscription rates including weekday 10 cents and Sunday 15 cents. In-city delivery by newspaper boy or motor route is 60 cents per week. mail rates vary by area, with annual prices and foreign rates noted. Established 1857.
In Jerusalem Gen Yariv notes Soviet restraint limits and expects lasting tension after June war. Israel will not yield frontier gains along Suez, Jordan, and Golan. France delays arms and jets despite payment. Bulwarking comments on Israeli image and a garbled anecdote about David Ben Gurion precede a mystical Dead Sea anecdote and a Bugs Baer quip about Burton Holmes.
A pilgrim spent his life savings to visit the River Jordan. Weeping, a passerby counsels on propaganda. The piece notes Israel’s prisoner return amid regional tension, Nasser’s stance, and a total eight Israeli soldiers held by Egypt.
Israel expert Shlomo Gazit warns that the least to consider is what an Arab leader is saying about the new territories. The remark emphasizes caution in interpreting Arab positions amid border tensions and regional diplomacy.
Paul Harvey recounts a Texas minister Dr John W Drakeford describing a daybreak spectacle seen across the plains. Witnesses report a night edge turning to a radiance with electric yellow flames, like a peacocks tail lighting the sky, signaling sunrise called daybreak.
A viewer recalls an electric glow that gradually dims the stars, shifting from purple to wine red, then erupts as daggers of yellow fire forming a symmetrical arc like half a fiery pinwheel. The fragment hints at a volcanic eruption but is cut short.
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