Today's Arms Business Prompted by Government Sellers
A review of George Thayer's The International Trade in Armaments argues that nations, not private munitions makers, dominate arms sales and that governments like the United States, Britain, Russia, and others are major exporters. The piece contends selling arms increases war risk, not profits.
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Basil Zaharoff
Villian
George Thayer
U.S
West Germany
Great Britain
Russia
France
Belgium
Canada
Sweden
Switzerland
Japan
Idea to be shunned national fingerprinting proposal
Frances G. Knight of the Passport Office endorses universal federal fingerprinting for passport security. She argues national registration could curb fraud but critics call it an assault on liberty and privacy. The piece contrasts public safety with open society values and cites a biblical quote.
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Frances G. Knight
Passport Office
Miss Knight
Letters to the Editor address race in police ranks and civic action
A reader critiques a police reform stance while supporting targeted recruitment of qualified Black officers. The letter urges proactive city efforts in Middletown, cites other cities, and calls for constructive solutions over inflammatory debate. It also includes a reader lamenting bicycle theft affecting a family and a veteran’s appeal to back troops in Vietnam.
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Shelby Howard
Webster St
William Henry Chamberlin remembered as a principled Moscow correspondent
A commemorative portrait of William Henry Chamberlin, Moscow correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, notes his early socialist ideals, later critique of Bolshevism, and lifelong restraint. It recalls his clashes with colleagues like Lyons and Muggeridge, and his warning on nuclear nonproliferation.
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William Henry Chamberlin
Moscow
Christian Science Monitor
Wall Street Journal
William Henry
William
Eugene Lyons
Gene Lyons
Czechoslovakia
Russia
United Press
Lyons
Guardian
Proletariat
Muggeridge
Chamberlin
Gene
New York
Manhattan
Lester Markel
The
New York Times
Markel
Elmer Davis
Katyn Forest
Katyn
Washington
U. S
The Journal Subscription Rates and Publication Details
The Journal of Middletown Ohio lists daily publication by News Journal Inc. Rates include ten cents weekdays and twenty cents Sundays, 70 cents weekly, and yearly mail options for in city, trading area, or outside areas with stated prices. Subscriptions payable in advance and the paper notes its founding in 1857.
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the News Journal Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Middletown, Ohio
U.S.A
Campaign rhetoric swells as Middletonians brace for November
A city columnist mocks campaign speeches by local City Commission candidates. He notes harsh rhetoric, promises without proof, and calls to civic action amid October campaign noise and political clutter in an All American town. The piece ends with confusion over the insult duff.
Woman Resists Purse Snatching. Snatcher Flees After License Noted
A would be thief grabbed Mrs. Lawrence Van Gilder’s purse in a store parking lot but she held on as a bystander intervened. The culprit fled in a car after the man obtained the license number, leaving bystanders to recover the spilled belongings. The piece urges women to keep purses secure and consider checks and bank cards to deter theft.
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Lawrence van Gilder
Lowell Street
And Meanwhile Back On Earth A Glorious Blend Of Freedom
A reflective piece contrasts beauty of autumn with national unity and freedom. It celebrates racial harmony and faith, notes changing times since 1969, and ponders humanity’s achievements and future challenges on Earth and beyond.
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Neil Armstrong
Planet Earth
Space
Planet
Earth
Moon
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