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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
7
Debates on hippies claim peace and love but critics call them cop-outs and moochers. A reader questions a church organist who gave up a baby and left, while Ann Landers urges accountability and offers a help booklet on alcoholism with return envelope.
On Oct 14 1066 William the Conqueror defeated the English at Hastings. Born this date William Penn in London and Dwight D. Eisenhower in Denison Texas. notable events include Germany quitting the League of Nations in 1933 and Yeager breaking the sound barrier in 1947 at Muroc.
A Los Angeles AP report notes a self help group received a toy factory for its third anniversary and plans to mass produce Negro dolls by next month. Mattel started the $150000 facility, trained Black workers, then transferred it to Operation Bootstrap which runs several other businesses. The Shindana Toy Factory name means competitor in Swahili.
Lafayette Indiana Dr George Mueller director of manned space flight programs warns that engineers graduating this year know only half of what will be needed for late 1970s technology. He notes a corollary that half the knowledge possessed by 1958 graduates is obsolete today.
Readers share simple kitchen and craft ideas including using metal garters as coat hooks for children and repurposing shoulder pads as hot pads. A mother thanks teachers, and other tips cover checks, liniment for sore shoulders, stitch counting, and knitting shortcuts.
A shopper asks if one can both complain about long checkout queues and offer a remedy. The piece notes repeated waits as many carts pile up, suggesting a need for a solution to avoid delays at the supermarket.
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