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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1976
Page
4
A columnist notes Jimmy Carter's ease and rapport with black audiences, contrasting with his stiffer, less natural performance before racially mixed crowds. He recalls moments with Olivet Church singers and King memories, suggesting Carter feels most at home among black crowds.
A Cleveland firm reports a social index comparing eight pleasant events to eight unpleasant ones from 1960 to 1974. Pleasant events rose from 40 to 57 percent, unpleasant from 24 to 33 percent, pushing the good to bad ratio to 1.85 by 72-74, suggesting a decline in quality of life.
In a staged moment before a Ford Carter event, aides improvise a test to decide if Eastern European countries are under Soviet dominance. They gesture with fingers and reveal the answer as No, clarifying the misstatement that had been circulating.
The Journal Published daily by News Journal Inc lists subscription pricing for in store, carrier, motor route, and mail options. Rates show 25¢ daily, 72¢ weekday carrier, 23¢ Sunday, and various monthly or yearly plans for U.S. and international delivery.
The author recalls a 1940s discussion about antiwar writer Smith and the Stalin-Hitler Pact, arguing many liberal critics supported Moscow. He rebukes Lillian Hellman’s Scoundrel Time and defends First Amendment rights for Communists, while condemning HUAC prosecutions and Stalin apologists.
A humorous reminiscence on sweeping sweepstakes pitches from mail coupons and chain letters. The narrator recalls entering contests and chasing free vacations while resisting more magazines and dubious odds, noting promises of life changing prizes and the superstition of luck.
A reader urges fair housing for families with children noting landlords would not rent to those with children and criticizing welfare stigma. The letter also touches on unemployment fears and recalls a garden of past chain letter contests involving unpaid child labor and a prize salve promotion.
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