Rockefeller ideas echo a big government plan
Washington debates Nelson Rockefeller's push for a 100 billion Energy Independence Authority to fund large scale energy projects. Critics warn of borrowing risks, crowding out private borrowers, and possible corruption while Rockefeller's record in New York shows fiscal strain and credit downgrades.
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Arms race and oil money fuel global spending
An Institute of Strategic Studies report notes oil profits fund weapons while Iran and Saudi Arabia sharply lift budgets. The United States spends $430 per person and the Soviet Union $409, with Iran surpassing Britain at $10.4 billion. The piece warns war spending crowds out peaceful needs and clouds humanity’s future.
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Soviet Union
Glasses and sight humor from John Sinor
Community humor column recounts John Sinor musing on glasses contact lenses and vision. The piece riffs on aging misreads and everyday eye troubles with quips about thrift shop eyewear and football ties. It uses light anecdotes about family, chickens, and card sharks.
Widows Travel Club founder helps lonely women find travel partners
Beatrice Green of Tausig Travel Agency in Manhattan created the Widows Travel Club to pair widows 60 plus for affordable trips. She matches on a personal basis, using a questionnaire with age, travel style, preferences, and more, having paired 235 women so far.
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Middletown school energy plan prompts cold gym debate
At a board of education meeting in Middletown the energy conservation plan drew concern over lowering gym thermostats to 60 degrees. Supt. Dalton argued students warm up once moving, while the campaign urged turning off unused fluorescent lights. The story also notes local sights and new development along Oxford State Road and S Main Street.
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Breiel Boulevard
U.S. 25
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S. Main Street
Lafayette Avenue
Jackson Lane
Jefferson Road
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Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates
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