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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1966
Page
6
A national education assessment project funded by Carnegie and Ford Foundation seeks to measure literacy, math, science, and citizenship across age groups to gauge school quality and guide future policy. The Aberfan disaster prompts calls for foresight and action to prevent similar tragedies and safeguard lives.
In Connecticut fourth district,Democrat Don Irwin and Republican Abner Sibal face a rematch amid a dull campaign. Voters respond to federal funding brought by Irwin and Johnson era laws like Medicare, while open housing and Viet Nam linger as issues.
It is believed that knitting began in Scotland around the start of the 1500s. Mechanical wear, not decay, is the main reason for replacing railroad ties. Charles Curtis, former vice president, was a direct descendant of Osage and Kaw chiefs.
Chiang Kai-shek at 79 on Taiwan vies with Mao Tse-tung and Ho Chi Minh in a clock of aging leaders. Mao seeks to propagate his rule via Lin Piao while facing famine and industrial strain. Chiang runs a prosperous Taiwan with Yen as a capable successor, while mainland China could tilt to military control if Mao falls.
William F Buckley Jr casts focus on the New York referendum to abolish the civilian review board by requiring that members reviewing police complaints be policemen. Algern on Black heads the board amid liberal critique while defenders say the issue centers on crime and public safety than individual qualifications. The piece weighs the political optics, public attitude toward crime, and the lack of demand for tougher crime laws in the city.
A historian suggests the U S uniformed police force began after 1860 and that earlier officers wore plain clothes. The article notes a 16 day event drawing over four million attendees, and mentions Tarrragonia museum in Spain serving wine from an antique jug to aid learning about ancient times.
Middletown diary recounts a Halloween visit to the Kyle farm site near Collinsville where the legend of the headless ghost dates to 1826. The tale centers on James Lidwell’s great oak stump rails and a murder mystery involving Clarkson and Wells, with Williston uncovering a severed headless corpse and a confession from Wells on his deathbed.
A columnist extols UN achievements from Kashmir to Cyprus, Korea to the Congo, noting mediation and peacekeeping roles across decades. Ellen Lukas adds that developing nations favor UN aid, yet laments a underfunded development program and voluntary contributions. The piece argues that without UN we would need to invent something similar.
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