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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1966
Page
4
Middletown Ohio notice lists subscription prices including 10 cent weekday, 15 cent Sunday, 60 cent weekly in-city, 15.00 yearly mail in trading areas, 24.00 outside trading area, and 38.00 outside U S. Prices payable in advance.
The article notes Medicare started July 1 with limited hospital strain and a 3 percent rise in admissions, though some Southern hospitals abstain due to racial integration tests and some patients misread coverage. It also details a nationwide anti smoking drive targeting teens led by the National PTA and Public Health Service to curb smoking initiation by age 18, aiming for all states by fall 1969.
Washington scene shows jealousy among officials, industry opposition, and legislative delay over a proposed consumer packaging label bill. Commerce pushes for Fed packaging rules while HEW FTC and White House spar over jurisdiction. Esther Peterson leads proponent effort as industry cries foul over costs and loss of romance in shopping.
John Chamberlain argues that Operation Jawbone and Operation Open Mouth fail to keep prices and wages within Guidelines. He notes rising calls for standby authority to fix prices and wages, but warns inflation from unchecked government spending cannot be halted without a real national emergency as Milton Friedman explains.
The piece surveys reactions to U S Viet Nam policy with focus on The Economist and intellectuals. It cites Professor Rodger Swearingen analysis of two 1965 1966 New York Times advertisements and examines signers backgrounds and disciplines at Harvard Indiana Berkeley to question policy support among scholars. It also discusses Milton Friedman on price controls and monetary policy with lessons from postwar Germany and implications for U S inflation and steel car price dynamics.
The piece notes Latin America has experienced 37 coups since 1950, highlighting the region as a center of abrupt regime changes. It then pivots to a school reopening idea based on a thermometer rather than a calendar, with a brief line about environment from Grandpap Jenkins.
Middletown and Lemon Township show rapid growth in Butler County as of 1828. The county's population around 26,000 with Lemon at 3,100 and Middletown nearing 500. vast land under cultivation could yield large outputs of corn pork and whiskey, supporting many more inhabitants. The piece details mills, looms, stills, tanneries, and taxation, plus voter counts and property values for Lemon and Madison Townships.
Tokyo reports Ian Fleming’s James Bond series draws massive attention as “You Only Live Twice” films shoot in Japan. Sean Connery contemplates life after Bond while Mie Hama stars as Mrs Bond. The franchise has earned over 100 million dollars on under 15 million investment and supports 200 Bond licensees in Japan.
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