Senate Watergate Committee urged to resume oversight actions
The Burlington Free Press argues Congress and the Senate Watergate Committee should press election integrity probes. It notes closed sessions rose to 59 percent in agriculture and forestry and cites Sen George McGovern’s campaign spending funded by tax money.
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Senate Watergate Committee
Franklin B. Smith
Burlington, Vt
Free Press
Watergate
Congress
Johnson
White House
Congressional Committee
Agriculture and Forestry
Senate
George McGovern
Is Winning Everything In Tragic Derby Controversy
A reader protests bias in coverage of a 14 year old Derby cheating scandal arguing that columnists praise ingenuity and overlook fair play. The letter urges virtue over victory and cites Bobby Jones as a model for self penalty and integrity.
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Bobby Jones
Jones
Middletown residents clash over progress and noise policing
A letter to the editor argues for broader choices and modernization in Middletown while criticizing narrow-minded officials. It mocks mandatory screenings of films and questions police focus on youth noise violations, citing truck noise on N Tytus Avenue as a louder real threat.
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Middletown
Robert Walton
Walton
N. Tytus Avenue
N. Tytus
Watergate talk and Diem coup chatter in political column
The columnist critiques GOP evasions around Watergate and attacks on Kennedy and Johnson. He notes First Monday’s sensationalism, recounts his and E. Howard Hunt’s wartime material on the Diem coup, and describes attempts to pin blame on Kennedy with forged cables.
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Cation
Republican National Committee
E. Howard Hunt
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Getting about in Italy a little taxing
William F Buckley Jr travels Capri to Porto Ercole by train and boat, narrating an odyssey of porters, taxis, and misadventures. He recalls paying 60 dollars in tips for eight bags, and a Naples taxi ride that included a dramatic misdirections and a scolding chorus about porter tariffs while praising Yonkers for a drummer’s tale. The piece blends humor with travel hardship and cultural friction.
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Porto Ercole
Italy
Isle of Capri
Naples
Rome
Capri
Yonkers- New York
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc lists pricing for subscriptions. Home delivery by newspaper boy costs 80c for seven days with 0c per copy daily and 20c Sunday, motor route options priced at 3.47 quarterly installments or 3.20 for four weeks, and mail rates at 30 per year within the trading area and 38 outside the U.S. All motor route and mail subscriptions are prepaid. Founded in 1657.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Post
U.S.A
Pampered Cars and Planned Obsolescence Debate
Jim Fiebi comments on a Texas woman's $750000 suit against General Motors claiming a 1971 Chevrolet was designed to self destruct. He argues pampering cars leads to neglect and jokes about owners overmaintaining vehicles while praising a car that runs like a Swiss watch.
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Jim Fiebi
General Motors
Texas
Chevrolet
Detroit
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