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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1966
Page
6
Middletown Ohio notices list daily and Sunday rates with mailing options. Pricing shown include per copy 10 cents weekday and 15 cents Sunday, mail subscriptions 15 dollars in trading areas and 38 dollars outside. published daily by News-Journal, Inc. founded 1857.
The editorial urges U Thant to rethink resignation as United Nations secretary general. It argues his departure would harm U.N. progress on detente, peacekeeping, and aid to poor nations, and calls for broader U.S. and international effort to meet his successors’ aims. It notes Viet Nam tensions and financial strains. A border contraband issue with Mexico is also discussed.
Washington reports John F Kennedy and Robert McNamara clash over Paul Fay Jr as undersecretary. Fay’s memoir The Pleasure Of His Company reveals blunt anecdotes, nicknames, and family spending tensions at Hyannis Port and Palm Beach amid Kennedy era politics. Johnson’s ascent ends with Fay noting LBJ’s Poland trip wish and Kennedy’s quip.
The essay argues that keeping air routes open is vital to global mobility and Western liberty. It parallels Greece in the late 1940s, Truman and Johnson leadership, and the need to prevent Communist control of strategic hubs like the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia.
President Johnson chose Labor Day weekend in West Virginia to illustrate how federal aid has reshaped the state. He cites lower unemployment, new industry, roads, schools, and hospitals, noting a 7 percent jobless rate and rising tourism as evidence of his administration’s progress. Senator Kennedy plans two West Virginia visits to reinforce the message and support incumbents.
George Crout recalls Daniel Crane Doty 73, Middletown pioneer son of Daniel Doty. Doty survived a river wreck, guided cargo to Natchez, helped build canals and the county infirmary, later tried river steamboats, then settled to farm life near Middletown with his family.
Paul Harvey accuses officials of a whitewash while the FBI exposes Las Vegas gambling corruption. He cites a June FBI reveal of a bugged counting room at the Desert Inn and seizures of crooked devices, marked cards, and magnetized dice. The piece urges a federal grand jury to pursue tax evasion and organized crime links.
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