Court reforms and cautionary calculator note
A federal commission's suggested court reforms emphasize quicker trials improved legal quality and redefining crimes, while sparing details include plea bargaining limits and jury changes. The column warns against cynicism and urges that justice prevail over gamesmanship. It also critiques schools relying on pocket calculators and urges keeping arithmetic in curricula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice
New Wave Computer Crime Threatens U S Businesses
U S News and World Report cites illegal computer use as the fastest growing white collar crime in America. Offenders target government agencies and large firms, with millions stolen yearly and protection costs raising prices for consumers. The piece links rising security needs to broader victim impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
U.S. News & World Report
MARK MY WORDS The greater threat
Opinion column by Jim Fiebig argues women adopting Billie Jean King’s lifestyle could threaten men. He mocks drinking habits and jokes about beer shortages while noting hops supply data and past oil fears. He closes with a sensational claim about Billie Jean’s secret and muscular legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fiebig
America
Billie Jean King
Bobby Riggs
Billie Jean
Billie
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Notes
The Journal published in Middletown Ohio lists rates for daily and Sunday copies, home delivery by newspaper boy, motor route options, monthly service charges, mail subscriptions, and annual prices. Prices include 15 to 38 cents per copy and yearly mail rate of 30 dollars in area and 38 outside. Founded in 1057.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Buckley attacks leftists over Chile report and democracy
William F Buckley Jr questions the Miami couple claim of hundreds of executions in Santiago, calling the report implausible and accusing leftists of discrediting counterrevolutionaries. He condemns Allende’s era, praises democracy, and warns against liberal complacency toward dictatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
London Economist
Salvador Allende
Allende
Democratic charter debated as party heals or harms itself
A commentary contrasts US Democratic calls for centralized discipline with British and European party models. It cites Burns and McGovern, notes internal friction, and questions who would push a charter while pondering CREEP's possible role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James MacGregor Burns
Britain
Letters to the Editor Raise Youth Dilemma in Town
A youth section laments lack of spaces for young adults and criticizes police of crackdown on gatherings. It cites drive ins and car washes as places where teens face enforcement despite no clear disturbance. A second piece invites volunteers for brain injured children at Middletown Treatment Center, urging neighbors to help with patterning sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Court
Phyllis Mails
St. Luke United Presbyterian Church
Marian L. Leonard
Lynn Drive
Franklin
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Agriculture Department
Amazon
the Journal
William F. Buckley JR
Miami
National Stadium
Santiago
Junta
Chou En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
Mexico City
Cuba
Juan Peron
Peron
Weimar
Sirica
Portugal
Spain
John Roche
New York
Reilly
O’brien
Democratic County Committee
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Goldwater
George McGovern
Death Valley
Jim Burns
Labor Party
Powell
Liberals
Harold Wilson
Social Democrats
SPD
Willy Brandt
Creep
the Middletown
Dennis the Menace
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!