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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
23
West Indies note reprints an epitaph supposedly from a Barbados grave stone. The verses describe a woman exhausted by chores and lack of hired help, humorously wishing for a place with no dusting washing dishes or cooking. The piece ends with a farewell to a life of doing nothing forever.
President Johnson shifts to reduce defense outlays by backing Sen. Hart in trimming the 1.2 billion Sentinel ABM funding. The move seeks to shield Great Society programs from further cuts while pursuing larger budget reductions, including potential Pentagon belt tightening and a delay in the Sentinel project amid escalating defense debates.
A century ago Orange County ran its own gift enterprise lottery for charity. Tickets circulated countywide with 100 prizes, yet only 3,500 of 30,000 printed sold, causing the main prize of a Middletown house and lot to be canceled. The drawing at Gothic Hall awarded cash, a piano, property, a horse, and other rewards to local residents and a New Haven winner, Cornelius Cransy, who netted nearly $1,000.
Joseph Kraft argues that the core issue is rebuilding trust with the lower middle class white electorate who feel betrayed by upper middle class leaders. He warns that policy shifts since Kennedy and Johnson have alienated these voters, urging voters to judge candidates by their emotional appeal to low income whites over abstract moral gains.
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