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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1964
Page
4
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The piece praises Massachusetts Governor’s mother Mrs Malcolm Peabody for personal action to oppose segregation in St Augustine Florida. It notes contrasting views from integrationists and segregationists but agrees on her conviction and willingness to dramatize her beliefs, while mocking political timidity evident in Washington.
A woman was stabbed by a man in New York City while 38 neighbors heard her cries from their windows. Only one person called police, highlighting a reluctance to involve oneself in others' agony. The piece uses the Genesis question to urge self-examination.
Scientists debate the remote possibility that Homo Neanderthalensis survived in Asia, with some suggesting the Himalayas could hide a living cousin of ancient fossils while a Mongolian expedition plans a summer search. Inflationary pressures are not expected to rise, a business magazine notes.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports Gus Hall condemns Soviet anti Semitism as vile and persevering, noting historic persecutions of Jews in the USSR. The piece lists past measures against Jewish civil rights, education, religion, and culture, citing arrests, executions, and suppression of Jewish institutions under Kremlin rule.
Senator Tom Dodd transmits a Bethel pamphlet to colleagues arguing that Fidel Castro’s regime is unstable and that U S action can influence Cuban revolt. The piece contends Cuba’s terror regime relies on Russian support and predicts uprisings if isolation ends, proposing a five point program to back anti Castro forces.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield warned that Southern filibusters threaten finishing the civil rights bill before fall. President Johnson, seeking reelection and a record of passed legislation, faces pressure as lawmakers from both parties weigh compromises, with Senate action potentially delaying other programs.
The article notes William Calcraft served in office from 1828 to 1817 as a public executioner at Newgate Prison, London. It also states the sea otter nearly vanished by 1911 and gained protection under an international treaty.
On April 4, various historical notes mark events from 1790 Congress creating the Coast Guard to 1791 Peter Cooper’s birth. Other items include the US flag formalized in 1818, 1943 Naples bombing, 1949 NATO signing, Toscanini retirement, Berlin flight altitude dispute, and Air Force bids reflections.
In Middletown diary notes flood aftermath and a dramatic crossing of Elk Creek on a rowboat near the trestle. Charles W. Shartle recalls guiding his family to safety as a fast passenger train approached, the engine whistling and brakes sparking, with bystanders cheering their family’s safe passage.
Paul Harvey argues four million U S jobless need to cut welfare handouts and export labor to absorb workers. He blames welfare agencies politicians welfare votes and consumer complacency, urging strict immigration limits and a harsh stance toward job seekers while praising self help through work.
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