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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1965
Page
4
The piece warns against overcompensation for Communist threats to infiltrate the civil rights movement while urging vigilance. It notes federal warnings to leaders, clarifies that infiltration evidence is not proven, and highlights potential influence on college students. Heavy snow covers trout streams on Lake Superior, prompting talk of a new sport: digging for trout.
The piece traces the Wadsworth clan from Genesee Valley roots to James J. Wadsworth’s UN service under Eisenhower and a line of public service ending with his son James W. Wadsworth Jr. now a 12 year senator and Armed Services contributor. It laments the departure of Mounties from their red uniforms as Canada shifts to khaki work attire.
Jim Bishop recalls Roosevelt’s death on April 12 1945 and a funeral train moving from Georgia toward Washington. In a rural vigil, Negro farmers and townsfolk sing Hand Me Down My Walking Cane as the locomotive carries the casket past fields and pine woods toward its final stop.
William Lawrence argues that the Federal Corrupt Practices Act inadequately restricts union and corporate influence in elections. He cites Supreme Court rulings from 1948 and 1957 on union activity and political broadcasting, urging tighter enforcement and closing legal loopholes.
The Supreme Court ruled that a state criminal trial must allow a defendant to cross examine the accuser, reversing earlier limits on applying the Bill of Rights to states. The decision traces constitutional guarantees from the Bill of Rights to the 14th Amendment and modern due process.
Dave Regan laments a tough gardening season marked by moths, root-eating larvae, and a failed resodding effort. Despite a capable worker, heavy rains and concrete gaps ruin seed, while roses and weeds fight back. He ends asking if anyone else has crab grass.
A Washington observer recalls a NASA Office of Advanced Research and Technology evening where Dr. Edmond M. Dewan demonstrated mind driven light switching and hallucinatory effects via alpha rhythm electrodes. The talk touched circadian rhythm, birth control ideas, and a moon cycle link, ending with praise for Dewan as a potential mind power pioneer.
Dexter Missouri counts over 7 million black birds invading the town with sky sightings and eye footage. A New York City park commission reports 2,310,324 trees in the metropolis. Rio de Janeiro marks 400 years with a three ton birthday cake spiked with 55 quarts of rum. A new toy lets a child bake pretzels in two minutes.
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