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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1965
Page
4
Middletown Journal publishes a rates notice listing per copy and subscription prices by carrier, mail in trading and outside areas, and U.S. rates. It notes publication by News Journal Inc. and founding year 1857.
The Carlisle district approved a three mill operating levy after two prior rejections, amid talks of cutting programs and the need for funds to operate and expand. Franklin and Preble Shawnee districts faced site disputes and repeated rejections for new high schools, highlighting the cost of education.
Mrs Alice M Hilton argues automation frees time for creativity and leisure while sustaining life. She predicts future work will shift to personal enrichment, arts, and nature preservation. She notes space propulsion advances and the thrill of seeing technology in action alongside classic rocket visions.
In Sam's barbershop on Federal Highway the sly The Sympathizer schemes to fleece race bettors. He plans inside tips and fake confidences while admitting past losses, vowing a sure win at the Florida Derby and calling up marks to claim his payoff.
Washington reports on President Johnson signing a sweeping education bill that extends federal support to parochial elementary and high schools. The plan covers shared-time vocational training, public-school facilities, and free textbooks while avoiding direct religious instruction. The program costs $1.3 billion in year one and up to about $7 billion over five years, with tax‑deduction possibilities discussed for private-school tuition in the long run.
President Johnson dominates a quiet capital as his energy fuels education bills, Vietnam policy, and a wave of receptions for Senate leaders. Cabinet members and Humphrey recede to minor roles while Congress nudges to finance Johnson’s Great Society agenda, with Japan? Viet Nam policy remaining the least verbal domain.
The President stays in daily print by talking or talking loudly in private sessions with newsmen. He conducts many sessions singly or in groups with a pledge of non quotation or no direct quote. Ultimately his control of the executive branch is suggested by what Humphrey and Rusk do not say.
A distant voice recalls meetings in sports shirts and admissions. The speaker admits failing to bet on a race and realizing the other party never truly knew them. Saturdays bring whispered confessions.
The notes claim the chewing gum trade began in 1860, Brazil houses about seven million horses, and there are roughly 180 species of noty with fish scales once used to craft artificial pearls.
The American Bandmasters Association held its 31st convention in Washington. Frank Simon, founder and former Armco Band conductor, helped establish the group in Middletown. John Philip Sousa served as its first honorary president. Simon, now a University of Arizona music professor, returns yearly to Middletown and is honored this year as life honorary president. He appears in program photos with Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman. Simon taught beyond retirement and remains active in music. He will visit Middletown again in June.
Washington column lampoons Congress for endless national flower bills. Kilgallen notes Dirksen and Mundt clash over marigold and daisies, while Douglas and Ellender trade witticisms about corn tassels. The piece ends proposing daisies as Mundt’s pick.
Lt Col Alexei Leonov, famous for leaving his capsule during a flight and reentering, is celebrated as the Space Age's first hitch-hiker. A cake model of Pisa collapsed at a Bournemouth banquet. A Chicago executive claims an improved hamburger blends chicken and beef.
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