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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal publishes daily from Middletown Ohio at S Broad Street and First Avenue. It notes post office entry as second class mail matter and carries a biblical quotation, indicating its long history since 1857.
The piece notes a looming election year clash over a gap in defense capability. It cites Senator Goldwater arguing America depends too much on missiles and that no new weapons have been inaugurated since 1961. Defense Secretary McNamara counters with nuclear inventory comparisons as LeMay backs Goldwater, predicting a partisan clash.
In the May Ohio Republican primary the contest to challenge Sen. Stephen M. Young pits Rep. Robert Taft Jr. against Ted W. Brown a three time secretary of state and Goldwaterite. Brown’s strong pro McCarthy stance tests Goldwater alignment and could reshape Ohio voting and influence in other states.
The first passenger submarine, a 160 ton mesoscophe, operates on Lake Geneva offering tours for 40 people. It aims to attract visitors to the Swiss National Exhibition opening April 30, though underwater vegetation and pollution may limit views.
The piece argues Southern laborers are lazy and avoid work to keep money, indicting workers while excusing craftsmen and businessmen. It cites widespread slowness from Virginia Capes to Florida Keys and coins Ergophobia to describe fear of movement. The author notes a personal experience in Hallandale, Florida, as an example of extreme lethargy.
United States Senate leaders from both parties urge demonstrators to respect the law as civil disobedience is linked to potential harm. President Johnson backs the call for nonviolence while federal officials warn that disruption and violence jeopardize civil rights legislation.
A column lampoons a fictitious tourist invasion by President Johnson near the White House. It imagines tourists grabbed and paraded inside the executive mansion, warning that the capital could become unsafe for visitors and joking about guard reactions and international contrasts.
Coffee, cocoa and tea accounted for 16 percent of United States merchandise imports last year. There are about 1,700 species of snakes distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions.
A local real estate man Mark Rubin is recovering at Middletown Hospital after a severe auto crash. A touching anonymous letter to him speaks of shared suffering and prayers. The piece also reports eight year old Mary Eilen Cockerham badly burned, needing twelve pints of blood, with volunteers urged to donate at Middletown Hospital laboratory.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Shirley Clark facing Oscar nomination snub while Peter Sellers faces insurance losses from a heart attack. William Holden Capucine yacht friction, Maureen O'Sullivan moves to a hotel, Franco's daughter Carmen to be interviewed. Fidel Castro comments on Kennedy. Stars for Salinger rally planned in California.
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