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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1964
Page
4
Middletown Journal outlines pricing: per copy six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. In city and suburbs fifty cents weekly. mail rates seven days twelve dollars in trading area, twenty dollars outside, thirty five dollars outside the USA. All subscriptions prepaid. Founded 1857.
The piece notes silver supply pressures threaten coinage as Treasury bullion depletes and melting-point concerns push toward an 80-20 copper-silver mix. It contrasts limited bullion with ample ore and recalls shifts away from metal coinage, while also mentioning isometric exercise as a contrasting topic.
A memoir recounts Jim Bishop’s years with horses from youth to National Guard service. He recalls Angelo and Apples the horses, milk wagon routes, and the Pine Camp days with the 112th Field Artillery. The piece blends affection with humor about horse wit and training.
News notes projected tributes to John F Kennedy abroad. Britain plans a simple monument at Runnymede with a living memorial program supporting study at Harvard Radcliffe and MIT and a Kennedy Library on campus. Mexico will erect a John F Kennedy statue in El Paso Chamizal, honoring Kennedy’s role in addressing a historic injustice.
A narrator recounts leading artillerymen who fall asleep as a horse becomes wedged in a tree. The battalion strolls past in disbelief while a sharp lieutenant mocks the scene. The unit contemplates cutting the tree or the rider free before noon. Another tale recalls riding a horse inside an armory.
President Johnson observed Goldwater’s strong showing in the Republican race and suggested he could reach a high total with Southern and key state votes. Illinois primary results show Goldwater leading the presidential tally, but gubernatorial votes were far more competitive with write-ins for Lodge and Nixon affecting the math.
A highway safety council meeting prompts Amelda to accuse Jimmy Hoffa s teamsters of running up charges at the Capitol Senate restaurant. The piece notes a subsidized, low price meal program funded by taxpayers and criticizes the decor and the famous bean soup.
A satirical dialogue about a Senate restaurant and bean soup incidents contrasts with observations on elections. The discussion notes quorum calls, the cost of dining, and a photographer dousing a commentator, while segueing into how congressional votes diverge from presidential ticket alignments and the lack of voter information.
The piece explains newsroom pace and deadlines from dawn to night. It highlights copy intake from reporters and wire services, Fototax photo work, and the pressure on staff nerves. It notes meetings and Sunday prep as normal, ending with a 2 p.m. meeting push.
Dorothy Kilgallen and a Gotham spotlight recounts Hollywood chatter from Rita Hayworth at the Oscars to Tony Richardson misnaming and Lord Jim prospects. It notes Peter O’Toole as Best Actor favorite, J Paul Getty dating rumors, Earl Blackwell’s New York previews, Le Caprice gala details, and Bette Davis’s Oscar remarks.
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty contains silver coins placed by workmen during the base construction in 1886. About 60 species of birds are said to feed on poison ivy without harm.
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