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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1966
Page
4
Growing concern over speculative fever prompts New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange to tighten credit buying rules. The measures include higher margin requirements, a $2000 minimum equity in margin accounts, and tighter day trading controls to dampen reckless speculation and reduce uninformed investors relying on tips.
The enrollment deadline for the voluntary medical insurance in Medicare has been extended to May 31. The author argues Congress should remove the deadline entirely and allow those past 65 to enroll anytime, with a reasonable waiting period for benefits.
Tender loving care and $40,000 have renewed Boston’s Old North Church. New supports reinforce the historic beams to prevent rot while preserving original structure. The church, oldest public building in Boston, remains active with a vicar and congregation.
Radical leftists across the United States launch a nationwide effort to unseat incumbents supporting Vietnam policy. Peace groups and student organizations raise funds while organizing campaigns in California New Jersey New York Oregon and other states targeting Democratic and Republican lawmakers in primaries and general elections.
Senator Tom Dodd of Connecticut faces questions over about 170000 raised at three dinners attended by Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. The piece argues such fundraising is common but notes potential mixing of personal and campaign funds. It references other lawmakers, questions about costs of being a senator, and calls for clearer rules on testimonial funds.
Portrait of Connie Hilton in Paris depicts bold expansion with Nile and Tel Aviv ventures, amid De Gaulle tensions. The essay notes his blunt patriotism, global hotels, and economic risk, pivoting to a cheeky Paris luncheon tribute and a historical jab about the Louisiana Purchase.
George Crout reports a blaze at Hobart Electric Co. in Middletown on Broadway near Wall Street destroying the factory, with inventor Charles C. Hobart facing only about 200 dollars of insurance but plans to rebuild. The plant housed a 1100 dollar dynamo and reflected Hobart’s rise as a leading electric concern in the Midwest.
President Johnson’s no. three in the State Department, Thomas C. Mann, resigns amid critics’ arrows. Mann’s departure could shift Latin America policy, empowering Lincoln Gordon to push social reform and courting Latin leftists who favored civilian rule over military control.
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