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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for city and suburban carrier delivery, trading area mail, and outside trading area mail, with annual rates and U.S. options. The paper notes a daily publication schedule and credits News-Journal Inc, founded in 1857, plus a biblical quotation.
A study of 435 Arizona small firms finds only 25 to 55 percent had prior experience. Experts urge prospective entrepreneurs to obtain an objective appraisal from a competent adviser and seek banker or lawyer input before buying a business. Automation reduces jobs pushing more to strike out on their own. Russians favor more individual incentive for farms, while Bolsheviks caution capitalism.
President Johnson sends copies of Ranger moon photographs to leaders worldwide to showcase U S space research sharing and leadership. The move contrasts with Soviet data releases and reinforces keeping space off limits to aggression. A separate note about a man saving his marriage with a 31 point reconciliation plan cites risks to his sanity.
The Coast Guard says only 36 civilian lighthouse keepers remain as 250 of 287 manned lighthouses are operated by Coastguardsmen. Over 40 000 navigational aids reduce the need for traditional lighthouse duties as technology expands. The Pentagon plans a new global communications system with broad reach.
Jim Bishop reflects on a family trip with his two daughters Karen and Kathleen. He weighs whether travel enriches children, recounts stops in Madrid Rome Athens Cairo Jordan Israel Zurich and Copenhagen, and notes the girls’ personalities and school results while musing on how much they will learn from travel.
President Johnson urges law and order to curb street demonstrations seen as provoking racial unrest. The piece details a behind the scenes plan for a large federal policing effort during the 1963 march, including 26 military teams, 2 000 regular police, 500 reserves, and 25 000 troops on standby, and argues keeping peace costs limits in cities and prompts further violence elsewhere.
Washington AP reports campaign finance discourse erupts as Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson disclose wealth. Miller and Burch challenge figures and integrity, while auditors and Life magazine offer differing estimates of Johnson's assets.
A Sherman Texas resident reports his pet dog turns on the television each day without help. The note muses on views of a dog’s TV favorites and the idea of pies baked in square pans as a fitting meal finale.
A reader recounts securing SRO tickets to the Beatles show at Cincinnati Garden next Thursday night. With 13,000 anticipated attendees and a high demand sellout, the piece notes gate guarantees and the chaotic entry plan, urging early arrival for seats.
Dorothy Kilgallen praises Julie Andrews as the film’s standout, highlighting her as luminous Maria in the Sound of Music. She notes Andrews would have been a differ ent Liza Doolittle on screen and predicts lasting star power. Kilgallen also mentions Rosemary Prinz’s album Penny and the push for Anna Rosenberg to head the MPAA, suggesting Hollywood leans toward LBJ influence.
This collection notes Albert I of Belgium died mountain climbing in 1934. Rangoon Burma was named Yangon in 1775 after King Alaungpaya’s victory. It also explains orange wood sticks for nails and basic biology on sharks and humidity definitions.
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