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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
6
Middletown Ohio subscription details list weekly and yearly charges for in town and trading area mail and outside areas. Rates include daily editions and Sunday papers with prices in cents per copy and yearly mail rates. The notice cites News Journal Inc. dating back to 1857 and includes a Bible verse.
The family, a national crime syndicate, has set a 100000 dollar bounty on Joseph Valachi. Valachi has cooperated with federal authorities for a year, aiding grand jury probes into organized crime. With interagency cooperation, the crackdown gains momentum as hearings approach Fort Monmouth and Senate panels. A rodeo man sues CBS for six million over a claimed slogan.
The piece discusses state variation in fireworks laws, a 1954 federal shipment ban, and annual injuries even in bans. It advocates stronger state enforcement and public education, noting plastic cherry bombs caused injuries and possibly a death. It mentions Mills pushing higher payroll taxes as a separate issue.
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports that Cheddi Jagan, elected prime minister of British Guiana, is linked to Communist influence with Cuban funds flowing to his regime. Documents shown by Senator Jardim include bank drafts from Cuba and Barclays Bank and a letter to Che Guevara noting support for a peaceful transition to socialism. Reports also claim Jagan’s government has built 80 airstrips and Cuban pilots aided operations in the interior media.
A Montana farmer reports thieves harvested 26 acres of his wheat valued at 1500 dollars and trucked it away. The case hints at a cut and run theft. The article mixes quirky observations on other topics from Hamburg to New York hotels and local sayings.
Senator Goldwater and Rockefeller figures dominate the GOP debate over nominating strategy. Critics note Rockefeller’s stance and personal history are weighed against Kennedy policy opposition. Public opinion polls are seen as clearer guides than scattered primary results.
The piece centers on a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing where the word euphoria enters debate as Gen. Maxwell Taylor and others discuss nuclear test ban policy. It notes reactions from senators Aiken Kuchel and Saltonstall, plus comments by Harold Stassen and Constance Bennett, with light editorial humor about the term’s misuse and political implications.
Mid dletown Actors Playhouse presents Lily the Felon's Daughter at the Legion auditorium on S Main Street for three more shows Friday Saturday Sunday at 8 30 PM. The melodrama features a pure hero and a dodgy villain amid peril on stage with audience participation. The piece follows Lily's perilous life as she battles fate and villainy while the city faces real life need as Good Samaritans appeal for clothing and shoes for children unable to attend school due to hardship. Donations can be made by calling GA 3 4146 and will be distributed through Red Cross and other relief groups to ensure proper use.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on a new payola probe swelling near New York and spreading, with many disc jockeys honest while others take “hot staves” from publishers. Mentioned are Maurice Chevalier in A Shot In The Dark, Margaret Whiting’s rising star, Queen Elizabeth changes, Kennedy kinship to Hercules, and Dick Dale leading a surf craze.
Factographs Tulsa Oklahoma notes Tulsa is called the Oil Capital of the World. It also states the honey bee weighs less than one hundredth of an ounce.
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