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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1964
Page
4
Middletown Journal provides daily publication by News-Journal Inc. with rates for in city and suburban carrier delivery 50 cents weekly, Sunday 15 cents per copy, and mail subscriptions 12 dollars yearly within trading area and 20 dollars outside trading area. All subscriptions payable in advance. Outside U S A 35 dollars yearly. Printed in Middletown Ohio.
Rome reports Pope Paul VI seeking to modernize the Curia to foster dialogue with the modern world, while Bonn covers the World Presbyterian Alliance delegates from 64 countries urging closer ties with Roman Catholicism and Judaism and addressing racial equality and world peace. Both strands signal renewed interchurch concern to improve the human condition in a troubled era.
The 1960 census shows Anaheim rising to 104000 and Houston to 938000, with Dallas 679000 and San Diego 573000. Rapid city expansion challenges rural legislative favoritism seen for years, urging reevaluation of apportionment as urban areas gain prominence nationwide.
A federal worker named Gayle Andrews used an illegal method to move two cars a dozen blocks at night. She drove one car up behind the other, hopped out to guide the front car, allowing the rear car to push as motive power and was fined $25 for reckless driving.
Reports in the New York Daily News alleged leftist infiltration of Mobilization for Youth MFY a $12.5 million federal city program aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency. The piece linked Jesse Gray to the group while noting MFY officials downplayed ties and that MFY materials circulated protest handbills and rent strikes.
The piece argues President Johnson must smooth the image of his running mate choice for vice president while courting Northern and Western business leaders. It notes Senators Humphrey and McCarthy shifting from ADA lines toward tax cuts and reduced federal aid, urging caution that tax cuts require revenue from inflation.
Leaders of 26 New York public schools allege MFY fuels disorder and deploys field workers as paid agitators for extremist groups. A top law enforcement official allegedly called MFY a take over by the Communist movement. police deny the quoted statement.
Port Chester youth council considered a MFY questionnaire tied to possible third party organizing and police brutality protests. Federal and NYPD Red Squad probes target the federally funded project amid reports of MFY staffers backing Communist candidates and anti nuclear demonstrations.
Washington and Minnesota Democrats Humphrey and McCarthy wage a quiet, personal campaign to win colleagues as Lyndon B. Johnson weighs a running mate choice. They seek favors through charm in the cloak room and office banter, while others trade jokes to press their case.
The passage portrays Hubert and Muriel as friendly figures while senators Magnuson Russell Fulbright McNamara Proxmire Morse joke about McCarthy and Humphrey. Jesters claim Minnesota gifts and breakfast with the President, illustrating lighthearted political banter among party figures.
Northern northeast skies host the Perseids, a fiery meteor shower from tiny debris of a long passed comet. Observers praise the beauty while a science note explains meteors as cosmic junk from 1862.
The 1901 Middletown City Directory shows a population of 11 308, including residents beyond corporate limits. It lists city officials, post office details, schools, 16 churches, unions, and Masonic and other lodges, painting a comprehensive civic portrait.
Paul Harvey critiques charity fraud exposing the Kenny Foundation scandal and a 2 million dollar theft from the Disabled American Veterans by fundraiser Harold Sager. He cites prior DAV and March of Dimes probes and argues professional fund raising absorbs large shares, eroding true charity. He calls for scrutiny and warns against expanding government oversight of private life.
The writer argues that a federal anti poverty program will be siphoned off by inefficient hands, criticizing government administration of charity. They praise the Salvation Army for low overhead and effective results and urge private, community based charities to match or exceed efficiency before accepting federal welfare control.
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