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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1963
Page
4
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The piece questions Dr. Edward Teller's influence during Senate hearings on the test ban treaty. It notes his hydrogen bomb role and asserts his military and political views are not superior to those of experts. It adds that other scientists disagree with him on scientific points and that ratification arguments remain. Castro calls U.S. embassy seizure a legitimate defense amid Kennedy policies.
The article notes Estes Kefauver as Tennessee's leading presidential hopeful since Andrew Johnson, highlighting his 1952 surge, Kennedy opposition in 1956, and his crusading Senate investigations into organized crime and drug price practices. It reflects on his impact and a pending successor to his investigative mantle as a tax break debate continues.
In Taipei Norman V. Peale describes Taiwan as a thriving free nation between Japan and the Philippines. He praises the Grand Hotel as unmatched, touts Taiwan’s industrial growth, and lauds Chiang Kai-shek for opposing Communism, viewing Quemoy as a crucial free-world fortress.
A veteran columnist reflects on the obituary trade in small towns. Reporters rely on funeral directors for facts while chasing precise dates and titles. The piece contrasts diligent editors who keep their own files with cynical colleagues lacking thorough records.
Paul Harvey argues tobacco is a major economy player with billions in sales taxes and hundreds of thousands of farms affected. He notes health hazards yet concedes some economic ties and cites Adventist anti smoking programs and self discipline as ways to curb the habit.
Veteran writer John Chamberlain recalls Don Levine a longtime anti Stalin journalist who visited the Soviet Union. Levine’s freedom to roam Kiev and Tiflis is cited as evidence of a post Stalin thaw and Khrushchev era openness. Levine’s career including Plain Talk and the Amerasia case is summarized.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s film plans with Sue Lyons joining the Night of the Iguana project in Mexico. Edie Adams dines with a mystery beau, while Edith Piaf cancels Washington and New York appearances citing weakness. Broadway speculation links George Maharis to Mimi Weber, and Joe Roger rumors swirl amid city crime chatter.
Milt the sterling printer jokes about being known as a small towner until running for office. He says he found a genuine antique among desk rummings and reports a penny postcard discovery. Nearby Vandalia, Ohio adopts an ordinance making jail escape illegal, warning prisoners to stay put.
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