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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including per copy rates of 6 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays, with weekly carrier and yearly mail options for local trading area $12, outside area $2000, and international $35. It notes publication daily by News-Journal Inc and includes a biblical injunction from Thessalonians.
The Vatican Council era modernization brings English mass to the United States. At St Louis the Liturgical Conference marked a milestone with laymen and clergy observing English liturgy, ahead of a nationwide roll out next November 29. The change aims to improve direct clergy laity communication and demonstrate aggiornamento toward Christian unity. The Cyprus note hints at broader regional reactions.
The article notes a setback from lightning at the Gemini launch pad but asserts U S space preeminence remains. It highlights Syncom 3 and Nimbus as milestones in global communications and weather observation, stressing continued American leadership in space research and technology.
At Atlantic City Women Strike For Peace urged repudiation of Barry Goldwater and nuclear brinkmanship. WSP leaders predicted Johnson would gain support from peace voters while scientists and engineers backed disarmament efforts through a new Democratic committee. Seymour Melman and SANE figures pressed for defense cuts as Johnson claimed military budget reductions.
The Milky Way spans the sky as a band containing countless stars too distant to resolve individually without a telescope. Sound travels four and a half times faster in water than in air. A steel ball bounces higher than a rubber ball due to steel's superior elasticity.
The piece critiques the relentless name calling at the Democratic and Republican conventions. It highlights Eric Goldman’s call for ideologically flexible governance and warns that endless charges of extremism and irresponsibility may fatigue voters. The essay notes figures like Barry Goldwater and LBJ, urging fresh campaigning ideas to replace verbal overkill.
Story recalls Walter Jenkins, presidential aide, enduring days of footsore wandering on Atlantic City boardwalk during the Democratic national convention. Jenkins carried a paging device to contact LBJ while keeping in constant reach with key convention men, though no one could be within 4.01 miles of another.
Highlights recall Oliver Wendell Holmes born in Cambridge in 1809 and Hindenburg, Queen Astrid, Hitler Mussolini talks, Copenhagen uprising, Halsey in Tokyo Bay. A 1964 political piece describes Ladybird Johnson arrival, Lyndon supporters, and a rain-soaked nominating night in Atlantic City with Jenkins and Perle Mesta crowd.
A Middletown diary entry from August 31 1856 describes Mary Walter’s popular Souvenir Album filled with verses from classmates and teachers. Notable lines come from John Holmes and others. poems praise friendship memory and the town’s social joys.
The zodiac message notes staying tactful in personal relationships and cautious in travel as planetary restrictions ease. It highlights opportunities in occupational matters from now through September with gains in mid December, late March, May, and next June, plus favorable finances in November and early 1965.
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