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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1964
Page
4
A reader compares 1930s college life to today, arguing morals have shifted. The writer recalls premarital exploits and college culture, contrasts it with present behavior, and suggests ongoing hypocrisy and seamy aspects of life. He notes older generation hypocrisy and cautions against naive judgments about today.
Subscriptions listed for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 6c per weekday copy, 15c Sunday, 50c weekly carrier, 12 year 7 day mail in trading area, 20 year outside trading area, and 35 per year outside the U S A. Payments in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. with a Bible verse cited.
The piece frames the 1964 campaign as a stark choice between Johnson and Humphrey for the Democrats and Goldwater and Miller for the Republicans. It highlights deep ideological divides, the New Deal lineage, and rising conservative extremism, noting a bitter, high-stakes contest. It also mentions U Thant saying the Kremlin should pay UN assessments, with a jibe about the audience rating.
The article notes President Johnson’s June 28 statement on cutbacks in atomic fuel and weapons production, seen as contextually moderate by the AEC which says stockpiles still rise but more slowly. It also contrasts this with Malcolm X’s racist rhetoric in Africa, suggesting mixed public reception and partisan use ahead of the election.
A young spectator heckles Miss Armco finalist Nancy Sticklen during a beauty contest at Armco Girls Jam. Judges and audience react with laughter as Miss Kathy Hollon wins and Miss Sticklen places third. Also a column recaps pianist Peter Nero's Rome notes on Nero era youth culture and stage antics.
A columnist argues that Supreme Court rulings limit Bible teaching in public colleges and that many elite schools drift from their Christian origins. He cites faith erosion among students, a bottleneck of Christian scholars, and plans for a distinct accredited university in the New York area led by Billy Graham, which failed due to lack of sponsor commitment to a different mission.
A decibel measures loudness and audio study uses electrical instruments. Laura Bridgman became the first blind deaf and dumb person taught to use language.
A newly retired retail man, Hugh W. Bromley, cautions that advice from fellow retirees is often unreliable. He explains his own “Bromley Wardrobe” for retired men, detailing work clothes, 100 hours a year clothes, and living clothes, plus his short haircut as key to his appearance. He notes retirees exaggerate success to save face and shares insights from his pension plan. New GOLDEN YEARS page.
Dorothy Kilgallen muses on vacation with a freer, whimsical column. She rhapsodizes about potatoes, gadgets, pigs, penguins, and the thrill of stealing in pastimes, while noting fame changes how people recognize her and the challenges of stealing.
Army seeks equipment from Raytheon to transmit voice messages by numbers and convert them back to speech. PCM promises to handle up to nine percent of battlefield messages via cable or radio, addressing order and rumor control. Ninety six messages on a single line is claimed as achievement.
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