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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1964
Page
4
Middletown Ohio readers informed of subscription prices including per copy six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. In city and suburbs carrier delivery is 50 cents weekly, mail rates set at 12 dollars yearly within trading area and 35 dollars yearly outside the trading area and outside the USA.
A short religious note echoes Paul’s letter to Timothy, emphasizing sincere faith that began with Lois and Eunice and now resides in you, urging personal devotion and lineage of belief.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch denounces the improper use of the Confederate flag in demonstrations in St. Augustine Birmingham and Jackson. It argues the flag’s association with hate crowds and calls for stopping such displays. The piece also notes GOP clues on Goldwater and Senator Dodd’s TV critiques of crime and immorality.
The Communications Satellite Corporation will list on the New York Stock Exchange under CQ starting September 8. The stock has surged since its June debut, aided by the Ranger launch, though the firm is described as a strong selling shell with about 100 million dollars in capital and a full board of directors.
Jim Bishop laments the high costs faced by American tourists abroad while praising friendly service in some places. He warns that Paris Rome Tel Aviv and Cairo often overcharge, notes airline and hotel price disparities, and argues U S taxpayers subsidize foreign tourist ventures while earning little in return.
In Atlantic City a column critiques the 1964 Democratic and Republican national conventions. It notes memorials for Vietnam fallen and questions policy honesty. The piece argues campaigns rely on promises, fear, and media spectacle while voters face uncertain outcomes in November.
At the Atlantic City convention Johnson avoids direct names while framing the race as a clash with Goldwater forces. Humphrey labels Goldwater the temporary Republican spokesman and the Republican party as kidnapped while urging support for progressive programs and a nation with unfinished business.
The text notes that the United States holds presidential elections every four years since 1788 and mentions Washington receiving 69 electoral votes with no opposition. It also cites the 1960 popular vote total of 68 838 979 and adds unrelated facts about grasshoppers flying, molecular cohesion, and a twelve letter Hawaiian alphabet.
A family takes a nephew to a big league game with a Shriner’s show before kickoff. About 16 000 attend as rain delays stretch 1 hour 45 minutes. Play resumes briefly at 9 45 p m before ending with the crowd’s patient return home. The youngster will wait another year for the big league experience.
Julie Andrews reflects on location work in Austria for The Sound of Music after 11 weeks in Salzburg. She compares life on film sets with stage work, praising local culture, scenery, and the pace of living while noting the hard work of production and the difference between movie making and theater.
A Moscow report notes czarist named towns being renamed with new titles like Shining Peaceful Harvest and more. A York thief found $840 cash left in a warehouse, a "unbur sar" claim draws skepticism. The first telephone book was patented in 1884, and a self proclaimed biologist asserts a giant mouth can be shut with one hand.
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