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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for areas including in city and suburban carrier delivery at 50 cents per week and mail options: $12 per year in trading area, $20 outside trading area, and $35 outside the USA. All subscriptions payable in advance.
Burke Marshall notes the Civil Rights Act has worked in the first five months with mass compliance and limited resistance. He stresses due process guiding equal rights progress and cites political bosses like Marcus Hanna as examples of concentrated power.
Dr. James B. Conant argues education policy should be set by distinguished non educators from each state rather than by school administrators and educators. He warns that moving policy to top level trustees could transform the system and warrants careful public and professional scrutiny.
Fulton Lewis Jr. details Hoffa attempt to purge Kennedy allies from public life and influence races. Kennedy defeats Zagri in New York. Tydings and Beall prevail in Maryland. Cranston tops Salinger in California. Murphy beats Salinger, and Rockefeller loses ground. Hoffa backs Fong and Rockefeller but both fall short. A New Hampshire delegation fails to propel Rockefeller.
The piece argues President Johnson presents a conservative economic philosophy that pairs government and business as partners to sustain prosperity. It highlights balance between wages and prices, prudent budgets, and private initiative, while warning of future labor and industry tensions. It notes tensions with auto and steel unions and criticizes past leadership.
Republican governors meeting in Denver issued a statement outlining moderate principles for post 1964 politics. They called for broader inclusion in leadership, hinted at distancing from Goldwater, and stressed civil rights support while avoiding radicalism.
Britain's Navy Army and Air Force Institute ships more than 60 000 turkeys to troops worldwide for Christmas dinner. Porto Torres police probe 10 000 lobsters dead in a fishery pond amid a mystery. A new device records railway cars at 100 mph speeds. Tehran traffic relief lasts two days as 15 000 taxi drivers strike.
A public campaign in Middletown invites voluntary contributions to fund a new branch campus with a goal of 1 million dollars from federal support. only 200000 more is needed from local individuals and businesses. Brick gifts will serve as receipts, signaling participation in a major civic and educational development.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Judy Garland plans to resume divorce proceedings with Sid Luft and may wed Mark Herron after settlement. The column also mocks payola tricks and shares entertainment gossip about Shirley Bassey, Rita Hayworth dating Ali Spar, and Sid Bernstein’s Jazz influence.
Anthony Franciosa will be billed as Tony in future vehicles. Elsa Lanchester signs for Beach Blanket Bingo after Pajama Party success. Frances Faye’s wedding to Jack LaForge is off amicably. Jack Carter switches agencies. George Maharis faces possible legal fireworks with a former manager. Eva Marie Saint eyed for 36 Hours with praise calling her glow like a young Dietrich. Factographs note the first heat of steel in 1864 at Wyandotte Michigan and Brigham Young’s 56 children.
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