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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates and delivery details including per-copy costs, carrier and mail options, and geographic rates. It notes daily publication by News-Journal Inc since 1857 and includes a Psalm 61 8 quotation.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard will be more than a monument. It will be the main repository for materials about the presidency including private and state papers, staff papers, Kennedy memorabilia, and personal effects. Funds from private donors will build it and the land will be turned over to the government, making it belong to all the people. Attorney General Kennedy said his brother would have wished for its speedy completion. Americans are expected to respond generously.
The piece notes a looming convention clock as Democrats and Republicans recalibrate strategies for 1964. It highlights Johnson’s need to absorb the Kennedy organization and pick a running mate such as Humphrey or Shriver, while Republicans shift toward Goldwater reassessment, with Rockefeller, McNamara and Scranton discussed as potential rivals. The moratorium on national politics ends soon, promising renewed party bargaining.
A reflection on extra gifts at Thanksgiving and Christmas as acts of charity. Families set another place or donate to CARE and others to aid the hungry and needy, embodying the season's spirit and belief in compassion and humanity.
The new President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 55, must learn to relax and to take time off from work for exercise and reflection. The piece notes his heart history and describes his political style as a pragmatic horse-trader, able to press congress for needed votes, while highlighting the need for him to vent and take breaks without harming his leadership.
Washington analysis details the line of succession after Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president with no vice president. It notes Speaker McCormack’s position, potential changes, and rare scenarios that could disrupt the order, including death, nuclear attack, or an assassination plot altering who becomes president.
A Caracas observer wryly contrasts the U S Secret Service with Venezuela s silent service chasing noisy attackers. The piece lampoons El Silencio conspirators who plant noise bombs near the U S Embassy and public spaces, describing tense nights and a journalist’s cautious humor about the loud peacekeeping clash.
In the afterglow of a tight race, Raul Leoni hesitated to concede as Betancourt downplays political prisoners. Officials push tempered language while the electoral process continues, with Leoni’s HQ displaying returns, supporters, and the National Anthem.
A quirky collage of remarks covers topics from jokesters pasting pictures of JFK on $1 bills to references to Indian Summer and World Series ticket scalpers. A Belgian astronomer reports a new faint comet during a solar eclipse.
The Charity Ball, Yale’s premier Yuletide social event, features Warren Covington and his band at the Manchester Motor Inn from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Proceeds fund a $5,000 Hubbard Tank for Middletown Hospital. tickets available through Mrs Robert Dell or Mrs John Anderson.
Dorothy Kilgallen hints at a Sweden wedding linking Phyllis McGuire and Sam Giancana while Frank Sinatra faces fallout from Sam’s presence in Nevada. Iris Kupcinet’s family disturbance, Mitchum interview mishap, Helen Kane's illness, and Loesser’s Dallas ban loom. Teasing views on Diana and Lyndon Johnson era plans, Sybil Burton’s Oscar chatter, Africa headlines, Kohner and Stritch moves, Marian Seldes quitting, Playboy rumors, Cleopatra roadshow record.
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