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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for local and outlying areas. Rates include 6 cents per weekday, 15 cents for Sunday, 50 cents weekly by carrier, 12 dollars yearly mail in the trading area, 20 dollars outside the trading area, and 35 dollars outside the U.S. All subscriptions payable in advance.
The election of J Raymond Jones as leader of Tammany Hall marks a milestone for minority involvement in city politics. Once seen as a corrupt emblem, Tammany's legacy includes reforms and notable figures like Al Smith and the Wagner brothers, with Jones’s ascent signaling changing attitudes toward non white leadership.
The essay argues the United States entered 1965 with four straight years of uninterrupted growth driven by a 25 percent rise in gross national product since 1961. Earnings, personal income, and profits climbed, while wholesale prices stayed steady and living costs rose modestly.
John Nance Garner is 96 and aims for 100, noting his unique path from speaker to vice president. He says the vice presidency now holds key importance beyond waiting for the president, reflecting on changes in his long life and suggesting memoirs could reveal rich history.
Dale McCuistion, his wife and five children, celebrate a joyful Christmas after a decade of hardship. Arrested in Izmir in 1959, he signed a confession under torture for currency violations, won acquittal on all but one count, and paid a $17,000 fine. California and San Diego supporters raised the funds, his release aided by Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin, and he reunites with family in Washington. State and Defense aides aided in Turkish negotiations. McCuistion seeks re enlistment.
A quirky column cites Warsaw's ancient oak planted in 764 A.D. and towering at 79 feet with a 44 foot trunk. It notes Americans eat 173 pounds of meat per person yearly, compares to Japan, and mentions a misidentified tagged bird shot near Viana do Castelo along with diet quips from Dr Fleming Quaade and a playful remark about early American Indians and peace pipes.
John Chamberlain argues Western backing for Tshombe amid UN defeatism. He cites past U.S. shifts from Chiang Kai-shek to Mao, Batista to democracy, and warns against appeasing leftist blocs. He notes Congo propaganda and U S relief efforts fueling a fragile foreign policy crisis.
AP report argues Lyndon B. Johnson blends leadership with managerial skill learned as Senate leader. His approach emphasizes getting results, avoiding open conflict, and maintaining party discipline. Historians compare him with Kennedy Eisenhower Truman and Wilson, noting Johnson's potential impact on future presidents.
The Ocala National Forest in Florida houses one of the south’s largest deer herds and inspired Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to write The Yearling. It is the oldest national forest east of the Mississippi and spans more than half of Rhode Island in size. The text also notes Dr John Gorrie patented the first artificial ice machine in 1849 and is regarded as the father of modern air conditioning for cooling yellow fever patient rooms.
The article argues the United States should shift from defensive posturing to brazen, continuous moral counterpunching in foreign policy. It denounces reliance on polite information services while noting gains in resolve against Soviet and Cuban influence and criticizes Western aid policies in Africa and Congo era crises.
George Crout recounts a dreary December 25 in Middletown with expectations of a white Christmas unmet. He quotes Daniel McCallay on early snow, sleighing, and cold winds, followed by rain and gloom before a subdued Christmas Eve with gifts and nostalgic reflections.
Patrolman Dan Daly leads a program at the South Dakota School for the Blind where blind students form The Sound Shooters. They shoot Ithaca rifles at a beeping target 50 feet away, winning NRA sanctioned meets and building confidence amid cautious safety practices.
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