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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Ohio lists subscription prices including 6 cent weekday copies, 15 cent Sundays, 50 cent weekly carrier rates, and annual mail rates of 12 dollars within the trading area and 20 outside, with 35 dollars for international. The paper, founded in 1857, publishes daily and carries a biblical verse.
The 400th birth anniversary of William Shakespeare is celebrated with worldwide theater events and new recorded performances enabling broad access. The piece notes Shakespeare’s enduring stature and quotes lines while adding Willie Mays earning $105,000 for next season in baseball.
Thousands of New Yorkers reportedly use Cigareens a plastic mentholated fake cigaret imported from West Germany. The importer says the device eases quitting by satisfying the urge to hold and mouth a cigarette, though real quitting remains serious.
A long lived veteran Jeff King, who served under John J. Pershing at Fort Wingate, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He died at 117 after spending most of his life on an Arizona reservation where he rode horses and retained sight and hearing until last year.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports, citing J Edgar Hoover, that more than 600 of about 900 Soviet bloc diplomats in the United States are intelligence operatives. He notes cases of defectors, espionage at conventions, and large purchases of technical materials, including patents and laser crystals, highlighting open society vulnerabilities.
Rep H L Taylor of Barbourville introduced a Kentucky bill to protect drug buyers. The measure requires physicians to write prescriptions clearly in plain English and pharmacists to clearly label all drugs dispensed in English.
A reflection on Woodrow Wilson’s death in 1924 and the perceived decline of American idealism in global diplomacy. The piece contrasts Wilson’s vision of a league of free nations with today’s realpolitik, noting shifts toward practical power, UN involvement, and looming autocracies, while urging America to defend freedom abroad.
Washington column mocks tobacco ads by proposing a "Smoking Hour" on radio and TV aimed at teens. It envisions celebrities in late night spots and notes WMCA dropping teen cigaret ads, while Sen. Everett Dirksen jokes about bum cigarets amid Surgeon General Terry’s report.
Factographs recount Henry Bacon who designed the Lincoln Memorial statue by Daniel French and Jules Guerin who contributed murals and ornamentation on the bronze ceiling beams. It also mentions the Cristofori piano from 1720 in Florence and the Kraus Museum preservation.
Parents collect discarded auto license plates to fund scholarships for teachers at the Kennedy School For The Deaf. The program raises funds by selling plates, with mothers of deaf children coordinating pickups across Dayton, Middletown, and nearby areas. Since eight years ago the effort has grown, enabling 18 teachers to receive training, and volunteers emphasize ease and personal satisfaction in contributing. Call GA 3-6639 to save or retrieve plates and support the program.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Shir ley MacLaine and Robert Mitchum playfully taunting the press as What Makes Sammy Run may be delayed a third time under Abe Burrows. Foreseeable Detroit move, Birdland shift, and a flurry of Broadway figures surface amid box office talk and awards season buzz.
The Georgia House approved a dognapping bill by 134 to 7, setting a prison term of 2 to 5 years. Speaker George T. Smith urged a vote with a playful “wolf” call, and the measure gains strict penalties beyond the prior jail or fine option.
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