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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options including 6c per weekday, 15c Sunday, 50c weekly by carrier, 12 dollars yearly within trading area, 20 dollars outside, and 35 dollars for outside USA. Subscriptions are payable in advance and published daily by News Journal Inc founded 1857.
Roger Williams Junior College president Ralph E. Garvey warns four year college tuition could top 20000 by 1974 and private schools may cost 6000 yearly, threatening affordability. A Miami University Academic Center in Middletown offers a cheaper, accredited path, highlighting wider higher education funding concerns. The piece closes noting a rigid Russian stance on disarmament.
A columnist notes a chemical firm’s Corfam as a potential leather substitute that breathes, challenging centuries of leather use in shoes and clothing. Leather’s future faces doubt from leather producers and consumer acceptance but may coexist with Corfam in some uses. Johnson’s reinstatement of a one-party ideal is also hinted.
Profile of Dick Merrill famed aviator past 8 million miles in flight now 69 and grounded by age. He finds thrill at Hialeah beside Toby Wing with their son Richard Wing Merrill, while recounting crisis flights and a near fatal 1930 Mailwing incident. Merrill serves as Eastern Airlines consultant with pension and annuity, betting modestly at horse races to fill time.
President Johnson seeks to manage a Senate civil rights filibuster while juggling foreign affairs. The Cuba Venezuela OAS dispute and Panama treaty talks complicate his agenda as he forms a Viet Nam study committee and grapples with limited public diplomacy compared to Kennedy.
A New York lawyer cites an American Bar Association Journal piece by Edward F. Cummerford arguing that anti bias laws and enforcement agencies risk eroding civil liberties. He warns federal judges control school boundaries and housing, urging scrutiny of government power and potential overreach.
Dave Regan notes the nonpartisan League of Women Voters in Middletown has 225 members, informs voters about issues and candidates, hosts meetings, and seeks public donations to fund operations. Contributions directed to Mrs Edward H Hopple at 3212 Central Ave.
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys theJack Ruby murder trial in Dallas noting the challenge of a fair trial and jury in the city. She predicts a Dallas jury will be seated in Judge Brown's courtroom, with Ruby likely convicted on some charge but not sentenced to death, amid Dallas pride and public scrutiny.
Tristan da Cunha’s inhabitants share seven surnames Glass Green Hagan Rogers Swain Lavarello and Repetto and are linked by intermarriage making the population a single large kin group.
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