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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown journal lists subscription rates including per copy 6 cents weekday and 15 cents Sunday, city carrier 50 cents weekly, mail in trading area 12 dollars yearly, outside trading area 20 dollars yearly, U S A 35 dollars yearly. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Published every day by News-Journal Inc.
The piece argues for a constitutional amendment to allow prayer and Bible reading in public schools while criticizing opponents of church state separation. It contends religious materials can be distributed outside schools and that schools, as secular state instruments, should not be used as channels for such materials.
The piece weighs pop art as a possible art form or elaborate joke amid New York exhibits and Johns’ retrospectives. It also remembers Alice Roosevelt Longworth at 80, noting her wit, White House wedding, and bold public persona through decades.
Fulton Lewis Jr. argues U.S. foreign aid and liberalized steel trade have backfired, flooding America with foreign steel, increasing imports to 5.2 million tons last year. He cites dumped steel, low foreign prices, and tariff gaps, noting job losses and plant shutdowns at U.S. mills. Bethlehem Steel president Stewart Cort testifies on low tariffs.
On February 29 1964 era notes mark Leap Year with historic events. 1704 Deerfield massacre in Massachusetts where 300 plus French and Indians attacked, 47 killed, town burned, 120 captured. 1526 Patrick Hamilton burned at stake. 1864 lieutenant general rank revived by U.S. Army. 1904 Roosevelt forms Panama Canal Commission. 1928 Stimson becomes Philippines governor general. 1944 Allied invasion of Admiralty Islands in World War II.
At the Georgia Press Institute in Athens editors and journalism students debated racial unrest news handling. Savannah publisher Charles Morris criticized early aggressive coverage while Louis Harris argued cautious page one reporting can curb tensions. Conversations suggested a tiredness with desegregation clashes and mixed views on Goldwater Nixon dynamics in the South.
President Johnson softens public barbs at critics while signaling a possibly restrained approach to Southeast Asia. He contrasted earlier alarmist rhetoric with a more measured line, while a new policy review team and McNamara trip signaled closer scrutiny of the Vietnam issue. Secretary Rusk warned against invading North Vietnam, calling future timing uncertain.
Astral influences favor social life and group activities tomorrow with pleasurable dealings and favorable outcomes. If tomorrow is your birthday, expect unexpected changes and opportunities for monetary gains in June August late November and early December. Travel may arise in July November or December with cost checks advised.
The Monroe Farmers Institute near Middletown ended its first annual two day series at the Methodist Episcopal Church with lectures on Commercial Fertilizers by Charles Thorne and Soil Conservation by B H Brown. Professor Henry Snyder of Miami University gave an illustrated talk on science for the farmer as the group urged annual meetings and state support.
Paul Harvey laments the erosion of military respect under civilian oversight. He recalls the MacArthur demotion and Cuba era retreats, then cites Guantanamo water disputes and Admiral Bulkeley’s chain saw action as examples of a top-heavy chain of command bent by politics and red tape. He admits growing sympathy for officers once mocked.
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