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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1965
Page
6
Middletown Ohio notices list daily issue price six cents and Sunday five cents. Carrier deliveries in city and suburbs cost fifty cents weekly. Mail rates: seven days twelve dollars within trading area, twenty dollars outside, thirty-five dollars outside USA. Subscriptions payable in advance. Founded 1857.
The text argues prosperity and power are tools, not ends, and true greatness rests on higher standards and fair opportunities. It urges unified Western alliance action, noting the President’s demand to reunite Western allies and avoid division within NATO.
The right wing writer William F Buckley Jr suggests destroying Chinese nuclear plants with nuclear bombs to end the threat He would give workers two hours notice but the plan would create global hostility and set a dangerous precedent Unilateral violence with nuclear weapons is condemned as inappropriate and radical Buckley is called the most radical of conservatives A dwarfing joke notes Russians attend Poetry Day indoors during bad weather making light of the scene
A man who pretends to loathe Christmas music enjoys a personal win by isolating himself to listen to a full album of classic melodies by a noted choir. The piece muses on avoiding seasonal ditties while embracing their emotional warmth.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports sustained anti Communist raids against Maoist China. Nationalist forces claim hundreds of attacks across Canton Kwangtung Kwangsi and Shandong while hundreds die or are captured. Taiwan allies raise threat assessments for 1965 amid economic aid to Beijing and Western cables note Ulbricht congratulating Johnson.
A crystal gazer forecasts 1965 will bring continued nuclear stalemate abroad while domestic policy slows amid cautious leadership. He cites Egypt's Nasser, Algeria's Ben Bella, and Castro influencing Latin America, with Cold War rivals constrained by world opinion and a wary Congress.
Washington report claims detectives used a petoscope to show LBJ outgrowing his white tie and tails as he attended inaugural events. The analysis notes the president’s vest extending below the coat line and suggests a wardrobe adjustment limited by a back buckle.
Dates of note include 1933 US Marines withdrawn from Nicaragua and 1788 Georgia ratified the Constitution. Also marks 1893 first commemorative postage stamp and 1900 John Hay open door policy announcement. Fidel Castro Havana 1959 provisional president named.
In Middletown January 4 1840 icebound with canal and river closed prompts nightly sleighing and courting outings. Editor S D Rose wishes patrons a healthy prosperous year. The paper notes national progress and predicts strong hog markets with prices 5.50 to 4.00 per hundred. Local shops and craftsmen open including W S Storms Doug store hardware store George Wrenn and J Leibee general stores Thomas Wilson cabinet making J Reis crafts and many others.
Estrellita The Stars Say planetary aspects for Sunday urge tact in all dealings especially with known people and warn to be on alert with strangers. Better influences begin in late afternoon and continue into Tuesday as personal relationships and finances show favorable cycles and romance potential appears in coming months.
The essay summarizes National Geographic Society notes on the yellow headed blackbird and its harsh song, a referee who whistles early then vanishes after a San Francisco match, the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar with large size, and albatrosses that become seasick aboard ships with sailors using the terms gooney or goney for larger birds.
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