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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1964
Page
3
Middletown Ohio subscription rates listed for daily, Sunday, and mail delivery. Rates include local 50 cents weekly or 12 dollars annually for seven day mail, 26 dollars for outside trading area, and 35 dollars per year outside the U.S. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded 1857.
Pope Paul VI's Holy Land trip is seen as possible rapprochement between Vatican and Constantinople, while Jordan's King Hussein I voices hope the visit signals a new era in Christian Muslim relations. Toynbee calls for cooperation among Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to avert global conflict.
The United States faces a delay of about two years in its manned moon mission due to budget limits. Despite the setback, officials argue a slower, safer approach could still reach the moon with less risk and cost, while a faster race might heighten national prestige but threaten success. A Hollywood actress interview adds a light aside.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports Raymond Rubin alleges Adam Clayton Powell’s wealth reaches millions with assets in others’ names. The NY congressman- minister faced a libel verdict of $211,500 to Esther James. Rubin cites real estate, stock, cash, Puerto Rico property worth 75,000, a $12,974 payroll, and a secretive salary, as part of the financial empire. A January 24 hearing was set on the libel judgment.
The English nurse Edith Cavell, executed in Brussels in 1915 by German forces for aiding Allied prisoners to escape, is highlighted as a martyr of the war. The article notes the emergence of air express shipments with the first flights recorded.
John Chamberlain argues that many pressing issues of the time are waning as campaigns begin. He discusses federal budget fears, the potential tax cut, Western grain surpluses, wage rises in Europe, and the balance of payments, warning inflationary risks and political choices that could reshape postwar policy. He notes Congress may restrain welfare during 1964, while urging vigilance against Communist pressure and economic shifts.
Washington notes James Marlow outlines how President Johnson and governors Rockefeller and Romney proposed welfare programs in a single week. The piece traces the evolution of the general welfare concept from Elizabethan times to the New Deal and beyond, touching on party divides and Goldwater’s evolving stance on Social Security.
The piece notes NYC school custodians earning over 40 000 annually and recalls state officials Dalton and Thomason in a cotton picking contest. Dalton wins, and the text jokes about a party-like atmosphere and a controversial cartoon from 1963.
George Crout recounts a January 13 1801 gathering at the Pres byterian church where Charles D Wrenn was named temporary chair. A slate for officers led by J R Allen as president was approved along with a board of trustees and a general secretary committee. The article notes the project aims to build a local YMCA with gym baths reading room educational classes social rooms and Bible training, echoing national YMCA standards and nearby early efforts.
Paul Harvey argues that federal price supports and subsidies favor large cotton growers. He cites Boswell interests, Kern County, Fresno Thrift funds, and a proposed $25 million rise in aid. He notes 79 percent of subsidies go to fewer than 15 percent of farmers and claims the poor with small allotments remain disadvantaged.
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