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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1964
Page
4
Middletown Ohio outlines subscription costs for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 6c per weekday, 15c Sunday, 50c urban carrier, 12 dollars 7 day mail in trading area, 60 outside trading area, and 35 outside U.S. per year with advance payment. Published daily by News Journal Inc.
The State of the Union repeats Kennedy era programs with focus on civil rights a tax cut and medical care for the aged. Johnson stresses economy proposing an 11 billion dollar tax cut and expects Congress to pass proposals with clear dispatch while reviewing national budgets and public spending. A study on performing arts finances is started and a wealth tax tied to baseball and football is proposed.
The note recalls Millard Fillmore born in Cayuga County New York within a log cabin and serving as president after Zachary Taylor's death in 1850. It notes his Whig renomination failure his role in the Fugitive Slave Act and the Underground Railroad and his death in Buffalo March 8, 1874 at age 74. Khrushchev policy on Cuba mention appears as side context.
An informal poll notes a seasonal disease in 1964 affecting check writers and letter writers. The ailment mirrors a common cold: it is not fatal but irritating and tied to dated 1963 checks. Time and caution in writing dates are urged as the remedy.
A Canadian couple improves finances after prayer and counseling. A woman’s admission of pride and seeking church guidance leads to forgiveness and a plan to consolidate debts with bank help. The story emphasizes inner change and faith as catalysts for practical outcomes.
A note claims Masai tribesmen in Africa never adopted the wheel and asserts six average taxpayers fund a security payroll. The fragmentary text offers no verifiable context or sourcing.
New York Buffalo cancer center reports cabbage leaf based cigarettes tested in a large machine smoking 600 at a time. 5,000 pounds of leaves collected for tar analysis while early results look promising but two years of testing loom. Public reactions mix with jokes as officials note the habit’s persistence.
Paul Harvey laments a decline in the American Legion's influence and discipline. He cites political entanglements, questionable local post actions including stag shows, and a risky erosion of national resolve, urging rededication and restraint.
The column argues that post Kennedy assassination politics will hinge on young voters who favor conservatism over party labels. It notes about one million of four million college students will register, with many joining Youth for Goldwater and other anti liberal groups, shaping March primaries.
This weekly gossip column chronicles Norman Mailer's marriages and divorce, Mailer with Bentley and rumors of remarriage, Hamilton dating Charlotte Ford and connections to Susan Kohner, a South American beauty in Palm Beach, and Nancy Kwan with Peter Peck. It notes merger chatter involving Danny Thomas and Desilu Studios, Mickey Rooney promoting a acting book, Callas shopping then renting on Avenue Foch, Kevin McCarthy's divorcee mood with Sharon de Bord, Frank Vanderlip's charity balls, Ingrid Bergman vacationing in Choisel, Marlene Dietrich hiring Paris decorators, and Kim Novak playing Mouse Trap with David Niven and George Frazier.
A Texas woman told police her car was struck by a freight train in a hit and run, leaving minor damage. The incident prompted police to pursue the mystery vehicle.
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