Abbreviated postal rates for Middletown newspaper
Entered at Postoffice Middletown Ohio as second class mail matter. Subscription rates: per copy weekly in-city and suburban delivery 60c. by mail in trading area seven days $15.00 per year. by mail in operating area seven days $10.00 per year. Outside USA $38.00 per year. All mail subscriptions payable in advance.
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Middletown
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USA
Outside Controls Put Press Freedom in Proper Perspective
The ANPA report argues against outside controls or covenants that could curb accurate reporting of criminal matters. It cites Warren Commission fallout and Samuel Sheppard’s cases to stress the press’s constitutional duties, urges consultation with groups, and holds that restrictions undermine justice and the people’s rights.
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American Association of Newspaper Publishers
ANPA
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Samuel H. Sheppard
American Bar Association
American Newspaper Publisher Association
Republic
Milovan Djilas Freed From Yugoslav Prison
Milovan Djilas, once vice president and close aide to Tito, is released after four and a half years for hostile propaganda charges. His writings helped stir dissent in satellite nations and exposed cracks in world Communism though Yugoslavia retains a cautious liberalizing stance.
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Milovan Dijilas
Yugoslavia
Djilas
Tito
Stalin
New York Times
Mihajlo Mihajlov
Democrats Seek New Chairman Amid Party Turbulence
President Johnson faces calls to appoint a full time Democratic National Committee chair amid factional strife and fundraising windfall from a tax amendment. Prospects include Richard Scammon and Lawrence O'Brien, with others floated but lacking support or viability.
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Democratic National Committee
White House
John Bailey
Bailey
Wasington
Kennedy
Census Bureau
Richard Scammon
Lawrence O'Brien
Kason O'Brien
Scammon
Humphrey
Moyers
O'Brien
Johnson
GOP
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Wilson
East Coast
Edmund
Pat) Brown
Liz Carpenter
India
Gordon St. Angelo
New Jersey
Robert Burkhardt
Public confidence in Congress falls to four percent
A Louis Harris Survey shows just four percent public confidence in Congress, far below last year’s 71 percent peak and down from 35 percent in December 1963. The piece argues the core issue is a flawed system of party discipline and legislative process, with calls for constitutional reforms.
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Washington
Congress
Louis Harris
Manchester's Look reveal stirs JFK LBJ Texas trip fallout
The Look magazine excerpt on William Manchester’s The Death of a President highlights the Dallas Texas trip dynamics. It emphasizes interparty feuding between Connally Yardborough and the Johnson Kennedy tensions, portraying LBJ as powerless and JFK as peacemaker amid pressure over Oswald and Wardrobe plans.
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New York
Look Magazine
William Manchester
Manchester
Texas
Conally
Louis XIV
Ralph Yardborough II
Johnson
JFK
Kennedy
Dallas
Lee Oswald
Oswald
Jackie
Godfrey McHugh
USAF
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Look
LBJ
Air Force One
Eisenhower
Nixon
Gettysburg
Hubert Humphrey
Almanac disputes season lengths and cold snaps
The writer argues winter lasts longer than the almanac claims, noting cold stretches into November December and March. They contrast this with Washington’s warming political season, predicting the 1968 presidential election and conventions, while advising readers to avoid ulcer-inducing Capitol Hill feuds.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Special Zoning Suggested To Help Radio Station
A letter argues for a dedicated radio station zone on WPFB property, warning against a large 62 acre commercial rezoning that could invite gas stations and car washes. The writer urges a special radio zoning to protect residential areas and control growth around the underground antenna network.
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WPFB
Middletown
Braden
G. Daniel Miller
Moore Rd
Blotto Drinks as Playing Pieces Debated in New Game
A quirky exchange questions a new game named Blotto that uses drinks as playing pieces. The dialogue hints at skepticism about the concept and its fit with traditional tea drinking culture.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Dennis the Menace
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