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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for subscriptions including per copy and carrier options, with weekly and yearly rates for local, trading area, and outer regions. The page notes publication by News-Journal Inc, established 1857, and includes a Bible verse.
Opinion weighs heart versus mind on 32 Soviet Christians denied refuge at the U S embassy in Moscow. Critics argue for compassion and religious liberty, while supporters stress established policy against granting asylum unless life is in danger. The piece notes the decision may set a precedent for all U S embassies and warns against foreign government friction. It also tosses in a brief, unrelated note about cabbage being a good January buy.
The piece argues that advising Viet Minh opponents in Vietnam without U.S. combat involvement creates friction. It notes American advisors face hostile Viet Cong attacks while Vietnamese generals lack aggressiveness. It cites unresolved policy tensions and public alarm over information accuracy in global politics.
Selma, a once glamorous Chicago matron, faces a showdown with her daughter’s attorney John Kendall over a million dollar trust. The story tracks wealth, loneliness, and control as the two generations collide in a suit over interest on the late Paul’s estate.
Washington report on a city race riot spurred a high level commission led by Dr Shane MacCarthy to study integration. The group warns that true integration requires careful planning, preparation, and leadership beyond mere policy, noting teacher hesitance to report misconduct and widespread everyday friction.
Washington column notes Congress returns bringing cloture and packing disputes. The writer mocks the 88th Congress slogan and explains the Senate cloture debate and House Rules Committee packing. He outlines tensions between Democrats and Republicans over debate limits and committee control, highlighting disorder in public schools and calls for discipline.
The author argues federal troops on campus do not fix integration. Violence at a game between white Catholic and nearly all African American public high schools drew 50 000 spectators with 35 whites and seven Negroes injured. hundreds more harmed. True solutions require humane, practical steps beyond coercive force or protests. The piece compares Washington and the South and urges bipartisan, human action beyond legal rhetoric.
Dave Regan notes Middletown faced three recent deaths two of young girls and one young man with no shared pattern. He contrasts these with fatal accidents, recalls 1962 Ohio auto crash rate, and laments heavy attention to violent deaths while many nonfatal incidents go unremarked. He comments on weather induced collisions and police radio reports.
Paul Harvey laments Amish families leaving Iowa over state schooling mandates. He notes a long history of religious liberty, cites Buchanan County education rulings, court actions against private Amish schools, and arrests for withholding public schooling. Amish seek lands in Canada, with sixty seven older members starting emigration prep, while choosing nonconfrontational, quiet resistance.
On this date in history Roald Amundsen reached the Bay of Whales in Antarctica marking the South Pole discovery during a stay of just over a year. Other notes include the 1639 adoption of America's first written constitution in Hartford and the 1940 FBI arrest of 17 Christian Front members in New York City. Birthdays include Albert Schweitzer and Carlos Romulo with a Darwin thought for today on moral culture.
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