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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1964
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates with weekly and yearly options. Rates include 15 cents for Sunday, 50 cents per week by carrier, and yearly mail prices of 12 dollars within trading area and 20 dollars outside, plus 35 dollars to outside U.S.A. All subscriptions payable in advance. The page also quotes Romans 15 30.
The text explains discount buying in stocks through off board trading outside the NYSE. Institutional buyers and mutual funds may access lower commissions, while NYSE officials condemn unregulated side trades as undermining market confidence. Neutral observers see discounting as a reaction to rising commissions and suggest downward revisions may be needed.
Washington dispatch notes John Glenn must first defeat Steve Young in the May 8 Democratic primary. Republican Bob Taft Jr. is favored to win the nomination. Taft’s strong GOP organization, past victories, and stated record contrast with Glenn as he seeks the Senate seat.
Harvard School of Public Health scientists report finding radioactive polonium in cigarette smoke and link it to lung cancer. Dr Edward Radford suggests removing polonium or using a filter to block smoke, noting that a filter could let the smoker inhale nothing but warm air.
The piece argues US immigration law is biased by a 1920 national origins quota, harming deserved applicants. It notes Senate hearings to abolish quotas with Johnson support, contrasts with past vetoes, and urges reform toward skills and family ties rather than outdated quotas.
Analysis challenges President Kennedy's 1964 economic outlook, arguing GNP figures misstate growth due to price increases, profits margins are narrow, and deficits persist. It questions tax-cut stimulus, warns against wage and price controls, and notes reliance on continued borrowing to cover revenue shortfalls.
Washington fashion notes from a 1960s press column on sun tans, boots, and changing styles. It cites Lyndon B. Johnson ranch mud, the rise of old scuffed boots as status symbols, and remarks from Marianne Means Catherine Mackin Bobbi Etchison on boots as sex symbols. It also mentions Postmaster General John Gronouski’s shoe collection and Perle Mesta hosting actress Helen Hayes.
A belief circulates in star gazing circles about a possible ninth planet beyond Pluto. The notion envisions distant celestial bodies and future discoveries. Meanwhile some fear that television could evolve to transmit colors directly.
The Middletown Academic Center could rapidly expand to teach 40 000 students within ten years and offer four year degrees, with a two year technical program. Proponents see it evolving into a university with dormitories and labs, boosting local population. First phase to start next fall may add about 1 500 people.
Dorothy Kilgallen and Tom Sullivan discuss Richard Burton possibly being barred from the United States. An official states visa eligibility is case by case under immigration law, with Burton to apply abroad when he seeks admission. Other notes cover Van Johnson’s hospital comeback, Johnny Tillotson’s chart rise, New York’s Washington Square Art Show reforms, Lex Barker’s lawsuit, and a potential title change for Where Love Has Gone.
Factographs describe North and South Viet Nam as sites for a new constitution and a Republic of Ireland linked by external relations. It notes Fires as an independent democratic nation maintaining limited ties with the British Commonwealth. Parliament remains the UK legislature with two houses, Lords and Commons, holding limited powers over dependencies.
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