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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1965
Page
4
Pricing details include per copy rates six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. In city and suburban areas carrier delivery costs 50 cents per week. Mail options: seven days in trading area twelve dollars yearly, outside trading area twenty dollars, and outside Los Angeles thirty five dollars. All subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc founded in 1857.
The piece notes the Appendix's wide range from graduation speeches to recipes and local notices printed at taxpayer expense. It highlights luncheon programs for military academy appointees, Gettysburg Address anniversary events, a constituent essay on autumn, and a quirky contrast with Britain over house numbering.
The unresolved bracero import program has sparked clashes as employers say they cannot pay more than a dollar an hour and American workers resist such wages. The dispute recalls 19th century and early English labor debates on cheap labor, with a hopeful view that humane resolution will reduce suffering. Rep. Gerald R. Ford criticizes U.S. policy in South Vietnam, calling it downhill.
Federal agents opened a probe into the National States Rights Party an anti-Semitic anti-Catholic and anti Negro outfit based in Birmingham Alabama The group has fueled racial strife across the South A member Jimmy George Robinson slugged Rev Martin Luther King in Selma and was jailed The NSRP organized in Knoxville 1958 and later moved headquarters through several cities The party prints The Thunderbolt and claims readers in all 50 states Its influence extends beyond the South with a 1960 Los Angeles demonstration and activity in Northern cities John Kasper and Jesse Stoner led the presidential ticket in a few states with minimal votes
The NSRP named Orval Faubus for president and retired Admiral John Crommelin for vice president in 1960. Faubus resisted the nomination but the ticket appeared on several state ballots. The party claims national reach and has absorbed extremist splinters, targeting figures like Goldwater Johnson Hoover and Civil Rights Act supporters.
President Johnson proposes defense expenditure limits tied to national security and rising wealth, while military leaders warn against rigid budgets. Experts discuss future arms, including manned bombers and missiles, and the balance between defense needs and broader public spending. Churchill quoted on national survival.
A tribute to Sir Winston Churchill as a timeless, contemporary figure. The essay contrasts Churchill with Hitler and Napoleon, praising his hope for a better future, his virtues of wit courage and persistence, and noting his limits on Indian independence while highlighting his humane vision and commitment to peace through reason. President Kennedy lauds Churchill's courage and empathy.
A January feature notes a Scottish teenager trekking the 800 mile distance from the north of Scotland to Land's End in bare feet. Jokes follow about giraffes and neck bones while a 78-year-old Laplander is rescued after 40 hours in a blizzard and reported in good health. The piece ends with a quip about first saying there ought to be a law.
Dr. William Schaeffer recalls a chance encounter with Winston Churchill in 1935 in Cleveland near Halle department store. A friend overlooked, Schaeffer heard a voice say thank you as Churchill stood beside a patriotic display. The tale captures a fleeting brush with history remembered vividly.
Dorothy Kilgallen recalls inaugural week festivities for Lyndon B. Johnson. She notes informal tone, extravagant dress and security crowds, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson's striking coiffure and gowns, vivid party mood, and remarks from Mrs Humphrey and Vice President Humphrey. The piece blends fashion, politicking, and playful jab at tradition.
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