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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1964
Page
4
Middletown Ohio post office entry states second class matter. Rates listed: daily 6 cents, Sunday 15 cents. In-city carrier 50 cents weekly, seven days 12 dollars within trading area, 20 dollars outside trading area, 35 outside USA. Subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded 1857. Quote from John 1 14 ends fragment.
The House passed a bill to ease penalties for littering in national forests while boosting punishment chances. Currently offenders face admonition rather than trial by federal judges, deterring enforcement. The proposed change would allow trials before U.S. commissioners, increasing prosecutions. Senate action awaited. Headline notes Vacationing Youth Raise Jobless Ranks.
The piece argues that topless swimwear has existed for years with tops and that the fashion shift is overstated. It notes some women already remove halters for topless looks, questions consumer bravado, and jokes about societal norms and exhibitionism amid seasonal weather complaints.
The pay bill seeks to raise compensation for about two million government workers to align with private sector levels. It includes a $7,500 increase for Congress, a controversial but warranted step given high expenses. The attorney general denies Senate ambitions while signaling possible vice presidential aims.
Jim Bishop argues readers are drawn to sensational Kennedy assassination books that allege plots while Lee Oswald remains the focal figure. He cites Warren Commission limits, calls for full disclosure, and notes publishers push provocative questions over solid research.
A call to remove the Department of Justice from the cabinet and place it under independent control. The essay argues federal law enforcement Kremlin-like politics corrupts prosecutions, urges congressional action, and warns public opinion must compel reform. It notes partisan patterns, election finance violations, and the need for impartial, dedicated civil servants.
Washington humor erupted over a proposed pay raise for lawmakers as Sen. Long and others mocked the idea with witty amendments. Thruston Morton proposed taxing outside fees, sparking back-and-forth about commissions, dividends, and moonlighting. Dirksen urged dropping the measure, while the chamber roared at the party line quips and bank director anecdotes.
In Vienna the idea of a ten year special tax allows young Austrian men to dodge conscription. The plan could birth a new doughboy. With elections underway, several politically slanted games hit the market. One by two Washington reporters, named Influence, is described as a string pulling game.
A quirky note describes a visiting female dachshund that adores her owners, sleeps on their legs and bed, steals food, and blocks exits. The writer laments repeated near-coughing battles to avoid disturbance and notes a second neighbor dog snubbed by jealousy, foreseeing possible fur flyovers if unequal affection continues.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Anne Bancroft as leading candidate for The Time of the Cuckoo Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers with a young heroine rather than an aging spinster. References Shirley Booth and Katharine Hepburn as prior versions, and mentions Rodgers’ script goals and casting. proliferation of industry gossip follows.
A Syrian monk Simeon the Stylite reportedly spent years atop a 50 foot pillar near Aleppo. Victoria regia leaves reach seven feet in diameter and can bear a child. The Tsar Kolokol bell, forged in Moscow in 1733, weighs 193 tons. Molecules are so tiny that ten million fit on a pinhead. Minneapolis claims the first air conditioned private home in 1915 by Willis Carrier.
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