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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1964
Page
4
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A dated decorative quotation echoes Psalm 23 4 about walking through the valley of the shadow of death with reassurance of divine presence and comfort. This appears as a religious scripture insert in a daily publication.
Bertram argues that the core aim of humanity is to ensure every individual is born a loved and wanted child in an environment of liberty enabling full development of physical, mental, and spiritual attributes. He links this to the civil rights struggle beyond surface gains like voting and fair work, stressing universal freedom and love as the ultimate goal. Khrushchev remarks in Norway are noted as a contrast.
The essay links rising crowding globally to a shift in views on birth control and social limits. It notes changes in church attitudes, public spaces crowded by beaches and roads, and fears over future population growth. It closes with a humorous nod to Yogi Berra predicting the Yankees pennant winner.
Washington reports Barry Goldwater matched Kennedy convention tactics with a vast Bay Area operation. A 200-set walkie system linked aides across hotels and San Francisco sites, backed by a 120-line private switchboard and a fleet of vehicles and helicopters. The Mark Hopkins center houses White and Klein, while an outside trailer deters telecommunication cuts. Scranton backers spend heavily in San Francisco, leasing a town house as a command center and mounting a 50-person staff to coordinate delegates.
Factographics note the Biograph Cinema in Victoria London as the oldest building designed as a movie house. A single gram to an atomic physicist holds more electrons than all drops of water in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans combined. Authorities often cite Arnhem Land Andijangwa as the most complex Aboriginal language.
David Lawrence argues the Scranton delegate push polarizes choices and a minor question may decide the GOP race. He recalls Taft Ike Dewey and Nixon dynamics, warning Goldwater’s path hinges on unpledged voters and intra party clashes. The piece foresees the trivial question surfacing at the convention and tests Goldwater’s broad appeal.
On July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton dueled at Weehawken New Jersey across the Hudson from New York. Two shots were fired and Hamilton was mortally wounded after a dispute over personal and political differences.
Washington AP reports that Johnson holds the Democratic nomination and stays quiet as Republican Goldwater gains momentum. Once Kennedy’s health dominated 1963, Johnson’s path looked narrow, while Goldwater’s prospects rose from early 1960s Senate success.
On this date events include John Quincy Adams birth in 1767, George Gershwin death in 1937, Eisenhower nomination on the 1952 Republican convention first ballot in Chicago. Also a decade-old East Germany church congress ended in Leipzig after pro western protests. Five years past heavy rains in southern Korea caused floods with 57 deaths. One year ago Ecuadoran army ousted President Carlos Arosemena.
State officials warn some Arizona cactus species face extinction as rustlers uproot and illegally sell plants. The claim notes bootleg harvesting and a growing conservation concern amid illegal activity.
Middletown passes strict wood measurement rules to ensure sale by the cord. A licensed Wood Measurer, appointed by the mayor with council consent, stamps loads, issues certificates, and enforces fines for unmeasured or mismeasured wood. Farmers pay fees per load and per animal, while coal buyers face a simpler scale system under Ohio’s weight standard.
Paul Harvey argues that mass publicity cannotsell any candidate and a broad audience increasingly sees through staged campaigns. He notes Goldwater Kennedy Nixon efforts fail to ignite substantial popular backing, while Johnson remains politically savvy. The piece suggests voters will demand serious policy over theatrical campaigns and conventions will heed the will of the people, signaling a return to representative government.
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