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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1965
Page
4
Middletown Journal in Ohio lists subscription prices for busy readers including per copy week days ten cents and Sunday fifteen cents. Home delivery by carrier costs fifty cents weekly and mail options span twelve dollars yearly within trading area and twenty dollars outside with international thirty five dollars yearly. The notice closes with a biblical verse and a note on prepaid subscriptions.
President Johnson vetoed a 7.5 million flood relief bill over a provision requiring public works committee approval. Congress shifts tactics with a military construction bill allowing countermand of Defense Department base closures, highlighting local vs national interests. The piece notes Thule air base in Greenland reopening after winter ice.
Seattle will start teaching economics in kindergarten next fall with first and second graders following later. The approach seeks early economic literacy while delaying older grades until background preparation allows. The article contrasts early math criticism and stresses practical, common sense education. It also notes Emmy rules blocked Arthur Barron’s documentary My Childhood from an award despite praise.
In April along the Mississippi, neighbors worked for hours building a crude dike to save Harry Brown's six month old house from rising floodwaters. The home, for a growing family, faced the river due to its low site and high water, part of a wider flood battle across the region.
Villagers banded dirt straw and junked cars to halt a rising river protecting Brown's home. As a motorboat churned by causing a four inch wave the improvised barrier gave way flooding downstairs rooms to five feet with muck and ruin.
In the face of loss and a near tragedy, Harry reflects on the hard lesson from the motorboat accident. He praises the unseen help of others and the strength found in fellowship, noting that life tests us but can also heighten character and resolve.
The column cites Harry Brown as a model of steadfast faith after misfortune. It quotes William James on acceptance, asserts calmly facing events, and urges persistent effort with trust in God. It concludes that waiting on the Lord renews strength, summarizing a resilient mindset.
A AP photo from South Vietnam shows Vietnamese Rangers and U S advisers near a shattered command post and barefoot men with GI shoes in the foreground. The piece recalls a July 1944 French hedgerow battle, describing 8th Infantry Division troops learning combat, a fatal elbow wound, and the transformation of young soldiers into battle hardened men.
A wife outlines how a retired husband's pension and Social Security leave her with only about 71 dollars monthly after his death. She owns a home, has 11 thousand dollars in savings, a 10 thousand life policy, and could rent rooms to ease costs. The piece suggests spurring joint health checks and firm negotiations to avoid poverty after his passing.
Paul Harvey condemns violence as a false progress in race clashes from Tulsa to Los Angeles. He notes mob attacks, arson, and vigilante groups like The Deacons and Klan, with FBI concerns over Communist influence and calls for nonviolence amid intra racial strife.
The text argues the buffalo of America is in fact a bison and notes several unrelated facts about history and science. It mentions radium halving its value in about 1,800 years and that Roman soldiers used bagpipes in the sixth century. California leads in turkey production. Roald Amundsen’s South Pole discovery occurred in 1911.
Upstate Democrats react to Mayor Wagner possibly running for governor with fierce opposition. MGM has bought film rights for Alan King’s The Impossible Years before rehearsals. John Barrymore Jr. faces discotheque relocation amid personal drama. Ava Gardner eyes Spain and new film talks. Dinah Shore and George Montgomery navigate Hollywood divorce dynamics. Porfiro Rubirosa grief and a six-figure tax lien hit California jockeys. Joe Levine hosts Harlow viewing aboard a yacht with patriotic spectacle. Oscar race tightens with The Collector, Mr Buddwing, The Great Race, The Sound of Music, Ship of Fools. Natalie Wood and Jack Lemmon opinions floated. Robert Shaw courted for major deal and The Flag rights explored. Dizzy Gillespie declines Broadway appearance. music gigs cited as income.
The text cites Dr James K Pollock of the University of Michigan as proposing a question period for U S government officials akin to Britain s House of Commons. A Southend England resident was fined for carrying an offensive weapon due to a metal strip covered cap. Rick Monday is hailed as the draft s most desirable player. Pro leagues plan adding teams, signaling growth in sports expansion.
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