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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including 6 cent weekday copies and 15 cent Sundays. Rates: 50 cents weekly in city and suburban areas, 12 dollars yearly by mail in the trading area, 20 dollars outside trading area, 35 dollars outside the US. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded 1857. Biblical inscription included.
An editorial argues against a Senate plan to make September 17 Constitution Day a federal holiday. It warns of high costs over 900 million dollars and the risk of perfunctory celebrations and commercialism resembling Washington and Lincoln birthdays.
The article criticizes Rep. Otto E. Passman for a blind spot in evaluating U S foreign aid It argues aid has spurred economic growth and countered communism while noting mismanagement and waste It urges smarter planning tighter control without abolishing aid and previews a civil rights clash in Congress.
Fulton Lewis Jr. recounts the 1783 Philadelphia uprising of Continental Army soldiers who stormed the Continental Congress. The event spurred calls for a constitutional convention and led Virginia and Maryland to cede land, creating the District of Columbia to house the new federal government. James Madison explained the need for a secure seat of government to prevent interruptions of public authority.
A tractor mounted timber harvester trims tops cuts and piles 60 trees per hour. Its speed eclipses human labor, yet the piece wonders if any machine can ever match the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan. A farm journal warns of watermelon oversupply prompting Grandpappy Jenkins to question the term.
The New York Times and The New York Herald Tribune editors argue that racial quotas in education are impractical and unfair. They warn that fixed percentages ignore local demographics and urge focus on quality teaching and accessible facilities for all students.
Washington diary recounts a Baghdad embassy visit during a five year Iraqi revolution anniversary. The piece mixes satire on Kurdish rebels led by Ibrahim Ahmed with light interludes about Sir David Ormsby-Gore and Madame Safwat, plus jokes about ZIP jackets and a bitten postman in Cathedral City.
The text cites the 1616 English Expositer by Joan Bullokar as an early dictionary. It mentions cotton cultivation in India as far back as 3000 B C. An extremely high pitched sound can trigger convulsions in rats similar to epilepsy. The White House grounds span about 17 acres within the surrounding fence.
A Good Samaritan saved a baby after it slipped from a car seat at the Middletown Shopping Center. A mother had left two young children in a hot car, and the scene repeated with another vehicle. The passerby returned home shaken as the day’s near tragedy unfolded.
Jolting gossip runs through the Broadway crowd with Kilgallen noting Moscow Washington letter exchanges between JFK and Khrushchev. Also: Finney in Tom Jones draws chatter, Streisand nearing Funny Girl with Merrick, Nureyev rumor, Carpetbaggers mystery, and Hollywood chatter about Bobby Goulet, Novak, Mann, and Fellini.
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