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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including 6 cent weekday, 15 cent Sunday, 50 cent weekly carrier, 12 dollar annual in trading area, 20 dollar outside trading area, and 35 dollar outside U S. The note indicates publication by News Journal Inc since 1857 and includes a Psalm 53 quotation.
The SEC delivers sharp criticism of stock exchange practices citing the May 1962 market break and short selling as exacerbating factors. It urges limiting short selling and condemns the traditional role of market specialists seen as a private club profiting from inside knowledge. Copies are available from the Superintendent of Documents in Washington. The Franco German treaty of cooperation aims to end centuries of hostility, and may outlast de Gaulle and Adenauer.
The Chamizal border dispute between the United States and Mexico, rooted in 1864 when the Rio Grande shifted, would exchange 437 acres for 386 acres and create a shared concrete channel funded equally by both nations. About 3,750 displaced people would be compensated by the United States as the plan, awaiting Congress approval, aims to enable orderly El Paso and Ciudad Juarez development and reduce bilateral irritants.
The article notes growing attention to birth defects research, highlighting concerns about high defect rates among American newborns and the possible rise of radiation-related risks in the nuclear era. It emphasizes steady progress and the importance of expanding genetic knowledge for future health.
Annetta Fogarty, wife of New York detective Dan Fogarty, watches as Mayor Wagner presents her son with an engraved revolver after he and classmate Vito Passamonte win the Mayor's Trophy for best academy arrest. Dan Jr and Annetta share pride and fear as a policeman’s family.
President Kennedy proposes a two year ICC role to avert a rail strike by ruling on job cuts and manpower. The plan would let Congress authorize ICC oversight with federal injunction power, but the timing and impact on overall savings remain uncertain.
In a Kennedy era critique, the piece questions fiscal policy and debt to balance budgets. It argues deficits persist despite rising receipts, calls for restraint, and warns of eroding confidence when spending outpaces revenues. It contrasts moral rhetoric with actual budgeting, urging responsibility in federal spending and debt reduction.
A breezy note on a summer resort ruined by mosquitoes while a Western gunman robs a poker game of eight players cash and clothes. Mexico predicts a 1.6 million ton sugar harvest in 1963 upsetting Fidel Castro. A Russian girl astronaut sparks Zadok Dumkopf’s quip, prompting light satire.
The Howard Greens of 715 Auburn St offer 20 fine and 30 others to experienced keepers with outdoor pools. They move away and will not ship or dump the fish, which can be claimed by calling 422-242. The piece notes gold fish hobbyists and the calming effect of watching fish, contrasting indoor tanks with outdoor pools.
Washington insider strolls to the Kennedy White House site where a three week old hole draws attention from Salinger and Hatcher. A cement mixer is halted by Barbara Gamarekian as women’s club representatives gather. The punch line: the hole will house a new plant once digging finishes, while pressure to reveal air conditioning lore remains.
The text covers a range of facts from predator venom and prey adaptations to natural snowshoes in caribou and snowshoe rabbit animals. It notes the Sun’s core density and energy production, vaudeville’s historical span, and statistics on US deaths and can production, plus scorpion venom delivery and predatory behavior.
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