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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists mailing and subscription rates including weekly and yearly options for in city, suburban, trading area, and outside regions, with prices from six cents per weekday copy to thirty five dollars yearly for international. The page includes standard postal info, publishing details, and a Bible verse.
The International Monetary Conference again tackles trade liquidity as nations seek exports to revive lagging economies. Gold’s role as sole settlement medium wanes as imports rise 87 percent in a decade while gold reserves grow under 12 percent. Euro-dollar deposits emerge as a promising alternative and confidence in currencies limits market expansion. IMF aims to provide liquidity meeting 1960s demand.
The Dionne quints now 30 years old stir memories of their 1930 birth in Callander Ontario. Four surviving sisters Marie Cecile Annette and Yvonne remain in public consciousness after decades of global attention and news coverage.
The death of India's Prime Minister Nehru highlights the urgency to improve the US system of presidential succession in disability or death. Nehru ruled for years with no clear successor, causing disarray after illness. The piece notes the US lacks a vice president and a smooth transfer plan, urging prompt action.
Jim Bishop traces the Mafia as a secret Sicilian brotherhood, its origins and spread from Sicily to Italy and abroad. He profiles Don Calo Vizzini and Vito Cascio Ferro, notes police ties and brutal sanctions, and explains how the Honored Society expanded into extortion, prostitution, narcotics, and unions.
A veteran observer recalls White House briefings and press secrets as he notes the staff’s taboos on reporting the President’s shoe size and quirks. He jokes that LBJ moves with seven league boots, aided by aides and a wary press.
John Chamberlain argues for a public works approach to flood control by diverting Ohio River floodwater into Lake Erie. He cites engineers proposing five spillway tunnels to move 138 230 cubic feet per second, using a Mole drilling method and potentially costed at a quarter million dollars per mile. A second plan would dredge Beaver River and Mahoning to enable reverse flow, echoing Chicago River. He cautions against salvation by public works but supports interstate action with federal matching funds to protect farms and cities from floodwaters.
The right side of a ship is starboard from steersmen’s old wording. Mozambique Straits connect Madagascar to Mozambique, widening to 245 miles. An Iranian folk tale links the world to a cow’s horns and quakes. Color vision takes twenty times longer than black and white.
A reader correspondent recounts a dead bird after neighbors’ dog damage and warns that training children early to respect the ground curbs littering. A mother notes that littering prevention starts at age two or three, not in school, while citing fines of 150 to 200 dollars for first offenses as a deterrent.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Shirley MacLaine's What a Way to Go leads as the nation’s new No 1 box office champ after just three weeks in release. The piece also covers Broadway intrigue, a fire escape intruder at Nobody Loves an Alban唐, Lionel Hampton’s big World’s Fair concert, and assorted Hollywood gossip and industry notes.
A medical columnist notes a claimed therapeutic value in loafing but questions its effect on job security. Factographs cites Awaji natives favoring octopus, humorously suggesting the eight drumsticks explain the popularity and dietary habit.
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