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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Ohio lists pricing for subscriptions including 6 cent weekday copies, 15 cent Sunday copies, and annual mail rates of 12 dollars within seven days and 20 dollars outside the trading area. The paper is published daily by News-Journal Inc. and dates back to 1857.
The President asserts the United States holds power stronger than all past nations, with nuclear might aiding peace yet posing a two edged risk. The piece stresses that great power requires greater responsibility and warns that unleashing such force would destroy the world.
The Associated Press reports Senator Goldwater holds 436 of 655 delegates needed for the Republican nomination, with some supporters more optimistic. California’s result boosts his race, while moderate efforts to slow him may fail, signaling a likely conservative candidate for the hustings. President Johnson and observers foresee Goldwater facing a clear liberal versus conservative choice for the nation’s future.
The defeat of Rep. Charles A. Buckley by Jonathan B. Bingham ends a 30 year Bronx era as Buckley loses renomination. He faced charges that while chairman of the House Public Works Committee he kept nine political henchmen on a payroll who did little work for Congress.
Washington observer Fulton Lewis Jr reports on Lou Harris whose California polls swung between Rockefeller and Goldwater, predicting a Rockefeller lead at first and a Goldwater surge later. Harris’s inconsistent forecasts misfired across New Hampshire Oregon Indiana and California amid cross party voting and political tension.
The material cost of World War II vastly exceeds all prior wars. The United Kingdom has the most vehicles per mile of road. If evenly spaced, a vehicle would appear every 45 years on public roads. Russia's Krasni Flot leads the largest submarine fleet at about 500 boats. Wyoming was among the early U S states to grant women suffrage.
European newspapers express dismay over Senator Goldwater winning the California presidential primary. They fear a hard line stance and a secretary of State like John Foster Dulles, while Americans question why the free world bears the burden of peace and why Europe pays little toward global security.
A column reports on the National Press Club's shifting stance on women attendees at celebrity luncheons. It notes initial bar, reopening, then rebar, sparking debate over gender rights and alleged pressures from government figures. The piece ponders motives and suggests psychiatrists as possible consultants.
The article argues it is absurd to claim Senator Goldwater or any major American favors returning to isolation. It notes no prominent American supports that doctrine as world affairs have become interrelated. The piece says US feels Europe’s policy choices isolate it and that America bears the burden.
A mocked wire service style item notes discovery of more than 40 hidden microphones in the U.S. embassy walls in Moscow. It also lampoons a Trieste bachelor’s odd matrimonial ad and joke items about safety and nature. The piece references Rome police, mink stashes, a giant squid, and a rubber boxing ring floor.
A tribute to Howard L. Cheney describing him as a quiet sincere honest businessman and Franklin civic leader. The Middletown figure is praised for kindness generosity and influence, with colleagues noting his lasting imprint on the sister communities and a life well lived.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on a USSR pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair as a propaganda showcase, Henry Cabot Lodge staying on in Vietnam after Hawaii, the Beatles’ German disc finding, and Jacqueline Kennedy backing Pierre Salinger for California senator. NYC society gossip touches Broadway brokers moving to New Jersey to dodge laws, a tragic Brooklyn murder, Arthur Loew Jr. dating Martyn Mason, Anita von Nutte changing names, Stork Club’s Sherman Billingsley predicting a nightlife upswing, and Georgia Brown sidelined from Oliver! with an arm cast impacting TV appearances. Libby Holman weighs a Greenwich Village club purchase amid debts while The Subject Was Roses struggles at the box office and Folies Bergere critics doubt the Broadway revue.
London restaurateur John Mills and his Group have not secured the liquor license needed for El Morocco delaying the town’s glamour nightclub takeover. Jackie Gleason’s Miami Beach visit costs rise as auditorium repairs for TV shows exceed initial estimates by more than double. Jet-age bookmaking arrives with tape recorders and lapel mike bets, while a 1965 Easter Carnegie Hall concert is planned as Marian Anderson’s swan song.
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