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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1965
Page
6
Subscription rates published for The Journal include weekly 10e per copy and 50c per week by carrier, 12 dollars yearly by mail in the city and suburban area, 20 dollars yearly outside the trading area, and 35 dollars yearly outside the U.S. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Bible quote Psalm 46 10 is referenced.
President Johnson uses biblical cadence to urge world peace and a receptive stance toward peaceful dialogue with Communist nations. He invokes doors opened to peace and the call to reason, hoping popular will influence hostile regimes toward a peaceful, orderly world.
The article contrasts view that the Bulge was Germanys last offensive with a historian asserting it was Hitler's deception. It notes Allied casualties exceed forty thousand and nearly breached to Antwerp. It credits Von Rundstedt or Hitler depending on interpretation and claims Eisenhower misread the threat.
Senator Robert F Kennedy advocates banning sale and possession of anti tank guns mortars and machine guns in the pending gun control bill. He argues hunters need no such weapons and extremists should not have access to them, urging the amendment be passed into law.
Federal grand jury opens investigation into ties between Cosa Nostra and Chicago politicians. Giancana and several Democratic officials summoned for testimony as FBI Narcotics Bureau and IRS have pursued long term inquiries. Refers to racketeering cases, convictions, and political fundraising concerns.
AP reports a change in Washington as Johnson wields influence over Congress while the Supreme Court under Earl Warren advances civil rights and church-state interpretations. The piece recalls Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower dynamics and notes Kennedy’s limited success amid a Democratic majority.
This date marks events from 1918 first US World War I air raid at Dommary Baroncourt to 1947 Babe Zaharias winning British Women’s Golf Championship and 1942 FDR creating the Office of War Information. Other notes include 1930 Schmeling vs Sharkey, Adenauer’s 1955 trip, Eisenhower’s 1955 Far East visit, and a 20 year treaty between Russia and East Germany.
The compilation notes diverse figures and facts: Mongolian population surpassing 635 million, a cherry tree yielding about a ton of fruit per season, the Potomac River valley’s Native remains, salmon and shad migratory return to birth streams, Hot Springs National Park as a government spa, Brazil’s border status with South American nations except Chile and Ecuador, and an average holdup frequency of one every ten minutes in the United States.
John Chamberlain's piece praises Rajmohan Gandhi for supporting Lyndon Johnson's Southeast Asia intervention to halt Communism. It notes Gandhi's ties to the Moral Re Armament movement, a tension Chamberlain flags by quoting that the 1930s identified the movement with pacifism.
The piece traces Moral Re Armament’s controversial pacifist image, notes Peter Howard’s claim that Diem aimed to spread the movement in South Vietnam, and cites Howard’s view that Johnson opposed depose of Diem. It connects Lyndon Johnson’s stance on Vietnam era threats to future liberal critique of his record.
June 18, 1886 report notes commencement for the Class of 84 at the Bijou Opera House on Main Street. Of 23 in First Year, 11 in Junior, 8 graduated. Superintendent Barnard proposes a four year high school plan with departmentalized subjects and expanded facilities. Also discusses Latin as optional, crowded schools, a new East Middletown building, and library expansion at South School amid vandalism.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Princess Lee Radziwill plans a touring stage run in Sabrina Fair with a famed producer eyeing key U S cities possibly Broadway. She seeks dramatic work beyond London hostess life and has pursued acting lessons intensively.
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