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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1964
Page
4
The Middetown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options including in city and suburban areas, trading area, outside trading area, and international, with weekly and yearly rates and advance payment requirements. Subscriptions by carrier are 50 cents weekly, Sunday 15 cents, and mail rates range from 12 to 35 dollars annually depending on area.
A brief religious quotation appears, recalling growth from childhood to adulthood with a verse from 1 Corinthians 13:11. The snippet emphasizes maturity and reasoning evolving over time.
President Johnson's Holy Cross College speech links a great world society to peaceful use of nuclear power while urging individuals to practice the Golden Rule. He warns that social injustice persists as population grows and urges moral reform alongside scientific progress.
Dr. Leonard Marmor of UCLA reports a three inch nerve segment replacement using tissue from a deceased donor. The irradiated nerve scaffold allowed the patient to regain wrist sensation, suggesting nerve banks and broader nerve repair potential for previously hopeless cases. The piece ends with a political quip about Washington and a dollar.
The article notes that many Americans have not yet flown to Europe and those who have experience jet age malaise. Travelers wake groggy on arrival while locals are active, with sleep disruption and metabolism adjustment taking days. For diplomats and businessmen the effects may hinder negotiations and for pilots the issue could become serious.
Jim Bishop notes Youth for Goldwater expands to 47 states with 70 000 members and 720 college and high school chapters. The youth group, tied to Young Americans for Freedom, majors in voter registration rallies and get out the vote ahead of the convention.
Denison Kitchel of Phoenix emerges as Barry Goldwater’s campaign manager with a West to East background from Yale to Harvard law. He rejects the “Arizona Mafia” label and argues Goldwater is a prudent, NATO‑friendly realist. Kitchel notes intra‑party twists over foreign policy and predicts a unified GOP platform later clarifying Goldwater’s stance.
A playful survey of assorted notes from American life. The Mets win again as New York nudges morale. A new noncracking roadway cement under development is teased. A lumber firm converts timberlands into orchards. A St Louis chemical firm sells live fireflies. Khrushchev’s Moscow poultry exhibit mix up sparks light humor.
Paul Harvey reflects on nude swimwear trends from the nineties to today, noting showgirls and designers push for topless suits. He cites legal uncertainty, public reaction, and a Manhattan-led fashion shift, arguing the trend amounts to retrogression rather than progress. Mammal remarks on Mamie Van Doren and industry selling points.
On June 27 1776 Army guard Thomas Hickey was executed in New York for a plot to seize George Washington. Wolfe landed forces opposite Quebec in 1759. Telegraph connected New York and Boston in 1849. The Great Lakes Exposition opened in 1936 in Cleveland. Wilkie nominated in 1940. Collins handed Cherbourg to the French in 1944. Recent milestones include a 10 year ago air crash near March AFB, a 5 year ago World Refugee Year appeal, and last year Kennedy named Lodge ambassador to South Vietnam.
The article notes the sway at the Washington Monument in Washington D C is estimated at less than one inch. It also defines a light year as the distance light travels in one year at 186000 miles per second and states John has been the most common British name since 1534 40 with William previously most popular.
George Crout notes Middletown plans a $15,000 sewer bond issue at 6 percent to lay a six foot diameter stone sewer from an alley west of Webster Street to the Miami River. The project will drain rainwater and support Dublin area development around Holy Trinity Church, with streetscape improvements and curb grading to a nine foot wide, stone paved Second Street. The piece argues for broader public works and higher village taxes to fund further improvements, including a possible Water Works.
A Washington teen Edith Kauffman faces a family tie as she tries to volunteer for Senator Yarborough but learns her uncle is opponent George Bush. Other items include Senator Long’s Civil Rights stance on ice and FCC chief Lee’s new Ten Commandments calling for ethics, discretion, and fair use in broadcasting. Nearby Congo conflict notes joke about insignia and bare heads amid battlefield reports.
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