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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1965
Page
4
Subscriptions listed for weekdays and Sunday delivery in trading and suburban areas. Rates include by mail within trading area 77 days at 12 dollars per year and outside USA 35 dollars per year, payable in advance. Published daily by News-Journal Inc.
The piece notes Britain quietly exploring a peaceful settlement in Vietnam while U.S. air raids and deeper involvement face debate. Diplomatic soundings with the Soviet Union are mentioned as part of seeking a negotiated peace, amid Viet Cong gains and Hanoi Peking skepticism. A secondary item reports four dogs asleep as thieves steal two trailers in New York.
The Pravda piece suggests some loosening in Soviet intellectual life with call for multiple schools and open debate, yet insists all thought and art align with socialist realism and dialectical materialism. The tone implies a cautious shift rather than a broad freedom expansion. President Johnson links recessions to the Great Society, noting taxpayers drive change.
Jim Bishop notes The Marijuana Newsletter published pink paper by a group called mar. It argues to Legalize marijuana and end prison terms while warning of drug use dangers and police crackdowns. The piece cites Randolfe Wicker Ed Sanders Peter Orlovsky C. T. Smith and a Center Street police lineup in New York City.
The article argues that U S military actions in South Vietnam have shifted to solo American operations. It emphasizes the need for decisive leadership from President Johnson, deterring Communist aggression, and maintaining resolve to protect small nations amid global pressure for a peaceful end to the war.
The piece discusses February Chicago Communist meeting pressure to write to the President, varying US views on Vietnam including isolationists and interventionists, and argues for a selective, self interested approach to alliances and foreign policy based on Europe postwar parallels versus Africa and Asia conditions. It cites Senators Church McGovern Mundt Long Hicks Symington and Fulbright in debates over troops and aid.
Archeology notes a Central Asia find of a statue with two yard long feet beneath a mountain. Folklore recalls Cyclopes and giants tossing boulders like baseballs. The Cardiff Giant is cited as a famed hoax. A Long Island University basketball game stretched ten hours and twenty four minutes.
Dave Regan reflects on March 1 as a lamb that suggests rough weather ahead at month end. He notes lingering winter damage, early spring fever, and upcoming Lent while shoppers eye bright spring displays and he buys two new shirts.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Hollywood and Broadway chatter from New York. Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland shelved a spat tour for renewed publicity while Sally Ann Howes departs What Makes Sammy Run with Bernice Massi as replacement. Cast shifts, deals with Cary Grant and incognito in Paris await production. Greta Peck’s revised alimony case highlights changing star finances.
Factographs note that the ancient Egyptian mourning color was yellow. In Australia one of the country’s largest ranches spans an area larger than Maryland, highlighting vast landholdings.
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