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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1965
Page
1
Rain turned to heavy snow in a day of peril and beauty. Officials logged only 65 percent of an inch of precipitation as temperatures fell from 50 to 18. The storm stretched motorists to the limit with rain sleet and blizzards and left white scenes across homes trees and wires before a sunny morning returned.
President Johnson tells Congress the economy must grow about 4 percent a year through 1970 to push unemployment toward a more acceptable level, implying a target near 3 percent from 1969. The 276 page manpower report cites job trends and the tax cut's impact while urging passage of domestic programs.
Mrs Mary Lou Bader favors a talk with her husband Lawrence Bader who reappeared in Omaha as TV personality John Fritz Johnson after a Lake Erie boating accident. Attorneys said discussions covered options for a meeting, but no decision was made. Johnson prefers to stay in Omaha.
A massive drug incident near a Bronx schoolyard involved thousands of pills dexedrine and amobarbital found in a broken into pharmaceutical storage building. A 15 year old led police to the stash as reinforcements arrived amid fears of narcotics distribution.
Washington reports indicate U S actions closing libraries in Indonesia reflect deeper tensions with Jakarta. Officials say a formal break in relations is unlikely, though continued leftist pressure is driving affairs toward a low point.
In Indianola Mississippi a one story Freedom School was destroyed by fire minutes after about 200 people attended a weekly civil rights mass meeting. No occupants were present. Civil rights workers said records desks and equipment were lost four blocks from the Sunflower County Courthouse. John Harris COFO project director witnessed the blaze.
U.S. Information Agency chief Carl Rowan ordered an immediate shut down of the 1.18 million dollar information program in Indonesia and withdrawal of 17 USIA officers amid persistent hostilities. Indonesia already closed five USIA libraries and reading rooms. Authorities consider transferring 60,000 books to Indonesian universities.
New York AP reports that daily newspapers in the United States increased their 1964 circulation by 1.5 million copies, the largest annual rise since 1946. The 1965 Editor and Publisher Year Book shows total daily circulation at 60,412,266, a 2.5 percent gain over 1963 and 20 percent above the postwar level in 1946.
Perry Como 52, says retirement not crossing his mind after a costly NBC special in Boston. He praises voice aging well and says he plans to keep working as long as audiences want him, while colleagues note his long marriage and family life.
The sequence ends with the closure of USIA magazines and exhibits for an Indonesian audience of about one million, leaving only Voice of America broadcasts from a Philippines transmitter. Jakarta had seized libraries, hampered mail, banned films, and allowed book burnings as mobs were condoned.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reports to Latin American ambassadors on the Southeast Asia conflict and outlines a drive to win wider international support for the U S stance. He warns Communists are using infiltration as aggression while White Paper describes the war as a new kind of conflict.
A humorous remark labels a "smart" girl by listing golf tennis and piano as skills while defining dumb as the punchline. The playful quip contrasts sophistication with ignorance, reflecting lighthearted stereotyping in the era's humor.
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