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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1965
Page
4
Congress resumes push for nationwide time standardization citing public awareness and urban support. Farm group backing for the Committee on Time Uniformity strengthens case while senators warn about yearly clock chaos. Also a brief note on South African Zulus protesting a movie release.
The piece weighs in on Senate qualifications beyond age and citizenship with Kennedy winning New York and Salinger losing in California. It notes debates on residency requirements in Montana and contemplates a national figure who cannot win his state. It ends with a quip about Marines in Vietnam and the Viet Cong needing tents.
The son-in-law of Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, Anthony Philip Tisci, serves as a $12,652 yearly administrative assistant to Rep. Frank Anunzio and has acted as Giancana’s attorney. The piece notes Giancana’s notoriety and past legal troubles, and mentions calls to cut civil defense spending in favor of defense programs. It also covers a New York county supervisor’s grant of a Kennedy thank you letter he never received in person.
Radio Havana broadcasts quoted U S Senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening accusing the United States government of illegal actions and killings in South Vietnam. The Feb 25 program proclaimed U S guilt in the ongoing violence and framed Washington as responsible for crimes in Vietnam.
Analysis of President Johnson's congressional address criticizes mandatory tone and federal overreach on voter qualifications. The piece argues the speech risks dictating legislation and undermining state powers while praising anti discrimination aims amid nationwide protests.
A retrospective on Johnson and King tracing key events from the 1955 Rosa Parks arrest through 1964 civil rights milestones. It notes Johnson's 1957 and 1960 bills, King's leadership and Nobel Prize, and the push to end voter discrimination amid Alabama turmoil.
Brisk awe spread as an alligator reared up on its hind legs and seemed to lash out in a wild, ill tempered motion. Onlookers fled while observers debated the animal’s startled behavior and the danger it posed in the area.
Greek church program hosts GOYA bake sale this Saturday at Central Store from 8 am to noon with pastries on sale. A separate CARE MEDICO initiative, led by Dr. Hauser and Dr. Gibboney, promotes Medical International Cooperation and aid through CARE with local doctors volunteering abroad.
Midnight Notebook notes Adlai Stevenson touted as Hollywood’s first choice to head the Motion Picture Association of America replacing Eric Johnston. Insiders cite his UN role and friendship with Anna M. Rosenberg as possible bridge to film industry despite unlikely switch.
Ethel Griffies 86 will co star in Billy Liar at the Gate Theatre with limousine service provided by producers. The teenage market is influencing comedy. London Lee with a defense of teenagers routine faces many offers from club owners to headline during prom season.
Factographs describe the Japan Trench off Japan's southwest coast as deep enough to hold six Grand Canyons stacked one atop another.
A historical note confirms the guillotine derives its name from Dr. Joseph Guillotine. The naming link ties the execution device to the French physician who inspired the mechanism and its later use in France.
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